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    Throughout history‚ authors have used setting to reflect their character’s relationships. In the second and third chapters of Genesis‚ the change of setting reflects sin entering Adam and Eve’s relationship. In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ the setting highlights the contrast of classes between Darcy and Elizabeth. In Edith Wharton’s novella Ethan Frome. Set in the dreary Starkfield‚ Massachusetts‚ protagonist Ethan Frome struggles to balance his relationships with his detested

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    Marry For Love The point of view of a novel usually decides which characters we sympathize with. In the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen‚ Elizabeth Bennett is the focal character‚ which causes the reader to feel closest to her. The reader can relate more easily to her feelings and actions‚ and given that all of Elizabeth’s opinions on large issues are known and understood‚ the reader tends to side with her. By making the story from the point of view of Elizabeth‚ Austen is able to take

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    “Her astonishment […] that he should have been in love with her so many months! So much love as to wish to marry her in spite of all objections‚ which had made him prevent his friend’s marring her sister […] But his pride‚ his abominable pride. “ (151) Volume 3 “[Mrs. Bennet} was a women of mean understanding‚ little information‚ and uncertain temper. When she was discontented she fancied herself nervous. The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was visiting and news.”

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    some aspects that could have been better but overall pretty good. 3. N/A 4. Going over everything i did and some i attempted to do there are thing that i could have done to make my portfolio better. I wish i had done my othello essay and pride and prejudice essay it would have made a big difference in the quality of my writing portfolio. I’m just hoping that my portfolio is good enough because i think there’s a pretty good amount of effort that when’t into overall quality of the portfolio. One

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    Cooperation: co·op·er·a·tion. n. the process of working together until the end (“Cooperation” def. 1). However‚ cooperation is not the only thing that a marriage should depend on. In the novel‚ Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen conveys traits significant to a successful marriage. She presents a happily-ever-after type of relationship‚ making the reader fall in hopes of having a successful partnership; then compares it to a selfish‚ greedy‚ compassionless‚ civilized union. Mr. Gardiner and Mrs. Gardiner

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    Snowbound This story about how Elizabeth gets stuck in a dreadful snow storm enlivens the normal walk that Elizabeth took in the book‚ Pride and Prejudice. It spices things up for what was supposed to be a normal walk‚ but turned into a frightful and awkward experience for Elizabeth but a hilarious experience for the reader. The story’s chain of event flowed smoothly in correspondence with the book‚ without creating a whole new story line for the book or changing the events that actually occurred

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    -Easy of temper -Found Jane B. attracted -Bonds with Jane a lot -Friend of Darcy -He has a large fortune -He is good looking and is a gentleman -Can be a slave to his friends (Darcy) Elizabeth B. -2nd oldest daughter of the Bennet family -Prejudice towards action and behavior -Uses her heart instead of her head in certain occasions for ex; -when Collins to her‚ she did not accept because she had no feeling towards him of any kind‚ she would rather marry for love. - Hates Darcy at

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    was fearless! If you are as passionate about reading as I am‚ then you know the excitement it brings when you curl up on the sofa with a good book‚ especially written by Jane Austen! Can you imagine reading “Sense and Sensibility” or “Pride and Prejudice‚” bringing characters to life reminiscent of Lizzie‚ Jane‚ and Mr. Darcy? What fun it would be for you and I to start our own “book club” and share the same hobby together! Not only would we get the chance to hear each other’s synopsis on

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    Prejudice can operate at an intuitive unconscious level‚ even in individuals whose conscious attitudes are not prejudiced. Even though the author emphasizes the benefits of intuition‚ he also mentions a dark side of “blink”‚ which is determined‚ at some point

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    “This truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families‚ that he is considered as  the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters.”    The author is saying that this is sad truth that’s around our society of men owning women‚  or feeling a sense of women belong to men. This is sick to me. Women are just as strong  and just as good of people as men‚ and nobody owns anybody. Every person on this earth  is an individual and I believe that is what Jane is trying to say as well.       Entry 2 ­ Page 2  "Oh‚ single

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