... propose marriage in a manner which she finds wounding, Elizabeth responds with a reactive humiliated fury, with what psychologists [Such as Helen Block Lewis in "Introduction: Shame--The `Sleeper' in Psychoathology," The Role of Shame in Symptom Formation, edited by Lewis (1987)] today would call "shame-rage" (Lewis, "Shame" 19): "She lost all compassion in anger.... `If I could feel gratitude, I would now thank you. But I cannot ... it." Lydia returns unashamed to her father's house after her marriage to Wickham (which has secretly been arranged by Darcy to preserve the honor of the Be...

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... his parents continue to read and comment on the stories. The father is even a bit of a theorist, explaining at one point that their son is writing about earlier times, "because they are far enough in the past for him to deal with objectively, he is able to achieve what critics call artistic distance, without emotions interfering." The mother has no time for such reflections ... sinister stratagem to steal government money for the use of dishonest officials. As the story unfolds, it sets the private arena and the public orbit interacting to reveal that the two are linked. The individual ...

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• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... his parents continue to read and comment on the stories. The father is even a bit of a theorist, explaining at one point that their son is writing about earlier times, "because they are far enough in the past for him to deal with objectively, he is able to achieve what critics call artistic distance, without emotions interfering." The mother has no time for such reflections ... sinister stratagem to steal government money for the use of dishonest officials. As the story unfolds, it sets the private arena and the public orbit interacting to reveal that the two are linked. The individual ...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate