... different. Three of these families will be described throughout this paper: the Dashwood family, the Ferrars family, and the family of Colonel Brandon. The first family depicted in the book Sense and Sensibility is the Dashwood family. The Dashwoods are basically the main family of the book. It is "a story about the Dashwood family, who loses everything when Mr. Dashwood falls suddenly ill and dies unexpectedly"(Cierras ... thirteen years old and is described as a good-humored well-disposed girl with much of Marianne's attributes and even less sense (Austen 5). The next family depicted,...

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... it turns out to be Edward Ferrars. He has been visiting other friends and is surprisedly cold-hearted towards Elinor. Chapter 17 Edward softens towards the family and they have a long talk. One of the subjects is prejudice, Elinor says she often prejudices people, because of stories she hears. She thereby ... marry and Marianne will become to love him. Elinor and Marianne will become neighbours and will live on happily ever after. Emma Chapter 1 The family Woodhouse is introduced, as are there close friends. The relationships between the characters are also immediately told. Emma Woodho...

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... matter. By becoming Wickham's lover without benefit of marriage, Lydia places herself outside the social norms' and her disgrace threatens the entire Bennet family. The fact that Lydia's terrible judgment would have condemned the other Bennet sisters to marriage-less lives seems unfair by today's standards, but ... journey sends various people in search of Wickham and Lydia, and the journey ends with Darcy tracking them down and saving the Bennet family honour, in the process demonstrating his devotion to Elizabeth. Characters Elizabeth Bennet Elizabeth Bennet is the second daughter and...

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... be examined are prejudice in Elizabeth and pride in Darcy. Elizabeth's negative prejudices can be broken up into three major groups: in favor of Wickham, in favor of her own family, and against Darcy, which includes Darcy's pride. In short, Elizabeth's apparent prejudices and Darcy's marked pride are reversed in our eyes with Darcy's letter. Elizabeth is prejudiced towards Mr. Wickham ... in favor of Wickham evaporate, and she is able to see Wickham for what he really is, based on Darcy's letter. Besides Wickham, a member Elizabeth's family through marriage only, Elizabeth is also preju...

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... published in 1813, Pride and prejudice is a very popular novel written by Jane Austen. It talks about trivial matters of love, marriage, and family life between country squires and fair ladies in Britain in the 18th century. A gentle but witty satire of courtship an marriage, tells the story ... people of rank, and were therefore in every respect entitled to think well of themselves, and meanly of others. They were of a respectable family the north of England; a circumstance more deeply impressed on their memories than that their brother's fortune and their own had been acquired by trade ...

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... the difference between Mr. & Mrs. Bennet- the product of a common Augustan marriage. "Had Elizabeth's opinion been all drawn from her own family, she could not have formed a very pleasing picture of conjugal felicity or domestic comfort. Her father, captivated by youth and beauty, and that appearance of ... their initial attraction fades. Mrs. Bennet cannot be blamed for this unhappy state of marriage. She comes from a conventional 18th century middle class family, where girls don't receive proper education and the standard of culture was low. Mr. Bennet's attitude is filled with too muc...

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... is a senseless and a very incomplete woman. Austen lived a lot of her dreams through her novels since they were based on observation of her family and friends. Her writing was filled by her total artistic command over her daily experiences ("Jane Austen-, British authors of the nineteenth century). Jane Austen ... classical scholar with a taste for fiction. Their home was larger than most homes at the time, but it did not seem large to such a big family ("Jane Austen-, British Women Writers). Her parents sent her brothers Henry and James to a boarding school, where they later edited a l...

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... behaviour, was sharpened into particular resentment, by his having slighted one of her daughters.? (Page 12) Mr Darcy judges Elizabeth and the Bennett family on social status, and takes an immediate dislike to them, because of their financial situation and rank on the socio economic status. Although the ... deceptive and the entire society is proved to have misjudged Wickham, based on their misconceptions and first impressions. He is exposed to the Bennett family shortly after his elopement with Lydia Bennett, a 16 year old girl who he did not intend to marry, but only to take advantag...

