... female gaze can best be determined by comparing the role of the gaze in Austen's most widely known novel, Pride and Prejudice, and the novel that stands out among her others, Northanger Abbey. Before attempting to determine if a female gaze does exist, it is necessary to examine and define the concept of a male gaze. ... showing off his horse, exaggerating about the distance his horse can travel without rest, and refusing to drive his sisters around town. In reply to Isabella's subtle expression of desire to join John and Catherine in their engagement tomorrow, John exclaims, "No, no; I ...

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March 17, 2002 The Irony of Mr. Bennet Honors English 2 The dictionary defines irony as a method of humorous or sarcastic expression in which the intended meaning of the words used is the direct opposite of their usual sense. In displaying irony in her work, Jane Austen uses Mr. Bennet, the apathetic father of the Bennet sisters, ... ...

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... belief that happiness in marriage should come before the social and financial aspects. Mr. Collins is a great comic creation for Austen. He is one of the best examples of her expression of criticisms of society through humor. Mr. Collins is pompous, pretentious, and extremely hypocritical in his moral judgments. He takes every opportunity to flatter and win the approval of his ... social superiors. He comes to Longbourn in search of a wife, a well-meaning attempt to compensate the Bennet's by keeping the estate in the immediate family. He infers his desire to propose to Jane, and upon f...

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... between Jane and Bingley, there is a prejudice against the Bennet girls showed by Ms. Bingley due to class, and reputation is blockading Darcy out of Elizabeth's future. One such quote concerning the proposal of Darcy to Elizabeth captures the spirit of the book and distributes the themes and motifs ... do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." Elizabeth's astonishment was beyond expression. She stared, coloured, doubted, and was silent. This he considered sufficient encouragement, and the avowal of all that he felt and had...

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... of verbal, dramatic, situational and irony through the novel. The novel is full of verbal irony, especially coming from Elizabeth and Mr. Bennet. Verbal irony is saying one thing, but meaning the complete opposite. Although Mr. Bennet is basically a sensible man, he behaves strangely because of his sarcasm with his wife. Trapped in a bad marriage, he makes life endurable for himself ... have been that mistress now. This gives a clear example of a dramatic irony. The focal point of the story's situational irony is Darcy falling in love with Elizabeth. Main example of situational irony is...

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Jane Austen is one of the most prominent women novelists in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Out of all her novels, Pride and Prejudice is by far most popular as well as the most critically acclaimed novel. This novel deals with the politics of love and marriage ... a chance and get married, no matter how much the marriage is going against her ideals, she will remain forever a spinster indebted to her family. Woman cannot take the risk of falling for a man simply because he is physically and sexually attractive. They will only accept him when they are convinced that they have won his ...

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... cynicism. The main strand of this story concerns the prejudice of Elizabeth Bennet against the apparent arrogance of her future suitor, Fitzwilliam Darcy, and the blow to his pride in falling in love with her. Though a satisfactory outcome is eventually achieved, it is set against the social machination! s of many 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 Prid...

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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 to ... poking fun at it on many occasions. "For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn." (Austen, 75) is an expression that could be his life's motto, as he spends most of his time in hi...

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... speak. Mr. Darcy tries to suppress his feelings because "she attracted him more than he liked" as she was socially inferior to him (Austen 59). Although he is falling in love with her, Mr. Darcy allows his pride to hamper his feelings towards Elizabeth because of her family and lower social class. Eventually his feelings transcend his pride, and ... ...

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... to recommend his suit.? (Page 157) Elizabeth's character represents values and attitudes of the 19th century. Throughout the novel her character develops, as she changes from disliking Mr Darcy to falling in love with him. -This raised again the danger of first impressions, and the possibility of their reversal. She categorizes Darcy as arrogant and self-centred, and her opinion of ... ...

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Main Characters: Elizabeth Bennet - Although Elizabeth is not as beautiful as her sister, Jane, her eyes and expression captivate Darcy. Elizabeth is the most intelligent and sensible of the five Bennet sisters. She has an initial prejudice against Darcy before she has read the letter. Fitzwilliam Darcy - Darcy ... ...

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... . Darcy and she thought him to not only be arrogant, but also cruel and unjust. Mr. Darcy thoughts for Elizabeth were a complete foil to hers. He was in the meantime falling in love with her and he eventually proposed. She rejected him harshly and was disgusted that he had proposed. She accused him of all the things she had heard about ... be made felt uncomfortable or told that the charges she made against him were wrong. The letter Mr. Darcy wrote to Elizabeth did in fact explain everything and Elizabeth found out that the things told to her by Mr. Wickham about Mr. Darcy were actually...

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... as the deciding factor most people would use to decide whether or not a person was worthy of marriage or even friendship. The ball in Meryton is important to the story's meaning because it shows the reader how many of the characters of the novel meet for the very first time. "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of ... and Jane and Darcy and Elizabeth are total opposites. The difference between the two couples" impressions sets the stage for the rest of the story and contributes greatly to the meaning of the story as a whole. After the ball, readers ar...

