Another fact presented by opposing critics is that the novel is not feminist because the goal of all the women in the novel is to get married. ... Although some may argue the novel being set in the 19th century shows that it is prior to the feminist movement; however, it is what the female characters do to overcome oppression in this society that makes this novel such a good example of early feminism. ... Another argument presented by those who believe the novel is not feminist is that since the novel is based entirely upon marriage it is oppressing the women in the novel. ... Bennet much like...

• Word Count: 1272
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" "Pride and Prejudice," the acclaimed novel by Jane Austen published in 1813. ... The first line of the novel examines the notion of a blurred true/false reality in the novel, whereas the tagline from the movie brings in the theme of a conflict between cultures. ... This clearly sets it apart in content from the original novel, but the themes remain the same. ... These feminine accomplishments are heavily scrutinized in the novel. ... It has been shown that the content of the stories are somewhat different, as director of the novel Chadha incorporates Bollywood and contemporary circumst...

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The novel encloses ghosts and shady secrets as well as supernatural experiences. ... Rochester at the novel's end. ... All of these factors emerge in the novel Jane Eyre. ... Nevertheless, the novel should not be read as a gothic novel but a novel that includes many gothic features. ... The red room is the first gothic element that we come across in the novel. ...

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The original version of this novel was titled Elinor and Marianne and has been known to be the first novel that Austen worked on, which is also her first published text. ... However, some critics found Sense and Sensibility to be one of her least successful novels. ... Besides the themes, there are two climaxes in the novel and movie. ... Marianne's climax in the novel came first. ... Elinor's climax in the novel occurred after Marianne's. ...

• Word Count: 1952
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• Grade Level: High School

These parties provided the basis for the social context in the novel. ... This party is very important to the novel as a whole. ... These opinions of Darcy stick with Elizabeth for the majority of the novel. ... The next social gathering that proves to be important to the novel's plot is the dinner party that is held by the Phillips. ... Later in the novel, Elizabeth realizes that these prejudices were her ultimate downfall. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Leo Tolstoy's novel, The Death of Ivan Illyich, is a novel which creates both a modern and traditional atmosphere. ... Austen concludes the novel by allowing all the characters what he each individually deserves. ... Through these aspects of her novel Austen shows her traditional writing style. ... Finally Dostoevesky illustrates modernism through his novel, Notes From the Underground. ... The novel shows how modernism rose along with the rise of isolation. ...

• Word Count: 1366
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• Grade Level: High School

Money holds a significant role within the plot and development of the major characters within Pride and Prejudice, as well as shaping the novel as a whole. ... Bennet plays a major link between love and money, this is particularly evident when her purpose is set out within the opening chapter as the novel, "The business of her life was to get her daughters married". ... Throughout the novel Austen tries to show that money and social class should not determine whom someone should marry, apart from the relationship between Charlotte and Mr. ... Bingley leaves Jane without a marriage pr...

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The first sentence of the novel focuses on the importance of getting married within the novels timeframe of the 1800's. ... Miss Elizabeth Bennet is used as a buffer throughout the novel. ... Throughout the novel, the audience is reading through Elizabeth's point of view. ... This type of situation as unheard of in the 1800's and was a landmark in the novel. ... Austen used the characters in her novel to enunciate the issues with love. ...

• Word Count: 1583
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• Grade Level: High School

Ultimately, the viewer's response changes as an understanding of the novel highlight the parallels in characters, plot and the recreation of themes such as truth and error, self realisation, money and status that may be overlooked. ... We become increasingly aware of these social differences yet there are also similarities in novel and film; differences in society but similarities in the way society revolve around the characters. The plot of the film remains true to the novel and so do many characters in the film where we undoubtedly see the scene-to-scene allusions to Emma. ... Nev...

• Word Count: 1375
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Out of all her novels, Pride and Prejudice is by far most popular as well as the most critically acclaimed novel. ... " One of the basic issues that the novel Pride and Prejudice revolves around is marriage. ... This novel is an interesting observation as it contains instances to other of the time periods. ... Her conversations with various people in the novel, especially Darcy, prove her valiant and vibrant spirit. ... But it is clear in the novel that one of the qualities Darcy admires in Elizabeth is her wittiness. ...

• Word Count: 2459
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Miss Emma Woodhouse is a very interesting character in the novel Emma, written by Jane Austen. ... During the course of the novel, we see Emma try to help Miss Harriet Smith become a lady. ... In the beginning of the novel, Harriet tells Emma about a man she is interested in named Mr. ... Austen uses some parts of the novel to help convince the reader that Emma is good- natured at heart. Because of the way that other characters in the novel speak about Emma, it is easy to see how the author truly feels. ...

