... in Pride in Prejudice In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen attacks the idea of marriage for money and social standing. Austen does this by magnifying the absurdness of common attitudes toward marriage and the customs that are practiced. Her criticisms are of the people who make up and embody the different class systems, usually those who are acting in what would be considered the correct manner for the time. Austen ... further infuriates Lady Catherine who, upon leaving, insults Elizabeth further by saying, "I take no leave of you, Miss Bennett. I send no compliments to your mother. You d...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... Guohui Student: Lin Can No.1023 Faculty of English Language and Culture Date: Dec.3rd 2003 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Jane Austen, the author of pride and prejudice, was born in Steventon, England, in 1775, where she lived for twenty-five years of her life. Her father, George Austen, was the rector of the local parish and taught her largely at home. She began to write while in ... her teens and completed the original manuscript of Pride and Prejudice, which was then titled First Impression, between 1796 and 1797 ... . A publisher rejected the manuscript, and it was not until 180...

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• Grade Level: High School

... a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." - Jane Austen This opening line of Pride and Prejudice could well describe the whole point of her book. With this single short statement, Jane Austen declares a couple of things essential to her novel. She declares one of her major themes: Money and Marriage. She establishes the fact that everyone is in the search for someone ... played in social relations. Elizabeth is extremely aware of these social gatherings, and is continually being embarrassed by her family's lack of propriety. The fact that they keep on goin...

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• Grade Level: High School

Satire is used in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen to show the deficiencies in morals and ethics of the characters that Austen disapproves of. Satire is used to "attack" characters and to bring about change. The different characters types she satirizes are "suck-ups," hierarchical, and/or ignorant. Austen disapproves of Mr. Collins and that is why she attacks and satirizes him. Mr. Collins is a "suck-up." His living with Lady Catherine has ... , it makes you worse. People like this needs to be changed. The highest person on the social ladder mentioned in the book is Lady Catherine DeBourgh. ...

• Word Count: 1126
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School