... Longborn estates not only emphasize the personality traits of their owners but also illuminate on character traits that otherwise would have gone unnoticed as well as showing contrast in the backgrounds in social class between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth as their love story is communicated. The story begins in the English countryside in a small town at the Longborn estate, home to ... their contradictory actions. The novel would have not made sense if Elizabeth's family were only described; the Bennett's needed to be experienced. Elizabeth's visit to Pemberly allowed her to finally fall in ...

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... . If a woman were middle class she would normally marry a man in the middle class if she married. Rarely she could get lucky, and a high class man or a rich man would fall in love with her and marry her. It was very uncommon for a woman to marry a man who was in a lower state of status. Mr. Bennet was a gentleman. Being a gentleman meant ... couples may have met each other somehow, but it is highly unlikely that they would have fallen in love if they did not have well respected reputations. They did not fall in love immediately, but the growth of their relationships would have ceased if ...

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... a better. But I have always observed, that they who are good-natured when children, are good-natured when they grow up; and he was always the sweetest-tempered, most generous-hearted, boy in the world," and even proceeds to say, "He is the best landlord, and the best master that ever lived. Not like the wild young men now-a-days, who think ... ...

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... , one of the most sought after men in the country falls in love with Elizabeth, and although she initially rejects his proposals of marriage, thinking him too proud, does slowly fall in love with him, realising his pride was only shyness, and they become engaged. Jane is the most beautiful of all the Bennet girls; Bingley describes her as the most ... wise. Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can."" Elizabeth is a sharp and perceptive person, she "has a quickness- which makes her stand out form her other sisters and makes he...

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... go off to live in London. The irony is presented here by Mr. Bennet allowing his daughter to go off on her own, even after being told that she would fall into some type of mischief, and then having his daughter go off and do what he was warned about. And a final example of Mr. Bennet being used to show irony ... ...

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... of her family despite inconveniences. "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." (pg 212) Further, her performance in response to the news is exemplified when contrasted with that of other characters, especially of Mrs. Bennet's, whose hysteria and instability ... ...

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... , but instead it goes to his friend Darcy. Thus the stage is set for the two couples, Jane Bennet and Bingley and Darcy and Elizabeth, to meet and to possibly fall in love with each other or at least, one another's status. "If I can but see one of my daughters happily settled at Netherfield , I shall have nothing to wish for." After ... ...

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... get along with each other they had to rise above their pride and prejudices and overcome all the obstacles that were thrown in their way and because of it, they fall happily in love. Mr. Darcy, the wealthy, best friend of Charles Bingley who at first is proud, rude, and unpleasant; but after falling in love with Elizabeth, he is shown ... heard things about Mr. Darcy that made him appear as the type of man she had originally thought he was, egotistical and arrogant. She kept this opinion until she found out the truth behind it and realized he could be a gentle and amiable man. Elizabeth...

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... , was tall and graceful, with dark hair and beautiful hazel eyes, she enjoyed parties, liked to dance, and had numerous suitors. As it turned out, however, neither Jane nor her sister Cassandra ever married. After her father's passing, Jane's family was supported by the wealth acquired by one of ... stationed in a nearby town. Among them is Wickam, a handsome young soldier who is friendly toward Elizabeth and tells her how Darcy cruelly cheated him out of an inheritance, further prejudicing Elizabeth against Darcy. Mr. Collins marries Charlotte, Elizabeth's friend. Elizabeth eventually ...

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... on a varying degree some information of opinions they wish to express through their characters. Sometimes when there is much controversy on a topic, flat out saying something isnt the best approach. If the author has a conflicting view, the reader will become quickly disinterested in the ideas if they are ... for blood, he introduces the Oresteia. This is another example where author places his ideas through a character. As Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen starts out "IT is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."...

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... other figures; the haughty Lady Catherine de Bourgh, the fatuous Mr. Collins; the younger Bennet daughter, Lydia; and her lover, Wickham, with whom she scandalously elopes. It is often pointed out that Austen's novels emphasize characterization and romanticism, but in Pride and Prejudice the emphasis is on the irony, values and realism of the characters as they develop throughout the story ... and Prejudice are full of moral, social and human values. Every character is measured against the intelligence and sensitivity which eighteen century people called good sense, and they stand and f...

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... novel, Darcy proposes to Elizabeth. She refuses because she does not love him. She is the heroine of the novel because she is oblivious to social classes and seeks more out of marriage than money and social power. At the time, Darcy was one of the 400 richest men in all of England (319) and was well above her social class ... it was neither gaudy nor uselessly fine; with less of splendor, and more real elegance, than the furniture of Rosings" (202). At this point in the novel, Elizabeth begins to fall in love with Darcy and has second thoughts about refusing Darcy's marriage proposal. E...

