Pride and Prejudice
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Jane Austen
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Setting
o England
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Characters
o Elizabeth
o Mr. Darcy
o Jane
o Mr. Bingley
o Jane
o Mr. Wickham
o Mr. Bennett
o Mrs.
Bennett
o Mr. Collins
o Charlotte
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Plot
o Jane,
Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia live in Longbourn with their parents. Mrs.
Bennett goes into a tizzy when the wealthy Mr. Bingley rents Netherfield Park.
So Mr. Bennett is forced to go see the man so the rest of the family can.
o They meet
at a dance and Mr. Bingley falls for Jane. Mr.s Darcy and Mr. Bingley’s sister
(who is after Darcy). Darcy insults Liz’s beauty and the crowd brands him as
too proud.
o Bingley
starts to fall for Jane and Darcy starts to become enchanted by Liz’s witt,
charm and intelligence. Jane goes to Netherfield but gets caught in a storm and
falls ill. While shes being cared for by the Bingley’s Elizabeth hikes over to
see her and attracts the disdain of Miss Bingley because of Darcy and Liz’s
muddy dress
o Mr. Collins
comes to visit. He is the heir to their father’s estate. He is annoying and
embarrassing. Liz rejects his proposal of marriage.
o The girls
run into the militia and they meet Wickham. He tells Liz about how Darcy
cheated him of his inheritance
o Bingley
leaves for London (upsetting Jane) so she follows them to London. Unfortunately
Miss Bingley is very rude to her and Bingley doesn’t see her
o Meanwhile,
Charlotte has married Mr. Collins too everyone’s shock. Liz goes to visit and
meets Lady Catherine (aunt of Darcy). She is rude to Liz. There Darcy proposes
and Liz refuses causes he was being an ass then lectures him on wronging Jane
and Wickham
o Its
revealed that Wickham tried to elope with Georgiana Darcy
o Lydia goes
to Brighton for the summer
o Liz goes
with the Gardiners north and they visit Pemberley
o Darcy walks
in on them and he entertains them and wishes them to meet his sister
o News
arrives that Lydia has fun off with Wickham and Mr. Gardiner and Mr. Bennet set
off to find her
o Darcy finds
them and pays Wickham to marry her.
o Bingley
returns and Jane gets engaged
o Lady
Catherine tries to make Liz promise not to marry Darcy and Liz refuses
o Darcy
proposes to Liz
o They both
get married <3
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Author’s Style and Narrative Voice
o Point of
View
§
Third person
§
From Elizabeth’s point of view
o Tone
§
It seems very gossipy to me. It’s light and
conversational. There is an air of humor and wit that is present.
o Imagery
§
There is a lot of imagery in the description of
setting. Austen spends a lot of time describing Pemberly and Netherfield.
o Symbolism
§
Estates
·
Pemberly, Netherfield and Rosing all represent
the fortunes that await a girl in a good amrriage. They represent the money,
prestige and social standing. Pemberly’s description seems to almost match that
of its owner. Rosing is large and cold, like Lady Catherine.
·
Quotes
o “It is a
truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good
fortune, must be in want of a wife”
§
This is the entire plot of the book in one
sentence. Every eligible man is being hounded by mothers wanting their
daughters to have a good husband.
o "Happiness
in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.”
§
Charlotte Lucas’s line
§
Charlotte believes that marriage is like a
business deal, whereas Elizabeth wants romantic love. Lizzy refuses to marry
anyone unless she is in love even if that means being a burden to her family.
·
Theme
o Austen is
trying to tell people to marry for romantic love and not money because love
will bring you happiness
§
Elizabeth truly loves Mr. Darcy and by the end
of the novel shows it as does Mr. Darcy himself. They end up very happy
together in a very large estate. Jane and Mr. Bingly are fairly wealthy and are
kindof in love however they are punished by Austen in that Mr. Bingly neglected
his feelings towards Jane and tried to move on for a while. Charlotte marries Mr. Collins only for the financial security and not at all because she cares for him. Therefore the pair does not end up as well off as The previous two. The lowest pair on the totem pole is Lydia and Wickham because they aren't actually in love. If he truly loved her, he would have respected her honor and married her instead of running away with her and running her reputation...
Another great post. I think, though, your theme is missing Wickham and Lydia; they marry purely for love but they don't quite come out on top. I'm not sure how to qualify the theme to incorporate their story, though, so you might be as close as you can get. On the whole, though, very little to change here. Nice work.
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