... a wall of misapprehensions and misunderstandings between them, and it isn't until Mr Darcy's proposal, do we as the readers find out about any desire to overcome this wall. Not only a twenty-first century reader, but a nineteenth century reader could have pointed out just how undesirable this situation is. Jane Austen has created a fairly complex story to surround a fairly simple moral: never judge ... the issue of love and marriage. In Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen's view of love has become the basis for the typical love story. Boy meets girl. Girl hates boy. Boy proves himself to gir...

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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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... However, had it been written in a present day setting and with current social stigmas, perhaps I would have liked it more. As a fifteen year old boy I did not find this diction easy to comprehend. It took me double the time to read this complicated language than it would have if it were to be ... and old english prose were both major turn off's for me, but that is just a personal preference of mine. I also thought that the novel was extremely drawn out. Why did you make it over a year before Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy could finally end up together? I understand that certain "proper "...

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... in both the novel and film. One of the relationships is that between the daughter and her father. Both Emma and Cher have a close yet out of the ordinary relationship with their father, as each girl can do no wrong to them. And both Emma's and Cher's fathers are very generous ... 's social status. Harriet Smith is neither a clever or bright person, Harriet is therefore perfect material for Emma to mould. In Clueless, like Emma, Cher sets out to improve Tai, the new girl at school and the equivalent to Harriet Smith in Emma. Like Harriet, Tai is obviously of a lower class than Cher as .....

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... ability to exploit the same. The film is set in Beverley Hills, transforming the social classes of Emma's time into social groups at Bronson Alcott High School. As Cher points out to her protege Tai, the loadies, the crew and the persian mafia are a few of these divisions. "And there's Elton and the most popular boys in the school. If you ... are going to date a high school boy, these are the only acceptable ones." In the modern world of today, where politics has dissolved the distinct class divisions, Heckerling sees the reality that these classes still exist in ... ...

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... she does not need a man in the end has found true love. "Clueless" has that exact parallel in it's plot when Cher mentions that she would not date a high school boy and yet she still ends up happy and in love with Josh. One reason for the novel Emma to focus so much on marriage and relationships is that it was ... because obviously a rich adult male lawyer cannot manage life on his own without his daughter caring for his every need. Although both Emma and Cher do not appear to be out looking for a future relationship it is evident that they are already dependent upon their relationships...

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... that his father never actually meant for him to give the girls anything. By praising his nonexistent generosity and urging that he consider the future of their "poor little boy," Fanny proceeds to persuade John that his mother-in-law and sisters are in no real need of money and that their son Harry will surely live in penury ... . 14). Austen then compares Robert's life to Edward's by describing his "increasing attachment to his wife and his home" and his "regular cheerfulness of spirits," pointing out that Edward would certainly not trade Robert's life of wealth for his own life of happ...

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... net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will, which I now exert to leave you." As Rochester tries to win her back - even when she'd just found out of his marriage - she's saying that she is not a bird which gets trapped in Rochester's cage at his will. She declares that she is an independent human being with choices ... ...

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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 ... ...

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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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... heroine of Brontë is something different because she has no high social status, she is poor, uninteresting, small and plain and Quaker-like girl. Nevertheless her personality is standing out above the others, because she is not following contemporary convention, but she venerates equality of rights and gender instead of submission. "Women are supposed to be very calm generally ... ...

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... of letter, the readers come to know about the fact that Mrs. Bennett, eventually, will give away all her property and assets to Mr. Collins, if she fails to find out at least one ideal suitor for one of her daughters. Darcy's letter to Elizabeth draws the reader's attention towards their intimate relationship. They have initiated a bonding between them and the ... ...

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Pride and Prejudice is one of Jane Austen's greatest masterpieces. It's a sharp and witty comedy of manners played out in early 19th Century English society. Women hope to find a rich husband that can care for them; in particular are the Bennet's, a family with five daughters whose father's estate is ... ...

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... (111). Simply the statement that Mrs. Churchill rules at Enscombe is indication of Mrs. Churchill's swerve from the standard position of women in the nineteenth century. Austen rebels and lashes out in portraying this, showing that a woman may have power over her husband and family. The degree of the madwoman's rage and influence in Emma can be truly seen and noted ... ...

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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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... battle and how it was resolved the Scots strengthened their alliance with France. At the time France was one of the biggest threats to England. Then, in 1549 war broke out between England and France over the procession of Boulogne. While all this was going on there arose a pressing agrarian problem of enclosure of common lands (infoplease.com). During this Edward ... ...

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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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... 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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... . Despite stereotypes and expectations, people know the darker side of life, reality. No one person is completely honest with all their friends, or even family. These aspects are brilliantly brought out in Pride and Prejudice. While watching TV and playing on computers slowly takes the place of reading and playing in the yard, dreams take over our mind's sense of reality ... ...

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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 ... ...

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... beginning of the novel, Harriet tells Emma about a man she is interested in named Mr. Robert Martin. Emma immediately takes this opportunity to pry about the Martin family. She finds out that Mr. Martin is a single man, and a farmer. She begins to speak to Harriet about the idea of being from "good society."" Emma begins to teach Harriet all of the ... ...

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... 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 the fact that Elizabeth, who starts out hating Mr. Darcy with a passion, ends up marrying him. Like wise, Mr. Darcy, whom Elizabeth overhears calling her "tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt" him, ends up admitting that ... ...

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... 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 her father's favourite daughter. Jane looks too much for good to see the complete picture, therefore lacks some of her sister's sharpness and insight ... ...

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... in dirt by the time she reaches Netherfield. Though Mr. Darcey says nothing he begins to notice the attributes that Elizabeth possesses which make her different from other woman. Through out the novel Elizabeth also demonstrates individuality. An example of this is during a disagreement between Mr. Darcey, Mr. Bingley and her. During her stay at Netherfield there had been many heated ... ...

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