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... upon so much as a financial security but more as a love interest. Women today can work in almost any job and gain enough money to support their own family and being seen as acceptable. In Jane Austen's time it wasn't so. A young woman of her class depended for her happiness, her health, in fact the ... my heart she were well settled. But with such a father and mother, and such low connections, I am afraid there is no chance of it." Only because her family is not "well settled" in society, there is no chance of ever marring her. Even though the society class "rule" still exists today, it i...

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... younger sisters are still chasing young officers. Suddenly when everything looks its brightest for Jane, Bingley picks up and leaves Netherfield. This event leaves the family in total despair. Elizabeth decides to go off to live with her aunt in London, Jane goes with another aunt, and Lydia leaves for Brighton ... comes that Lydia has run off with Wickham. Lydia's improper actions will surely ruin any of her sisters chances of becoming decently married. The entire family will be sure to be outcasts. Running off with a man you are not properly married to is not tolerated during an Age ...

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... and analyze, and eventually I felt that marriage was the central keyword in the book. I will concentrate on the situation of the daughters in the family, since these are the best described in the novel. My dealing with different ideals and problems within a marriage will be illustrated with examples from the ... independence on the woman's hand almost never occurred. The only "profession" available was that of being a governess, which meant educating the daughters of a family, but this was a job with low working conditions and lowly paid. Therefore women had to marry their life into mone...

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... theme becomes blatantly apparent. Mr. Darcy displays the positive side of pride by taking responsibility for his sister, himself, his estate, and family name. Darcy does whatever he needs to do to assure their safety and happiness. Mr. Darcy, the leading male character in the novel. He ... possesses an ancient family name, glorious estate, and sizable fortune, which contribute to his pride but not making him snobbish. Later on in the book, we learn ... sister Georgiana who he deeply cares for. Although seen as proud in a negative way, Charlotte Lucas defends Darcy by saying that a man of...

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... as Darcy at the beginning of story Lady Catherine is full of pride and prejudice. Her pride makes her immediately looks down on the family of Bennet because she thinks that Bennets family has failed in "traditional way" of educating and breeding the growing child without any governess "No governess! How was that possible I ... Later in the story, he agrees to marry Lydia only because he is paid by Darcy to retain the reputation of Bennet's family "Wickham never intended to go there, or to marry Lydia." (P. 223). He has no self-abasement for degrade the fame of Lydia and her ... When the ...

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... powerful symbolism. She lived in this small countyside,when it appears this idilic place to live. Their life is pleasant, many small things happen. Her family had to move to one place to another because their economic problems, each movement to a new town means a step less of the social class scale. Her ... family had many economic problems so they had to move to other places, so Jane Austen's childhood was not very happy, this is the only things ... other problems: she had two brothers, who were admirant, a very dangerous job at that time (remember we are at time of Napoleonic war). J...

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Sense and Sensibility In Sense and Sensibility, the family system seemed to be patriarchal. The men made all the decisions around the house and they were the ones who went out and made the money. Although the mothers had a ... Norland Park and go live in Barton College because Mr. Dashwood died and left everything to his son. Because he died and it was a patrilineal society, Mrs. Dashwood and her family did not have any money or land. The Dashwood family lived in a consanguineal family system. Mrs. Dashwood had to run the household, the kids, and had everyone in the ... family had to go out...

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... , George Austen, an Anglican Clergyman, and her mother, Cassandra, a minister's daughter. But the three only contribute to less than half of the entire family. Austen was number 7 of the 8 children born to Reverend George and Cassandra Austen (Lauber 1). Her writings were not limited to novels; she wrote plays ... and a basic cornucopia or literary expressions. Some her earliest writing spread from 1787 to 1793 (Mural 1). Her life style was attributed to her modest family. Apart from hard times, the George Austen always had enough money for books, which were considered a luxury of the ti...

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... get married by insulting her in every possible manner. She tells Elizabeth that she is from inferior birth, that it will ruin Darcy's reputation, and that her family is contemptible. Even though these accusations are true, Lady Catherine has hurt Elizabeth badly but it helps Elizabeth to lessen her pride. It is true that Elizabeth belongs ... might leave him because he is going against the social norm of marrying in your own social class. Lastly it is true that her family is contemptible because of the way they hid the fact that Lydia ran away with Mr. Wickham. These accusations show Eli...

