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UNIT 1: THE REGENCY NOVEL - Coggle Diagram
UNIT 1: THE REGENCY NOVEL
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY JANE AUSTEN
REPRESENT THE DOMESTIC LIFE IN COUNTRY VILLAGES
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
END OF 18TH CENTURY, 1813 WAS PUBLISHED
HISTORICAL FACT: NAPOLEON WAR. THENOVEL REFELCTS THIS REALITY REGARDING TO POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ORGANIZATION. THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE TOOK PLACE DURING THIS WAR PERIOD.
NARRATOR
OMNISCIENT, THIRD PERSON
IT IS CHOSEN THE CHARACTER´S PERSPECTIVE= SELECTIVE OMNISCIENT
LETTERS AND DIALOGUES ARE USED TO SHOW FEELINGS AND OPINIONS=EPISTOLARY MODE
AUSTEN´S STYLE= IRONY=SATIRE AND CHARCATERISATION
SOCIETY AND CLASS
AUSTEN REFLECT HER OWN SOCIAL EXPERIENCES, FOREGROUNDINGS, THE LIFE OF THE ENGLISH COUNTRY GENTLEFLOK, FROM THE WEATLHY LANDED ARISTOCRACY TO THE ASPIRING RURAL ANGLICIAN CLERGY.
LINK MONEY AND SOCIAL STATUS TO THE MARRIAGE INSTITUTION= 3 GOALS FOR WOMEN
CHARACTERS
ELIZABETH BENNET: HEROINE, SMART, LIVELY AND ATTRACTIVE. SHE PRIDES HERSELF ON HER ABILITY TO ANALYSE OTHER PEOPLE, BUT SHE IS OFTEN MISTAKEN. SHE DOES NOT MATTER THE MONEY AND SOACIL VALUE, SHE PRIZES THE INDEPENDENCE AND PERSONAL VIRTUE. SHE IS IN LIVE OF DARCY BUT SHE RESISTS HIM BASED ON HER OWN MISTAKES PERCEPTIONS.
DARCY: WEALTHY AND WITH INTEGRITY BUT HIS EXTREME CLASS.CONCIOUSNESS MAKES HIM APPEAR VAIN AND PROUD. HE LOVES ELIZABETH BUT SHE IS POOR AND NOT TRAINED. HE RESISTS BECAUSE OF HIS PREJUDICES.HE EXPREESS HIS FEELINGS IN A CLUMSY WAY. HER HARSH APPRAISAL OF HIM COMPELS HIMM TO REASSESS HIS BEHAVIOUR AND ATITTUDES. HER INTELLIGENCE AND HER DISREGARD FOR MERE SOCIAL RANK TEACHES HIM TO SEE PEOPLE MORE FOR WHO THEY ARE RATHER THAN THE STATUS.
JANE BENNET: BEATIFUL, SWEET-TEMPERED AND MODEST. SHE REFUSES TO THINK BADLY OF ANYONE.
WICKHAM: HE APPEARS TO BE A MODEL OF GENTLEMAN BUT HE IS A LIAR, HYPOCRITE AND OPPORTUNIST.
MRS BENNET: GIDDY, FRIVOLUOS WHOSE ONLY PURPOSE IS TO BE GOSSINP AND MARRYING OFF HER FIVE DAUGHTERS. HER BEHAVIOUR DEPICTS WAHT CAN HAPPEN TO WOMEN WHEN THEY LACK AN EDUCATION AND THE ABIOLITY TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES.
MR BENNET: WEEL-EDUCATED MAN. HE HAS MADE A BAD MARRIAGE BUT HE IS RESIGNED TO ENDURE IT. HE IS A D¡GOOD.HEARTED PERSON BUT EVERYTHING IS A JOKE FOR HIM. FOR EXMAPLE IN HIS LEADING TO POOR JUDGEMENT WHEN HE DOES NOT INTEFERE BETWEEN LIDYA AND WICKMAN.
THEMES
PRIDE:
PREJUDICE
FAMILY
MARRIAGE
SOCIAL CLASS