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... representation of him: "and [she] was confident at last, that she recollected having heard Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy formerly spoken of as a very proud, ill-natured boy" (II.ii). This "at last" implies that she is twisting the facts to agree with what she and others want to believe. Be attentive to such ... and self-knowledge, for although she "always saw . . . with pain" his improprieties, she does not now, as she used to, try to put them out of her mind because of her affection for him. This growth of Elizabeth's perception, although it gives her pain, also makes her a better person; it is...

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... 15 year old Lydia Bennet is strikingly similar to that of Mr. Bennets's. Consequently, with his knowledge regarding how Mrs. Bennet "s relationship turned out, the reader is drawn into the story wondering if Wickham will be succumbed by "foolish love", or if he will use his knowledge of the Bennet ... 's relationship to back out of a potential unhappy marriage. Furthermore, Wickham's eloping with Georgian in the middle of the story and request for 10,000 dollars before agreeing ... also helps to alter Elizabeth's first impression of Darcy. Although not noticeable at first glance, conside...

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... no joy in reading any novel by Austen, this one included. In many ways Mr. Bennet stands as a literary monument to the writer's amazing storytelling ability. While his personality sticks out among others in the novel like a sore thumb, his place in the plot has monumental importance not only to the task of saving an unappreciative reader from boredom but also ... and yet have room to develop and grow as a person on her own accord. This of course is crucial to the plot, as Elizabeth would not have been able to fall in love with Darcy had it not been for her change as a person. Though Mr....

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... insulted at a dance by Darcy refuses to associate with him in any manner. Eventually through a family crisis, each over come their opinions of one another from their first meeting and fall in love. Significance of the Title The significance of Pride & Prejudice is that the two main characters of the novel, Darcy and Elizabeth form opinions on one another based on ... her a bad reputation with the more refined Darcy and Bingley's. Austen pokes fun at snobs in these examples, but later in, when Lydia elopes with Wickham and lives with him out of wedlock, the author treats reputation as a ...

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... , in Hertfordshire, England. She is a narrator of sorts, reflecting the opinion of the author (A Literary History of England 1205). Critic A.C. Bradley said, "Elizabeth Bennet is a girl we are meant to fall in love with" (British Writers 28). Elizabeth is also called "one of the most delightful heroines of fiction" (Cyclopedia of World Authors Volume I 98). She meets Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy when ... in London however he does not want Mr. Bingley to see her. Miss Bingley and Mr. Darcy successfully conceal Jane's presence from Bingley. "Elizabeth's prejudice against Darcy (which has grown ou...

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... in return so must she. When she states to Jane: " As you are five times as pretty as the rest of us and have the sweetest disposition, I fear it will fall on you to raise our fortunes" The responder can identify her extreme intelligence and grasp of reality as she acknowledges the need of the very same advantageous marriages she refuses ... ? Nora: I must. Let them say what they like Helmer: You"re acting like a child. You don't understand the society you live in. Nora: You"re right I don't. I"m going to find out - which one of us is right, society or me. Nora is tired of making the conc...

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... in front of her. She becomes "absolutely ashamed of herself" (171). Up to this point, Elizabeth has always believed she possessed the ability to make out people's personalities. Now, she realizes that all this time she has been ignorant, biased, and prideful, therefore driving "reason away"(171). Reason, which is ... the "luckiest family in the world, though only a few weeks before, when Lydia had first run away, they had been generally proved to be marked out for misfortune" (282). Mr. Collins observes that "Lydia's sad business has been so well hushed up,"(293) that nobody except the ...

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... impression she gets from them. Most of the time she is right. For example her first impression of Mr. Collins was that he was a solemn and awkward man. This turns out to be true and Elizabeth is repulsed by him and rejects his marriage proposal. One time Elizabeth completely misjudges a person's character, and that person is Darcy. Darcy acted distant and ... ...

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... not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend" (58). After they figured out the personality of Darcy, everyone's impression went downward. He wasn't the man they though he was. Darcy never wanted to meet anyone new. He was a proud man that looked upon ... ...

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... not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend" (58). After they figured out the personality of Darcy, everyone's impression went downward. He wasn't the man they though he was. Darcy never wanted to meet anyone new. He was a proud man that looked upon ... ...

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... and without word leave the manor of Netherfield, intending to return to London, Jane's heart is broken. Wickham, a handsome young soldier, notifies Elizabeth that Mr. Darcy had heartlessly cheated him out of an inheritance. The story continues weaving vignettes of the Bennet girls searching, through their thoughts and their travels, for the reality of the rumors and intentions of the men ... ...

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... relieved that Charlotte was not dying an old maid. Charlotte Lucas married Mr. Collins not only for financial stability but also because she was getting old and wanted to move out from her parent's home. This once again puts focus on the factor of marriage. Marriage is now not only utilitarian, but now a means of escaping parental control. Another example of ... ...

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... having been exposed to all the others, including the book. It bears little resemblance to Austen. In it, Mr. Darcy begins to fawn all over Eliza about halfway through, completely out of character. There are many scenes that are completely fictitious and thus unsatisfying. Anyway, back to this 1985 BBC production: after I got over the initial shock of the less posh ... ...

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