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... . Darcy and she thought him to not only be arrogant, but also cruel and unjust. Mr. Darcy thoughts for Elizabeth were a complete foil to hers. He was in the meantime falling in love with her and he eventually proposed. She rejected him harshly and was disgusted that he had proposed. She accused him of all the things she had heard about ... be made felt uncomfortable or told that the charges she made against him were wrong. The letter Mr. Darcy wrote to Elizabeth did in fact explain everything and Elizabeth found out that the things told to her by Mr. Wickham about Mr. Darcy were actually...

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... 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 to be discreet, shrewd, generous, and magnanimous . For example, when Mr. Bingly and he attended the first ball, Mr. Darcy encounters Elizabeth Bennet ... 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 an...

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... he were alive??It was my scarcely voluntary demand. I say scarcely voluntary, for it seemed as if my tongue pronounced words without my will consenting to their utterance: something spoke out of me over which I had no control.?(ch. IV). She is suppressed by the unfair environment too much; she can not do what she likes to do as an innocent ... a bird. Because of the background, Jane feels inferior when she meets Rochester. As a plain governess which was a low social position at that time, she feels it is impossible for Rochester falling love with her. "No, no, sir! think of other subjec...

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... cheifly struck by his gratitude toward Lady Catherine de Bourgh and his willingness to perform his duties as a clergyman. She declares him an oddity because she cannot make any sense out of his pompous style. She even goes as far as to question his sensibility. Collins shows inconsistency in his attentions towards women. First he singles Jane ... out to be his wife due to senority, but once he discovers that she might soon be engaged, he aims his attentions toward Elizabeth. When he asks her to marry him, ... should show more affection than she truly feels in order to help Bingley on....

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... cheifly struck by his gratitude toward Lady Catherine de Bourgh and his willingness to perform his duties as a clergyman. She declares him an oddity because she cannot make any sense out of his pompous style. She even goes as far as to question his sensibility. Collins shows inconsistency in his attentions towards women. First he singles Jane ... out to be his wife due to senority, but once he discovers that she might soon be engaged, he aims his attentions toward Elizabeth. When he asks her to marry him, ... should show more affection than she truly feels in order to help Bingley on....

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... ." In the movie, the reason why Darcy falls in love with Elizabeth is not clear, but in the novel Darcy confesses to Elizabeth that he loves her for her "impertinence" meaning "liveliness of her mind." He doesn't like the fact that all women created commotion over him and the reason he actually notices Elizabeth is because she is different from other ... ...

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... hard for knowledge and accomplishments, conceited manner, bookish. 11. Mr. Darcy: Bingley's friend, tall, handsome features, of noble blood. Pemberley's owner. Started out with bad manners. Easiness, openness, ductility of his temper, clever, haughty, reserved, fastidious, gives offense wherever he goes. Stiffly proud, noble, master of Pemberley ... regiment. Was paid by Darcy to marry Lydia. After the weddings of the Darcys and the Bingleys, the Wickhams ask Darcy for money and out-stay their welcome with the Bingleys. 16. Mr. William Collins: Inheritant of Mr. Bennet's land, idiotic, ...

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Chapter 2 Mr. Bennet was among the first people to visit Mr. Bingley. He was always going to end up visiting him but continued to tell his wife that he would not jus to wind her up. Then after the visit he would tell herÆ'n that he had in fact visited Mr. Bingley like this. Seeing that his 2n...

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... I find. I congratulate her. Next to being married, a girl liked to be crossed in love a little now and then. It is something to think of, and gives her a sort of distinction among her companions. When is your turn to come? You will hardly bear to be long outdone by Jane. Now is your time. Here are officers enough at Meryton to disappoint ... ...

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... 't for her foolishness Mr. Darcy would not have fallen in love with her though. Mr. Darcy accepted the fact that Elizabeth is a dominant female who speaks her mind and opinions out loud. Her dominance is what brought Mr. Darcy to her which she did not realize until this point in the novel. The author shows that dominant females are capable of ... that women have a certain appearance that they must follow and men do not. The dominance of men is shown because it says that "the word will be but half-deserved " meaning that the women who do not have the personality shown are not worthy enoug...

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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 ... , meaning Elizabeth would have much to gain by marrying him. Elizabeth cited Mr. Wickham's dispute with Darcy as a major reason for not wanting to marry Darcy. Darcy writes Elizabeth a letter detailing ... ...

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... He is blissfully unaware or uncaring of class difference. His purchase of the Netherfield estate allows for the story to exist. His easy going and well meaning demeanor contrast strongly with Mr. Dracy. Jane Bennet Jane Bennet, the oldest Bennet daughter, is beautiful, humble, and selfless. She is a bit ... Prejudice really are pride and prejudice. Elizabeth is shown to be guilty of prejudicially judging Darcy to be prideful. In addition, it turns out that improper pride is actually the reason behind Elizabeth's prejudice. Finally, while Darcy is recognized as feeling above his company,...

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