The time of writing put "Pride and Prejudice" in the middle of a fictional war of ideas between female writers of the time, arriving as it does at a sort of middle ground between the feminist views of Mary Wollstonecraft and the more rural traditionalist views of Hannah More (Jones, V., "Introduction to "Pride and Prejudice"", (1996) London: Penguin). ... What, then, is Austen's stance towards marriage as seen in "Pride and Prejudice"? ... "Pride And Prejudice" was no exception to this rule. ... On a first glance, these women marry for love and for happiness - "Pride And Prejudice" is cl...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One example is Jane Austen's traditional classic, Pride and Prejudice. ... In contrast, Fyodor Dostoevesky's modern novel, Notes from the Underground, portrays the feeling of every man being on his own. ... This is illustrated throughout the works of Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Illyich, and Dostoevesky's Notes From the Underground. As mentioned, the portrayal of society's look towards marriage, education, and justice is done thoroughly in Pride and Prejudice. ... Finally Dostoevesky illustrates modernism through his novel, Notes...

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• Grade Level: High School

Combining with his study of Congressional Medal of Honor recipients, he uses Emile Durkheim's classic statement on heroic suicide as well an earlier study by Blake on altruistic suicide in military combat. ... Following his emphasis on leadership roles, he gave an in-depth description on some of the typical cases, noting the existence of emotions as another factor in a person's decision to sacrifice one's life for another. ... After reading his articles on heroic suicide, I began reading the other article found in the library database, Pride and Prejudice: Fear of Death and So...

• Word Count: 1486
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate