... a simple means by which the gaze can be introduced because as viewers, we are also participating in the scopophilic behavior. Therefore, there are at least two levels of scopophilia present in narrative cinema: the pleasure in looking among the characters within the film and the audience's pleasure in watching the film. Nevertheless, ... she soon decides that she wants to show Catherine her new hat at once (NA 48). In order to do so, the girls will have to walk in the same direction that the "odious" men have gone. Catherine suggests waiting a few minutes to avoid running into them agai...

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... women. In Chapter VII, when Elizabeth's sister, Jane, is felt herself unwell when she is invited to dine at the Bingley's. Elizabeth insists to walk there by herself in a rainy day. "I do not wish to avoid the walk. The distance is nothing when one has a motive; only three miles. I shall be back by dinner.?ch. VII). She thinks as long as you ... ...

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... older sister, Jane, who becomes ill during a visit. Before Elizabeth leaves for Netherfield her mother says to her, "How can you be so silly, as to think of such a thing [walk to Netherfield], in all this dirt! You will not be fit to be seen when you get there" (24). Elizabeth responds, "I shall be very fit to see Jane- which is ... ...

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... . The third example of Elizabeth's display of pride is for her family. When Eliza goes to attend to her ill sister, she knows that it is improper for a woman to walk three miles in the rain and mud without an escort, but she is not concerned about how it will look to the Bingleys and Darcy. Her sister's well-being is ... ...

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... . She was still appalled that Mr. Darcy had nothing to say in his defense and that he didn't even bother to apologize. The next day she resumed her usual daily walk but this time, not wanting to run into Mr. Darcy, she took another route. She fortuitously ran into him anyways and the meeting was very uncomfortable. He simply handed her ... ...

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... hears of her sister Jane's illness and decides that because the one carriage her family owns (another sign of socioeconomic status) is not going to available directly, that she will walk the three miles to Netherfield Park. "She has nothing, in short, to recommend her, besides being an excellent walker. I shall never forget her appearance this morning. She really looked almost ... ...

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... . She was still appalled that Mr. Darcy had nothing to say in his defense and that he didn't even bother to apologize. The next day she resumed her usual daily walk but this time, not wanting to run into Mr. Darcy, she took another route. She fortuitously ran into him anyways and the meeting was very uncomfortable. He simply handed her ... ...

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... has once been refused! How could I ever be foolish enough to expect a renewal of his love?" For now she knew that she was in love with him. Eventually, while on a walk, Elizabeth finds herself alone with Darcy, and thanks him for his help with Lydia, "I can no longer help thanking you for your unexampled kindness to my poor sister." Darcy replies ... ...

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... , she is physically fit. This is evident when she walked for three miles on foot to help her sister. She did not care about the long distance she had to walk. Also, she did not care about the bad weather conditions. Secondly, this example provides another merit in her character which is her caring nature. She is very sensible. She felt ... her society from all its ills. In conclusion, Austen's new heroine is not a goddess. She has been given many human dimensions. She is not the traditional perfect heroine. She has two main weaknesses. Firstly, she is misled by first impressions. This is...

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... is still stuck with five unmarried daughters. Jane is still getting aquatinted with Mr. Bingley, a rich suitor, Elizabeth still has no prospects, and two her three younger sisters are still chasing young officers. Suddenly when everything looks its brightest for Jane, Bingley picks up and leaves Netherfield. This event ... except the Gardiners, Elizabeth, and Jane knows that Darcy was the one who saved them all. Finally, Elizabeth and Darcy are alone on a walk when the issue of the past proposal and events resurface. Darcy shows his complete unselfishness by telling Elizabeth that every...

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Sense and Sensibility vs. Pride and Prejudice In the two novels Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice their are many similar themes such as the importance of love and marriage, the way the ... her but delivers a letter to her. The letter causes Elizabeth to rethink her feelings on Darcy. Mr. Bingly proposes to Jane. Darcy and Elizabeth go for a walk, Darcy tells Elizabeth about how his feelings have not changed and she accepts his proposal. "You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what ... novels Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, each family as...

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... are simply a few of the important aspects that books and reading provide in the novel. Music is another symbolic object in the novel (Moler 52). Elizabeth and Miss Bingley present two different reasons for the reason they play (Moler 52). Like reading, Elizabeth plays because she enjoys music, with or without an audience, while Miss Bingley uses music as her feminine ... Netherfield (Moler 54). It is also symbolic that Darcy's first proposal to Elizabeth takes place in a sitting room, and the second is on a country walk (Moler 54). Obviously, the second proposal is the happier of the tw...

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... Edna Pontellier and Mademoiselle Reisz do not care about their social status, they did and said what they wanted, not caring about social judgement. Today people believe on a scale of two sides; one being where women only need to be mothers and housewives, and the other side believing all women are better than men in every way. Neither sides are true ... ...

