"A woman," Caroline Bingley of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice affirms, "must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing and the modern languages.... "5 Once an attraction has formed between Bingley and the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Mrs Bennet manipulates the situation and sends Jane to Netherfield on horseback during a storm, hoping she will catch a cold. Her plan having worked, Jane must stay in Bingley's care until recovered. ... Bingley and Jane's eventual union is an exception to Charlotte's contention that "happiness i...

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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen The Dashwood sisters are very different from each other in appearance and temperament; Elinor's good sense and readiness to observe social forms contrast with Marianne's impulsive candor and warm but excessive sensibility. ... Despite some amusing characters and true Jane Austen touches, it is not generally considered to be her best novel. ... In an age which extolled the virtues of expressing emotion and being sensible to the beauty of nature and literature, Jane Austen wrote a novel to champion sense and moderation. ...

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"Pride and Prejudice" was written by Jane Austen in 1813. ... It is a combination of their education and the fact that they are such outspoken young ladies that makes Jane and Elizabeth such good examples of early feminists (Dabundo 40-44). ... The eldest of the Bennet children, Jane, shows this new affective individualism by marrying Bingley. ... Austen uses Lady Catherine as a character who is juxtaposition to Elizabeth Bennet. ... Based on the thoughts and actions of characters of Jane and Elizabeth readers can determine that "Pride and Prejudice" is in fact a feminist novel. ...

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" "Pride and Prejudice," the acclaimed novel by Jane Austen published in 1813. ... Chadha clings more closely to the comedic way in which Austen captures socially constructed ideals of gender and class, through the use of specific rules of Bollywood film, which in itself if a means for expressing a cultural identity, to accomplish a contemporary social critique, which is very similar in form to the one that Austen performs. ... There are many instances where the film blends song and dance in a way that links it to the work of Austen. ... " She replies, "A little," even thou...

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In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice a wide variety of personalities are presented some are well developed while others are just mere caricatures. ... Jane Austen uses Wickham's character to demonstrate how looks can be deceiving and you have to be careful not to judge to quickly. ... Furthermore, Mr Darcy is evidently a well developed character in Jane Austen's novel. ... Despite this, other characters in Jane Austen's novel are incredibly well developed with fully developed characters. ... This combination of characters in incredibly effective in Jane Austen&#x...

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"Her acute observation of character and her satiric depiction of human behaviour are distinguishing features of Jane Austen's writing." ... Jane Austen narrates Pride and Prejudice for the most part from the point of view of her heroine, Elizabeth Bennet. ... As in all novels by Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice centers around the education of its heroine, in this case Elizabeth. ... This emphasis on the education of a young heroine was made popular by Jane Austen and is a distinguishing feature of her writing. ... This theme is central to Pride and Prejudice and the object of some scorn f...

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Prior to a reading of Jane Austen, I feel that it is imperative to secure an insight into the social context in which she writes. ... This is inexorably reflected via Austen's incessant strive to establish and demonstrate the correct code of conduct, in all areas of social behaviour. I will examine Austen's Northanger Abbey and Pride and Prejudice, observing the use of manners and the significance attached to its literary convention. ... Whenever Austen introduces a new character into a novel the reader soon learns something about his or her manners. ... Austen was more than an ent...

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Jane Austen's "Emma- and its modern day film version "Clueless- written and directed by Amy Heckerling, have many differences including those of context, language and textual form. ... Emma was written by Jane Austen in 1815, in a society where marriage and social standing were of great consequence. ... Jane Austen uses comparatively formal language in Emma while Heckerling utilizes 1990's colloquialisms in her film Clueless to show that while society and its values have altered dramatically since the composition of Emma in 1815, the content of the text, during its transformation int...

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In Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey, the characterization of the protagonist -Catherine Morland- seems to be constructed by her own fantasies, extracted by her reading of Gothic novels and her simple and naive thinking, which corresponds to her equally simple actions. At least, this is the start of the story Jane Austen displays at the beginning of the book. ... "(Austen 131). ... "(Austen 147). ... "(Austen 224). ...

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Journal 1 Sense and Sensibility The two main characters in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen are symbolized by the contrast between Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. ... Sense and sensibility by Jane Austen is an overall satisfying novel. ... There are very definite gender limitations involved in the society Austen describes. ...

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Jane Austen's 1815 classic novel 'Emma' appropriated into Amy Heckerling's 1995 film 'Clueless', provides an insight on the drastic changes in societal values shaped by their changing contexts. Austen challenges Regency society's attitude towards the oppressed position of women in marriage and the factors which segregate society into distinct classes forming a stratified hierarchy. ... Throughout the novel 'Emma', Austen critiques Regency society's expectation for women to be married to a man of equal or higher status and wealth. ... Aust...

