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. These dramatic shifts in character, much like Elizabeth's evolving perception of Darcy and the foreshadowing of Lydia's "imprudent" marriage to Wickham, correspondingly convey a sense of suspense and excitement to the reader. ... Consequentially, such drastic similarities of character and situation create a sense of suspense, causing the reader to ponder whether or not Lydia will repeat the same mistake committ...

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Her father preached a more softened form of Puritanism that reflected the growth of more diverse religious practices of the Great Awakening period of early 1740s. Perhaps these ideas of Great Awakening and even more so of the Enlightenment, influenced Abigail's more independent mind and analytical spirit. ... (Akers 37) Mary Lincoln, however, with her firm formal education background and her ambitious character, saw these notions in a slightly different light. ...

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