• Word Count: 1855
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Austen commences the novel by describing Emma Woodhouse. ... (pg.7) As the novel progresses, Austen shows the reader Emma's other flaws, the most pronounced of which is her meddlesome nature. ... Even though she knows that meddling with other people's lives can be dangerous, she continues to play "matchmaker" throughout the novel. ... Emma's character slowly evolves during the course of the novel. ... Although Jane Austen died over 185 years ago her writing, exemplified by the novel Emma, is not only great, it is timeless. ...

• Word Count: 1334
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

There are three main themes in the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. ... These themes are present throughout the entire novel; they are the underlying motif of the story. ... This criticism is carried throughout the novel and next appears in force after Mr. ... Collins who is the most "disagreeable" man presented in the entire novel. ... The second major theme of the novel is Good Breeding & behavior. ...

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Novels have always been a dominant artwork due to British literature. For centuries people had entertained themselves by reading different kinds of novel. Pride and Prejudice is one of the first novel written in English language. ... The consciousness of social class is obviously presented by Jane Austen through the different characters and events in the novel. ... The difference of social classes often creates attitudes that are related to the title of this novel. ...

• Word Count: 1942
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the novel, we are able to observe Catherine's failure to correctly judge people. ... It is interesting to note the original title for the novel: First Impressions. ... Whenever Austen introduces a new character into a novel the reader soon learns something about his or her manners. ... The nineteenth century generally perceived Austen's work as novels of manners', placing them in the same category as those novels that were part of the silver-fork school'. ... To secure the proper relationship between property and propriety in her novels was thus not the wish-f...

• Word Count: 1637
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The novel contains immense paragraphs of description which deal with the feelings and situations of each character in thorough detail. ... Due to the form of the text, (i.e. it is a film) formally structured sentences and verbal language are not as imperative as they are in the novel Emma. ... Austen's Emma is in the form of a novel while Heckerling's Clueless is a cinematic production (a film). ... A novel such as Emma leaves it to the initiative of the audience to take note and remember these specific events, places and objects, leading each responder to create their own meaning ...

• Word Count: 1742
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The comic tendencies displayed in the novel's language introduce a theme very important to the novel "the character's laughter and their attitudes towards laughter as an index to their morality and social philosophy. Beginning with Darcy's opinion, expressed early in the novel, that Miss Bennet "smiled too much,"" attitudes towards laughter divide the characters. ... At one point in the novel, the readers are taken aback by a comment that Elizabeth makes. ... She understands how they can arise and presents circumstances in the novel, which promote the development of the...

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

Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre and Jane Austen's Persuasion, both advocate the ideal woman, in many ways by contrasting how the protagonists in the novels, Jane and Anne, act to how an "ideal woman" should look and behave. ... In the matter of fact, the nicest thing commented about Anne from her father in either looks or other qualities in the whole novel, is stated in a short paragraph: "less thin in her person, in her cheeks; her skin, her complexion, greatly improved" (Austen, 167). ... Reed when she states, "silence and reflection had shown me the madn...

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Emma is so busy trying to match people up, mainly Harriet Smith, that she doesn't realize that while she claims she will never fall into the temptations of love, she will in fact succumb to them, and marry by the end of the novel. Emma's blindness to what is going on around her becomes evident in chapter 49 of the novel. ... While this is not the only chapter of the novel that deals with misunderstandings, Harriet and Emma's discussion about Knightley, and Mr. ... This shows Knightley's change from the beginning of the novel. ...

• Word Count: 2352
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... Pressure to marry a husband to secure a safe future hangs over each of the girls in this novel. ... I feel Darcy illustrates similar qualities regarding marriage, which is one of the first signs we get in the novel that perhaps the two are a better match than we are initially lead to believe. ...

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Many fictional novels today have leading women roles, who excel in places men do not. ... Wholehearted Leaders By the 21st century, feminist views show in many young adult novels. ... In these dystopian novels, the rebel groups alweays look to the leading female, Beatrice Prior and Katniss Everdeen. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Elizabeth goes on two important trips during the course of the novel, one to Hunsford, in Kent. ... My Opinion Pride and Prejudice is a classic novel that beautifully illustrates the essence of true love. ...

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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. These are the tw...

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When invited by the Tilneys to be a guest at their extensive estate, Northanger Abbey, she is greatly amused at the thought of reenacting one of her favourite Gothic novels, The Mysteries of Udolpho, by Ann Radcliffe. ...

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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. The similar and different perceptions of the same values in the two texts provide the audience a greater understanding and insight of the values, even though...

• Word Count: 1760
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate