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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE PAG 216 - Coggle Diagram
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
PAG 216
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE IS SET IN
LONGBOURN
WHERE
Mr AND Mrs BENNET
LIVE WITH THEIR FIVE DAUGHTERS:
JANE, ELIZABETH
, MARY, LYDIA AND KITTY.
ONE DAY A RICH BACHELOR,
CHARLES BINGLEY
, RENT AN ESTATE, CALLED
NETHERFIELD PARK
, IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.
AFTER A SERIES OF BALLS AND PARTIES, Mr BINGLEY FALLS IN LOVE WITH JANE AND HIS ARISTOCRATIC FRIEND
DARCY
WITH ELIZABETH.
THE STORY IS ABOUT THEIR LOVE AND THE DIFFICULTIES THEY HAVE TO CHALLENGE WITH.
THEIR ROMANTIC LOVE IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE SOCIAL RULES THAT ENCOURAGES MARRIAGES FOR MONEY AND SOCIAL POSITION.
THE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE Mr DARCY AND ELIZABETH
WHO HAVE POSITIVE QUALITIES BUT ALSO GREAT WEAKNESS.
ELIZABETH BENNET IS A VERY INTELLIGENT AND BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WITH A
LIVELY MIND
, A
STRONG SPIRIT OF INDEPENDENCE
SHE IS AN UNCONVENTIONAL WOMAN, IN FACT SHE REFUSES TO FOLLOW THE RULES OF HER SOCIETY AND FAMILY . SHE IS PROUD BUT SHE ACCUSES DARCY OF PRIDE.
Mr DARCY IS AN ARISTOCRATIC MAN. HE APPEARS TO BE SELFISH AND UNSOCIABLE AND HE ACCUSES ELIZABETH OF PREJUDICE, BUT HE HIMSELF IS PREJUDICED.
HE'S DISGUSTED BY THE VULGAR BEHAVIOUR OF ELIZABETH'S MOTHER.
DURING THE NOVEL SHE ACCUSES HIM OF PRIDE AND HE ACCUSES HER OF PREJUDICE, BUT THEY ALSO WORKS IN REVERSE.
JANE AUSTEN USES IN HER
STYLE
IRONY
, AS A TECHNIQUE: HER CHARACTERS DON'T KNOW THAT THINGS ARE NOT THE WAY THEY SEEM, WHILE THE READER DOES.
MOREOVER, AUSTEN USES THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE CHARACTERS TO SATIRIZE THE CONVENTION OF MARRIAGE AND MONEY
SHE USES THE
THIRD-PERSON NARRATION
, THE
EPISTOLARY TECHNIQUE
,WITH THE FIRST PERSON, MORE FREQUENTLY IN THE LATER CHAPTERS AND THE
DIALOGUE
.
LETTERS ARE USED BY AUSTEN TO EXPLAIN AND JUSTIFY SOMETHING
DARCY, IN FACT, WRITES A LETTER TO ELIZABETH TO TELL HER THE TRUTH AND REVEAL THAT WICKHAM, THE SON OF HIS FORMER STEWARD, IS AN UNSCRUPULOUS ADVENTURER
MEANWHILE, WICKHAM ELOPES (FUGGE) WITH LIDYA (ELIZABETH SISTER).
DARCY SAVES THE REPUTATION OF THE BENNET, FINDS THEM AND MAKES THEM MARRIED, WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING TO ELIZABETH.
WHEN THE TRUTH COMES OUT, SHE'S READY TO MARRY HIM.
THE
MARRIAGE
IS SEEN AS SECURITY AND INDEPENDENCE
THE NOVELS ENDS WITH THE HAPPY MARRIAGES OF THE TWO COUPLES.
IN JANE AUSTEN'S MIND,
LOVE ATTRACTION IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF A MARRIAGE
TRUE LOVE IS MUCH MORE THAN MONEY AND SOCIAL POSITION
THIS IS WHAT AUSTEN UNDERLINES AND EMPHASIZES.
MARRIAGE IS NOT THE ONLY FORTUNATE EVENT THAT CAN HAPPEN IN A WOMAN'S LIFE.