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... are several people in the book who go to London, but we see their actions there mostly through reports of one type or another, such as letters. Elizabeth goes on two important trips during the course of the novel, one to Hunsford, in Kent. Hunsford is near Rosings, Lady Catherine's estate, which Elizabeth visits several times. The second of Elizabeth's trips ... in the book and found to actually not have any improper pride. We know that pride and prejudice are the most dominant themes in the book because it is these two themes that create the main conflict in the story, which is Elizabe...

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... of marriage. The ideal marriage amongst the English gentry in the 18th century was based on "strong physical attraction, mutual esteem, and steadfast companionship. Upon esteem rested the other two. Without it attraction became lust, and companionship could never develop." This ideal was not always attained.2 But one as observe the change of focus from benefit to esteem. The ... ...

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... that he was a detestable man and she let Mr. Wickham's good manners make her think he was an excellent man. After the letter she realizes that her views on the two men were wrong and that in fact, Darcy was the excellent man while Mr. Wickham was the detestable man. Another character altering event occurs when Lady Catherine has a private conversation ... has hurt Elizabeth badly but it helps Elizabeth to lessen her pride. It is true that Elizabeth belongs to a lower social class than Darcy because the income gap between their two families is large. Also if Darcy marries Elizabeth, Darc...

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... " (Austen n pag). During this time, women married for convenience and financial gain rather than love. In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet defies these standards, as she rejects two marriage proposals and goes against the norms of society by marrying above her social class. Pride and Prejudice symbolizes the importance of marriage, wealth, morals, and social status through the ... Mr. Darcy. In essence, Pride and Prejudice epitomizes the importance of wealth and social class during the nineteenth century and emphasizes the contingency of potential relationships that co...

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... can affect a male population. The Elizabeth implies that men get a better education and are basically perfect when she says "There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it " (Austen14). Elizabeth is saying that Mr. Darcy can be googled under "Darcy Perfect Man ... ...

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... which add up to a successful marriage. One of these characteristics is that love cannot be all about appearances, and must grow between the two people as they get to know one another better. Darcy's first impression of Elizabeth was that she was " Tolerable but not handsome enough to ... he does not love her for his physical desires towards her but instead, he loves her for her personality.  The relationship between the two characters reveals Austen's values and beliefs on love not being centered around beauty or immediate attraction but rather, knowing the personality of your ... Ly...

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... feelings regardless of the fact if he loves her or not. She also tells Elizabeth that happiness is a matter of luck where it doesn't matter if the two people know each other. Her attitude toward marriage does justify when she is actually married to Mr. Collins. What she says to Elizabeth is actually her foreshadow ... problem and current debt that Wickham still is engaged in. Mr. and Mrs. Bingley have no change in their lives. Kitty spends time visiting her two sisters periodically. Darcy has no relationship with Catherine de Bourgh because of her insulting behavior toward Elizabeth. On...

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Pride Leading To Prejudice Pride and Prejudice, two words that bring the good as well as the bad to a personality. With pride comes a sense of exemplary worth, a sense of great accomplishment with ones self. With prejudice, preconceived ideas ... , and if I desired your good opinion, and you have bestowed it most unwillingly." essentially Elizabeth is telling Mr. Darcy off, she wants nothing to do with the man. Elizabeth had two major reasons for rejecting the proposal. The first was her initial prejudice towards Darcy the second was the breakup between Mr. Bingley and her sister Jane's engag...

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... Darcy, a landowning aristocrat who is too proud to speak to any of the locals. Bingley and the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, soon form an attachment. Any serious relationship between the two is opposed by Bingley's sisters who do not approve of Jane as a wife for Bingley. Darcy also opposes the relationship and believes that Jane is indifferent to Bingley. Meanwhile, Darcy ... Elizabeth, but is stunned and offended when she refuses him. He quickly turns his attention to Elizabeth's friend, Charlotte Lucas, who wants to marry for security rather than love. The two are soon engaged and ma...

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... . Bennet would not usually own up to any folly this directly and easily, and although he makes several blunders in the course of the plot this is one of only two he acknowledges. Such a self-infraction of his character could only be explained by the fact that he cares for Elizabeth more than he ever shows, more even than the reader ... of her parental genes - the next improved and more modern step up in the evolution of character and abilities exemplified by her father. As mentioned above, Mr. Bennet admits to two mistakes in the course of the novel. The first one he avows to is his marr...

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... is what draws Darcy to Elizabeth in the first place. Since the quality of good sense is so important for the characters, we should know what it specifically is. The two characteristics already mentioned, intelligence and sensitivity are obviously essential. A sense of responsibility also seems to be part of it. Mrs. and Mr. Bennet are not sensible when they fail to ... ...

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BOOK REPORT/CHARACTER ANALYSIS PRIDE AND PREJUDICE In Pride and Prejudice there are two very important characters whom the entire story revolves around and they are Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy. In the course of the novel, together, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy run into ... ...

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