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    In the novel, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen asserts that a happy marriage comes not from the compliance with social conventions, but rather from the compatibility between the personalities of two individuals. The interclass marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, and the expected "intraclass" marriage of Lady Catherine's daughter stand as a foil to the true happiness in the interclass marriage of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. A lack of affection, esteem and congruity between the Bennet's, and likewise between

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    “The more I know of the world, the more I am convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love” (Austen 11). This quote in Jane Austen’s novel Sense and Sensibility highlights the main conflict in the novel. Also, it describes how Elinor Dashwood, the main character of the novel feels about love. In this novel social class is important because most of the characters belong to upper-class families. Since there are conflicts with love and social class is of importance in the novel, two

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    In Jane Austen’s novel, Sense and Sensibility, the emphasis on different dominant values rendered a foundational perceiving for audiences as an insight of Georgian Era. Her constant establishment of property and propriety throughout the writing embodies a specified description of daily life in the nineteenth century. As well as writing about conventional marriages and male domination in the society, the audio extract of XXXXX, incorporated with discussions that Austen mentioned correspond in perceptions

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    Bennet’s case, a potential husband for one of her daughters. To her liking, she discovers news of a wealthy man who rented a manor not too far, so this is her time for one of her daughters to ingratiate with him. Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austen, concentrates on one’s pride and their prejudice to another, interfering with the latter’s request for matrimony. It all starts with one man, if married to one of Mrs. Bennet’s daughters, can change the lives of the Bennet family considerably. There

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    The book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a novel that focuses mainly on wealth, matrimony, and etiquettes. Although this might seem cliché, I have learned to never judge a stereotypical book by its cover. As for the character Elizabeth, that lesson might have been useful for her. In the book Pride and Prejudice, getting married to a wealthy man with very high etiquettes is highly looked up to. Two of the five daughters of Mr. Bennet get introduced to two handsome, wealthy men in the name

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    Maxine Fenner Mrs. Sarich AP Literature 26 February 2015 No Pride All Prejudice Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, is a novel that is centered around females. Written in 19th century England, the work, told mostly through main character Elizabeth Bennet’s point of view, tells the story of a family of five daughters and their mother’s desperate attempts to marry each of her daughters to wealthy men. The women of this novel serve as most of the important characters, each have their own independent

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    of survival but for the need of wanting to be married for true love. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, displays feminism through the aspects of women’s dependence on men, class snobbery, and alienation. In the 1800s, women 's sole purpose in life was to find a suitable husband, women had no other choice but to depend on a man for certain needs and wants. “Most feminist studies have represented Austen as a conscious or unconscious subversive voicing a woman 's frustration at the rigid and sexist

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    Hayden Webster Mr. Drake AP Lit 12 January 2014 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (1813) Elizabeth Bennet: Elizabeth Bennet is the protagonist of the novel. Her prejudice and tendency to pass quick judgment (hence the novel’s title) takes a large effect on her relationships, especially her relationship with Mr. Darcy. Unimpressed by wealth and status, she differs from her somewhat naïve sister Jane in that she allows herself to see that humans are flawed beings. Put simply—Elizabeth is “real

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    In Jane Austen’s 1813 Pride and Prejudice displayed the 1800’s culture revolving around marriage, gentry, and the Rights of Women. The time era in Pride and prejudice, wealth influenced social interactions, and matrimonies. Pride and prejudice revolved around a conservative view of social life gradually branching throughout “wants and needs” into an ongoing profession of modern day marriages. Mainly focused on the Bennet family regarding marriage due to Mrs. Bennet advocates her five daughters to

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    more than just their counterparts, they are human beings. From a morality standpoint, Elizabeth or other women should not be married off based on the need of survival but for the need of wanting to be married for true love. Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, displays feminism through the aspects of women’s dependence on men, class snobbery, and alienation. In the 1800s, women 's sole purpose in life was to find a suitable husband, women had no other choice but to depend on a man for certain needs

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