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    I think the author wrote this novel to show today’s society of the difficulties of finding true love. The main character‚ Janie Crawford goes through three marriages throughout the novel. Janie’s first marriage is to Logan Killicks‚ which is arranged by her grandmother‚ Nanny. She is married to Logan because he is a wealthy and respectful man. Nanny thinking that Logan would be able to take well care of her granddaughter throughout life‚ she marries her to him. However‚ when Janie is asked to help

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    NAME: LORANNA LAING DATE: October 25‚ 2010 SUBJECT: LITERATURES IN ENGLISH AN ANALYSIS OF THE POEMS “ORPHEUS”AND “EURYDICE” BY MARGARET ATWOOD The poems “ORPHEUS “and “EURYDICE” by Margaret Atwood speaks of the love shared by a Grecian Male called Orpheus and his wife Eurydice. It tells the readers how Eurydice was manipulated into loving Orpheus through his singing which was used to hypnotize both gods and man.The story then goes on to Say that they were married soon after but before

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    American Revolution meant many things for the people of England. As with any war‚ it brought the people of the nation together whilst pushing them further apart simultaneously. The connection of this era of time to the literary viewpoint of Pride and Prejudice is directly correspondent to the overwhelming issues of this period. Austen’s book challenges the reader of any generation by challenging the accepted status quo of the 18th century‚ and thus challenging the status quo of any era. During this

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    NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Jane Austen uses the following narrative techniques in her novel "Pride and Prejudice" : 1. The Third Person Omniscient Author Technique: In this method of narration the author Jane Austen is in complete control of the narration of the story. Whatever she says we have to accept unquestioningly and wherever she leads us we have to follow. The opening remark of the novel is a good example of this narrative method: "It is a truth universally acknowledged

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    the most intriguing character that Jane Austen writes about to me. She covers every aspect of what it means to be a great main character of a novel/movie. Her charm and beauty are obviously the main things that draw you in at the beginning of Pride and Prejudice but as the novel goes on we find out she’s quit intelligent‚ cares about her family especially her sisters (more so then her own mother in some cases)‚ and doesn’t want to marry a man for finical reasons‚ but rather for love and happiness.

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    feelings towards Mr. Darcy? What does she learn about Mr. Darcy as a result of her visit?. 18. At what moment does Elizabeth begin to fall in love with Mr. Darcy? How do you know? At what moment does Darcy fall in love with Elizabeth? 19. Pride and Prejudice is a novel about the middle class‚ and Elizabeth’s marriage to Mr. Darcy raises her station in life from the lower end of the middle class to the landed gentry. Discuss the importance of the gender of the hero and heroine in the novel. To what

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    The book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen‚ which is about love‚ portrays that statement very well. In this book a gentleman named Mr. Darcy‚ whom the majority of the town hates at first. Mr. Darcy is in love with Elizabeth and tries to win her‚ even though she doesn’t want him based off of what she first learned about him. Jane Austen uses character development in order to illustrate how you shouldn’t always judge a person based off your first impressions. In the beginning of Pride and Prejudice

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    The use of Chance & Coincidence in Pride & Prejudice By Jane Austen The plot of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice relies heavily on what we call chance and coincidence. Jane Austen’s prime objective seemed to be establishing circumstances‚ through “chance and coincidence” which enabled opportunities for Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth to get together. She used major characters such as Mr. Collins‚ Mr. Wickham and Mrs. Gardiner to appear at the exact moment they were needed to establish situations that

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    progresses‚ bring about a new implied epithet of "humble and accepting". Benveniste refers to the use of pronouns as bringing one’s "ego" into reality through the "othering" of people. The culture of politeness at the time that Jane Austin wrote Pride and Prejudice dictated that a person had to be far more subtle in their approach to‚ amongst others‚ insults. This was predominantly done through the change in indexicals‚ in the same manner we as the reader are able to pick up on the transition from; repulsion

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    Mr Collins is introduced to us for the first time in Chapter 13‚ possibly one of the most famous chapters of the novel. This is the chapter in which Mr. Bennet reads “the letter” out loud to his family. This letter gives us the most fundamental impression on Mr Collins’ character. The contents of this letter makes us judge him straight away and this judgement marks the image we have of this clergyman for the whole story. As soon as his name is mentioned by Mr Bennet at the start of Chapter 13‚

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