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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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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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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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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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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