... their time and effort looking for a suitable husband. If a husband was of lower social degree, it was seen as a failure. Emma was horrified at the thought of Harriet marrying lower than she ought, to Mr Martin, and she says with relief after having refused the proposal, "It would have grieved me to lose your acquaintance, which must have been the consequence ... century. Where values are more open to sex before marriage, different races, and homosexuality. For example in clueless Cher, at 16 is a virgin. Tai is surprised by this, and thinks less of her because of it. She explains to Tai...

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... , it is clear for everyone to see. During private balls they only talk to and mainly dance with each other. Elinor wants Marianne to be less open about her affection in public, but she does not understand Elinor's concern nor does her mother. Marianne is absolutely full with happiness, while Elinor ... a conversation in which Mrs Dashwood talks about a possible engagement between Colonel Brandson and Marianne. Mrs Dashwood thinks Colonel Brandson a wonderful match for Marianne, better than Mr Willoughby for sure. Elinor cannot help but pity Mr Willoughby. Chapter 45: Mrs Dashwood, Elinor...

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... , Austen was brought up by her father, 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 ... without reference to the feelings of the bride or groom, were common in the past, at the beginning of the eighteenth century, they were becoming less common. But without a doubt, it was still an issue of large sums of money and extensive estates (Hibbert 391). In th...

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... the case. Jane's Aunt Reed is very bitter towards Jane because she was bound to her by the death of Mr Reed and treats her as if she is 'less than a servant.' Jane, as a child, reflects that, 'It must have been most irksome to find herself bound by a hard wrung pledge to stand in the stead of a parent to a strange ... ...

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... and has a somewhat cynical view of humanity, particularly concerning the relations between the sexes. Both women have Elizabeth's ear, one at times more than the other; be aware of this shifting dynamic as you continue reading. Elizabeth's visit to Netherfield gives her the opportunity to observe Bingley, his ... of others: on first meeting the Bingley sisters, she disliked them; then on seeing their concern for Jane, she comes to suppose them less objectionable; but finally, perceiving that their concern for Jane evaporates when they are not in the same room with her, Elizabeth returns ...

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... do not have the ability to choose a mate, especially if they are born into poverty. However, even wealthy women are chosen by their spouses, rather than recognizing that they have the power to choose for themselves. Judith Lowder Newton, in her article, "Women, Power, and Subversion, comments, "Women for ... so far from doing you any disservice, rather adds to your other perfections. You would have been less amiable in my eyes had there not been this little unwillingness" (PNP 90). Rather than flattering Elizabeth, this further offends her. How dare Collins assert that Elizabeth is bein...

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... his class, a London businessman who actually lives "within view of his own warehouses." "Could you expect me to rejoice in the inferiority of your connections?" Darcy pointedly asks. Still worse than the "situation of your mother's family," Darcy notes, is "that total want of propriety so frequently, so almost uniformly betrayed by herself [Elizabeth's mother], by your younger sisters, ... various topics, and end their dance in frosty taciturnity. Caroline Bingley then denounces Wickham to Elizabeth on the grounds that, "considering his descent, one could not expect much better" than "in...

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... states that he has read "all Mrs. Radcliffe's works, and most of them with great pleasure-. It is apparent that he has read much more than Catherine, yet he does not make her feel inferior through his attempts to limit the discussion to Gothic romances. Henry reveals that he enjoys Gothic romances ... understand each other, or leave you to puzzle out an explanation as you can? No--I will be noble. I will prove myself a man, no less by the generosity of my soul than the clearness of my head. I have no patience with such of my sex as disdain to let themselves sometimes down to the comprehe...

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... 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 ... are the most dangerous characters because they create confusion. Caricatures.- Simply-mind, one simple idea, one single thing: stupidity. They can be more hostile than Prime Antagonist. They can be very nasty, they behave and can be very disturbing the heoine. They are allow to relaxation and parody....

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... been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town, had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, were in the habit of spending more than they ought, and of associating with 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. Mr. Bingley inherited property to the amount of nearly an hundred thousand pounds ... is love possible in a ru...

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... of a novel to the screen could be gathered in four branches, which are listed and discussed below. 2. 1. Length Challenge Screenplays rarely run longer than 120 pages. According to the calculations by Lynne Pembroke and Jim Kalergis (2005): "Figuring one page of a screenplay equals one minute of film ... the second layer of sound, which comes from within the picture. According to Gianetti, film language has the capacity to be even more complex than written language (Gianetti, 2005: 241). The complexity of inflection, tone, and quality of voice combine to color the speech. Dialect and .....

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... the frivolity and rudeness of the Bingley sisters and Lady Catherine, presenting her as their superior. Austen argues here that a moral superiority, the possession of "personal merit" rather than wealth and musical skills, is actually the basic requirement of an ideal woman.11 Austen's treatment of social hierarchies demonstrates the difference in lifestyles of middle and upper class women ... in Elizabeth's position was considered inappropriate and undignified. She sets herself apart from the typical heroine by not being afraid to speak her mind, or stand up for herself. Rather than si...

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... of the novel, Darcy and Elizabeth form opinions on one another based on their prejudices (example, because Elizabeth is considered a lower class than Darcy, he acted very pretentious in the beginning and Elizabeth assumed that he was a very 'disagreeable' man.) Both Elizabeth and Darcy had ... ' 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 in those days, everything was taken very seriously. Darcy's intervention on the Bennets' behalf ...

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... women of her time. In this social context, Austen's commitment to reason and moderation can be seen as feminist and progressive rather than conservative. The intelligence and resourcefulness of her heroines stand in constant contrast to the limits of the constricted world of courtship and marriage that ... though she does not care for him, making unfair comments about Jane Fairfax along the way. Most important, she does not realize that, rather than being committed to staying single (as she always claims), she is in love with and wants to marry Mr. Knightley. Emma's mistakes seriously ....

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