"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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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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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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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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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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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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