In Jane Austen's literary classic, "Pride and Prejudice," Austen attempts to influence the audience into sharing her views on women and the importance of marriage. ... Jane Austen uses Elizabeth Bennet to put forward her perspectives on marrying for love. ... During Jane Austen's time, a situation like this wasn't ever considered. ... Although Austen values getting married for love, Mrs. ... Jane Austen had intentionally arranged her audience so that they would be influenced to agree with her values and beliefs on the importance of marrying for love. ...

• Word Count: 1583
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Jane Austen is one of the most prominent women novelists in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. ... Leonie Villard rightly says: ""The 'gentry', the class which is essentially proper to the English society, holding to the aristocracy as well as to the middle class, and forming a link between them, is not the only class which Jane Austen knows the best, it is also the only class that she wishes to know.... Austen makes a point to show the readers the difference between Mr. & Mrs. ... Austen shows her displeasure on such a traditional marriage. ... This shows us the inner wor...

• Word Count: 2459
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

There are three main themes in the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. ... The novel is shown through the view point of Elizabeth Bennet, and Elizabeth is a representation of Jane Austen; she lives in the same era and an author's views are shown in their novels, and in Pride and Prejudice the views are shown through Elizabeth. ... This view is rejected by Elizabeth and thusly by Austen. ... The first way in which Austen constructs the correctness of her viewpoint of marriage for love and reason is through the marriage of Jane Bennet and Mr. ... So when Bingley proposes to Jane the r...

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(Austen, 2006, P3) Austen's use of the words 'good fortune' projects the importance of money within a relationship between men and women. ... Bingley and Jane Bennet. ... Bingley and Jane are in love. ... Bingley to not propose to Jane, "I observed them most carefully and realized his attachment was far deeper than hers.... I think that Austen did want to show in the end of the novel that love holds more importance when both Jane and Elizabeth marry someone that they love even though they are of a higher social standing, but in my opinion I believe that his is shown mon...

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One example is Jane Austen's traditional classic, Pride and Prejudice. ... Darcy he will not allow Elizabeth's sister, Jane and Mr. ... Austen concludes the novel by allowing all the characters what he each individually deserves. ... Whikham, while her sister Jane marries her true love Mr. ... Through these aspects of her novel Austen shows her traditional writing style. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Its author Jane Austen was considered to be the greatest novelist in the early 19th century. ... The consciousness of social class is obviously presented by Jane Austen through the different characters and events in the novel. ... Jane Austen often mocked about the silliness of human weakness and narrow-mindedness, which result from the values that exist in the different social classes. ... (Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice Page 5). ... Through their marriage, Jane Austen was countering the traditional value of marriage based on suitable social class status. ...

• Word Count: 1942
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• Grade Level: High School

Jane Bennet Jane Bennet, the oldest Bennet daughter, is beautiful, humble, and selfless. ... Jane Austen first wrote it as the book between 1796 and 1797, but it was only published in January 1813. 1813 was the English Regency period, between 1811 and 1820, when King George III was unfit to rule, and his son and heir became Prince Regent for him. ... Bingley and Jane apart. ... Jane Austen's approach to love through the story of Elizabeth and Darcy makes the audience rage with envy. ... In every aspect, Pride and Prejudice is one of Austen's greatest masterpieces. ...

• Word Count: 1576
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• Grade Level: High School

"A Study of the Contrast Between the Characters Jane and Elizabeth Bennet and their Marriages in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is the tale primarily of the romances and consequent marriages of the two Bennet sisters, Jane and Elizabeth. ... Everybody remarks on Jane's beauty and it is the first reason Mr. ... This means that when someone hurts Jane she will not feel badly towards them, the only time someone hurts Jane enough to lose her regard of them is Miss Bingley in the letter she sends Jane and the way she calls on Jane in London, but d...

• Word Count: 1729
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• Grade Level: High School

In this first line of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice we are at once introduced to language rich with satire. ... Austen presents these qualities as normal. ... Jane and Elizabeth found the perfect matches. ... Jane Austen's style of writing delights me. ... But it is this assertion of her "liberty- that reveals Jane Austen taking a more conservative view of humor. ...

• Word Count: 1894
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 1738
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Jane Austen novel Pride and Prejudice is a spirited period piece that clearly illustrates the importance of women being able to find a suitable husband to settle down with; for the sake of both herself and her family. ... She holds him accountable for the broken relationship between Bingley and her sister Jane, in addition to the shots her own pride has taken along the way. ... This all but spells doom for both Jane and Elizabeth's developing relationships. ... His success results in the clearing of the Bennet name, and ultimately in the engagement of Bingley to Jane, and Dar...

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Buying the Beauty Queen Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, written in 1813, characterized the Bennet sisters as women who needed men to keep their social rank and money. ... " (Austen 82). ... " (Austen 29). ... " (Austen 4). ... " (Austen 46). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

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. ...

• Word Count: 1476
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice, a majority of the scenes took place at some type of social gathering where the characters were all brought together. ... It is also during the course of this evening that Bingley develops a strong attraction towards Jane, which seems to be reciprocated by Jane. ... He goes out of his way to dance with Jane twice. ... Bingley, considering that he has become very fond of the eldest Bennet sister, Jane, suggests that he let Jane introduce him to her younger sister, Elizabeth. ... Jane and Bingley hit if off from the start. ...

• Word Count: 2137
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School