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... ; however, is short-lived. Edward's brother, Robert, visits Lucy in hopes of persuading her to abandon her plan to marry Edward so that he might be welcomed back into the family. Although Austen does not provide the details of the visit, she allows Edward to surmise after the fact what may have led to Robert and Lucy's marriage. Austen writes, " ... Mrs. Ferrars. Austen describes her as sour-faced, ill-tempered and bad-natured. After learning of Edward and Lucy's secret engagement, Mrs. Ferrars first attempts bribery; she promises Edward a handsome family estate if he will break off ...

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... Darcy also opposes the relationship and believes that Jane is indifferent to Bingley. Meanwhile, Darcy finds himself attracted to Elizabeth despite his objections to her family. As Darcy grows more interested in Elizabeth, Elizabeth continues to despise him and is instead attracted to George Wickham, a handsome and personable militia ... accepts Wickham's account without question, disliking Darcy even more because of it. In the midst of Jane and Elizabeth's developing relationships, the Bennet family is visited by Mr. Bennet's cousin, Mr. Collins. He plans to propose to Elizabeth, but is...

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... of literature exhibits the time period's life style and significance by giving the readers a feel of what would be of importance to a typical family in relation to the time period. Austen's novel contains many personalities of that era, as well as emphasizes the importance of marriage, education, ... any situation. The object of Elizabeth's affection, Mr. Darcy, comments towards the middle of the book, "The situation of your mother's family, though objectionable, was nothing in comparison of the total want of propriety so frequently, so almost uniformly betrayed by herself, by your thr...

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... of his most meaningful contributions to the plot is the influence he exerts on Elizabeth. She is obviously his favorite, and probably the only one in his family that he feels real fatherly love for. This is seen from the fact that even though he is often very reserved and distant, the one time he ... he display the guilt he feels for being an irresponsible and distant father but also assumes a part of the blame for the way his family has become. This is the most evident display of this character's importance to the plot by far. All through the novel the Bennet ... family is in an unfa...

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... encapsulates the ambitions of the empty headed Mrs. Bennet, and her desire to find a good match for each of her five daughters from the middle-class young men of the family's acquaintance: "The business of her life was to get her daughters married, its solace was visiting and news."(pg. 3) In this, she receives little help from her mild and indolent ... obstinate she was, how money made her so happy, and how hypocrite she was."(Pg.90) For this reason he retreats the ridiculousness of his family into sarcasm and carelessness. Elizabeth also feels pained by her family's folly, and can not...

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... this day. Austen published four more novels: Mansfield park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion. The period Austen lived was particularly stratified. At that time, class divisions, which were rooted in family connections and wealth, were very severe in England. In her work, Austen is often critical of the assumptions and prejudices of upper class. Though she frequently satirizes snobs, she also ... 's estate, which serves as a turning point of Elizabeth's feelings towards Darcy, Elizabeth hears from Darcy's servants that he is a wonderful, generous master. Shortly after Elizabeth's v...

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... and Mr. Darcy that such status in society would prevent the Bennet girls from ever marrying well. From the Marxist point of view, the Bennet family has had to actually work the means of production in order to accumulate their wealth and stature. It is said that, "I think I have heard ... uncle is an attorney in Meryton" (8, 32). The reply, "Yes; and they have another, who lives somewhere near Cheapside" (8, 32). The fact that the family comes from a background in which work, not ownership was the means of production is looked upon in a condescending manner. Along the same vain, Elizabeth...

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... The life pattern of the majority was the same. Embroidery and reading were amongst the few specialties the women were capable of. The whole family would gather around the one thought to be most capable and listen to the different pieces of writing they would read out. Such was ... reader draw certain similarities. Maintaining a socially acceptable behavior dominates her writings. She is always critical of characters who break the rules and pry into family affairs. She presents them in the garb of comic roles. For example Mrs Jennings and Lady Catherine. Whereas Sir John and Mrs Collins re...

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