next day‚ what had passed between Mr. Wickham and herself”. Elizabeth has decided to share her conversation with her sister Jane the following day‚ which means that Elizabeth has firstly had time to digest what Wickham has told her and secondly the narrator is telling us that she is close to her sister‚ because she is sharing this important information with her. The narrator uses free indirect speech which allows the reader to trust Elizabeth’s account of Wickham to be true‚ even though the reader does
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A review on pride and prejudices marriages What is Austen’s version of love? What is the difference between the three young love relationships: Elizabeth and Darcy‚ Bingley and Jane‚ and Lydia and Wickham? We will go trough a review and a summery of the marriages that took place in the story. Jane Austen’s view of love goes back to her own experiences in life ‚ when I read a summery of her biography I understood that she had some ending relationships ‚which later helped her and
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characters prove to have various superficial reasons to marry. For example‚ Charlotte Lucas marries a pompous‚ arrogant man for security due to the pressures of society placed on women in Austen’s era. Despite the dishonorable intentions of George Wickham‚ he decides to marry Lydia out of an inconvenient agreement that guarantees financial gain. Conversely‚ Elizabeth Bennet refuses to marry for any reason that goes against her strong values; instead she marries
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consideration. In Pride and Prejudice‚ the marriage between Wickham and Lydia was purely based on money‚ and perhaps Lydia’s foolish adoration towards Wickham. Wickham married Lydia for the money‚ which he lacked. Before their matrimony Mr Gardiner stated in a letter “They are not married‚ nor can I find any intention of being so‚” however after there was a discussion between Darcy‚ Wickham and Mr Gardiner regarding the ‘payment’ behind their marriage Wickham was more than ready to marry Lydia. Mr Darcy was
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few weeks after their return‚ Lydia Bennet‚ the youngest sister is invited to Brighton. Elizabeth leaves again with the Gardiners for a tour. Then‚ they realize they must head back to Longbourn because Lydia has run away with George Wickham. Once Lydia and Mr. Wickham are located‚ they come back to Longbourn and decide to marry each other and depart. Mr. Bingley arrives at Netherfield. Then‚ Bingley and Darcy dine at Longbourn. Mr. Bingley soon proposes to Jane and she happily accepts. Then‚ Mr. Darcy
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“Anything like warmth or enthusiasm‚ anything energetic‚ poignant‚ heartfelt‚ is utterly out of place in commending these works: all such demonstrations the authoress would have met with a well-bred sneer‚ would have calmly scorned as outré or extravagant. She does her business of delineating the surface of the lives of genteel English people curiously well. There is a Chinese fidelity‚ a miniature delicacy‚ in the painting. She ruffles her reader by nothing vehement‚ disturbs him by nothing profound
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Pride and Prejudice Theme of Love Mr. Darcy’s first declaration of love for Elizabeth is a perfect illustration of how love functions in this novel: "You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you [despite your awful family and your socially inferior position]." There are many obstacles on the road to love in Pride and Prejudice‚ not the least of which are …pride and prejudice. But Jane Austen pens a happy ending‚ showing us that there’s something about love that enables it to
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bring their friend Mr. Wickham with them to meet the Bennet family. Mr. Wickham is a militia man who is trying to marry rich. No one else knows this‚ so he is able to charm the Elizabeth and her sisters. “His appearance was greatly in his favour; he had all the best part of beauty‚ a fine countenance‚ a good figure‚ and very pleasing address” () Elizabeth judges him based off their first meeting. He is charming and seems like a respectable man. When she learns that Wickham and Darcy “are not on friendly
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“Wickham of course wanted more than he could get‚ but at length was reduced to be reasonable.” (Austen‚ 241) Lydia still could have helped Wickham’s situation‚ but driven by his selfishness‚ Wickham absurdly needed more. This made their marriage a business proposal. Ironically Lydia took pride in being the first Bennet married when her marriage is the
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other people’s impressions of them. A good example of this is Mr Wickham. When Wickham is first introduced into the novel‚ he is portrayed as a good‚ kind man who was unfortunate enough to have lived with Darcy: "Wickham was the happy man towards whom almost every female eye was turned...” As the novel progresses Elizabeth begins to find out about his true characteristics. The way in which Jane Austen changes our opinion of Wickham is initially through the letter that Darcy sends to Elizabeth after
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