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Amy Heckerling's film Clueless is an appropriation of Jane Austen's Emma, closely paralleling the story in terms of plot and characterisation. ... Austen also uses this to show the mistakes and unclear perception of Emma that leads her to her own downfall. ... During the Regency period, the social order for Jane Austen's society was very rigid and immobile, and social status was determined through birth class, one's marriage, connections and professional success. ... Often the views of Austen are perceived through Mr Knightley who is the "true English gentleman". He is genu...

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Austen completely ridicules gothic literature through Catherine's thoughts concerning the Tilney's home at Northanger Abbey. ... Austen is mocking the gothic as a genre. We know that it was very popular in the time when Austen wrote the novel. ... Jane Austen provides her audience with an alternative form of literature by having a novel focus on how a story can be told as opposed to most novels which traditionally focus on the story itself. Cleverly, by using a likeable character that the implied reader can identify with and relate to, Austen is able to use this character as a mode...

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In her novel Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen successfully incorporates various social and mental awakenings that, in turn, serve as significant turning points in the novel. ... In the beginning of the novel Jane Austen gives a brief insight into the relationship of Mr. and Mrs. ... After his proposal we Austen demonstrates her anger towards his arrogant tone when she says "I could easily have forgave his pride, if he had mortified mine." ... Thus, it is her misunderstanding of Darcy's motive behind the break up of Jane and Bingley that causes the reader to wonder if Elizabeth will ever...

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The film is therefore no longer a simple entertainment but a movie that cleverly expels Austen's ironic voice and moral sense. ... Yet, in Emma, Austen shows her criticism of the society by making Emma step out of her expected line of a woman's duty, "with very little intention of marrying at all-. ... However, there is the exclusion of Jane Fairfax and other minute characters that show how the movie's storyline reflect how twentieth century updates the eighteenth century for its own purposes. ... Clueless can be viewed as a humourous indictment of modern society while Emm...

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In a sense, "Pride and Prejudice" is the story of two courtships - those between Darcy and Elizabeth and Bingley and Jane. ... " and this quote does much to outline the changing conceptions of family and partnership that are central to Austen's text. ... Austen suggests that most females were like Charlotte Lucas who could not think beyond fortune and social status of a potential husband or like Jane who let the potential husband dictate the status of their relationship, this is a restriction on personal happiness by the shackles of society. If a female of that time were l...

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Later on at the Cole's dinner party, Emma expresses extreme disfavour towards Mrs Weston's idea of Mr Knightly marrying Jane Fairfax. ... This is in one sense denoted by Emma's invitation for Jane Fairfax to take Harriet's place at the party. Emma feels "conscience-stricken", due to Mr Knightly's declaration that "Jane Fairfax received attentions from Mrs. ... This alteration of Emma's disposition towards Jane is likely to stem from an increased maturity. ... During the party, Emma is perceptive of Jane's good mood and her obstinacy to continue her regular...

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Elizabeth's performance in light of radical and reactionary influences In the novel Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, the setting is critical for the establishment of how societal views influenced what was acceptable behavior during the 18th century. ... "She was wild to be at home - to hear, to see, to be upon the spot, to share with Jane in the cares that must fall wholly upon her." ... Bennet's, " she is not half so handsome as Jane." ... (pg. 177) Elizabeth's attractiveness is further portrayed throughout the novel, such as her intimate interactions with Jane...

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By the age of twelve, I had definitely decided to pursue my higher education in England. The unrivaled A level program and the prestige of British Science struck me from the very first that nowhere can better facilitate the attainment of my goals than England. At Bellerbys College in Cambridge...

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On the contrary, Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" hero, Mr. ... In the beginning of the novel Darcy is a coldly rational man that makes a mistake in his judgment of Jane's attachment to his friend Mr. ... It is also compelling to notice that towards the end of "The Sufferings of Young Werther" Goethe takes Werther's voice away from him- the editor takes the control of the narration whereas Austen gives Darcy freedom to express himself in the crucial moment. ...

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Bowcott says that Creasy first received a message from Nunn "after she supported a high-profile campaign launched by Caroline Criado-Perez to put a picture of Jane Austen on the £10 note." Later when the Bank of England confirmed that Austen's face would be on the £10 note, Nunn retweeted a message to Creasy saying: "You better watch your back, I'm going to rape your arse at 8pm and put the video all over."...

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Unlike the earlier romantic 19th century novels of Jane Austen whose characters such as Elizabeth Bennett lived happily ever after, Victorian novelist George Eliot, broke the tradition of the standard romantic novel by representing women in unhappy relationships and the reality and problems of the woman's role in life and their place in society, this is particularly evident in her realist novel Middlemarch. ...

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As soon as she learned how to read, it became one of her favorite things to do; she read the works of great authors such as Jane Austen, Leo Tolstoy, and Gustave Flaubert, who all impressed her in different ways. ...

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