English Essay Jane Austen
Notes / Draft / Essay
Marriage * Jane Austen’s writing in terms of marriage for women is viewed as irrelevant to a child of the modern age as the values do not apply in the contemporary society. * However, this foreign notion of marriage being imperative to a 19th century woman’s life evokes an appreciation within the modern audience for the time they live in, re-altering Austen’s writing to be relevant to modern child. Supported by Weldon. “Child you don’t know how lucky you are”. This notion that to “marry was a great prize”(Weldon) for any ‘successful’ woman, is an unfamiliar and irrelevant concept to the modern child. * As a modern child the contrasting values between Austen’s context and today, prompt the appreciation the society we live in. * “Marriage was for ever.” Pg 31 letters to Alice * “I wish Jane success with all my heart” said charlotte referring to a women’s success being derived for matrimony (Jane and Mr. Bingley) * “Women inherited only through their husbands” pg 30 highlights inequality of women and therefore the significance of marriage… * Jane Austen’s context valued marriage which has resulted in her writing being “” irrelevant by the modern child. Different contexts possess contrasting values that are reshaped over time… * Contrast of emotionalist protagonist Elizabeth Bennet against the rest of the Lydia and … Bennet … emphasises importance of marriage through contrasting values and characterisation. (Emotionalist/rationalist)
Importance or literature
* Through the guise of “Aunt Fay” Weldon stresses the importance of quality literature as written by Jane Austen. Quality literature, a thing forgotten by the modern day child consequently leaves a child of the modern day recoiling at the thought of reading Weldon. * “You must read Alice, before it’s too late” pg10 * Every child can sympathise with Weldon’s speculation on the distractions from appreciating a “good book”. “How can I
Marriage * Jane Austen’s writing in terms of marriage for women is viewed as irrelevant to a child of the modern age as the values do not apply in the contemporary society. * However, this foreign notion of marriage being imperative to a 19th century woman’s life evokes an appreciation within the modern audience for the time they live in, re-altering Austen’s writing to be relevant to modern child. Supported by Weldon. “Child you don’t know how lucky you are”. This notion that to “marry was a great prize”(Weldon) for any ‘successful’ woman, is an unfamiliar and irrelevant concept to the modern child. * As a modern child the contrasting values between Austen’s context and today, prompt the appreciation the society we live in. * “Marriage was for ever.” Pg 31 letters to Alice * “I wish Jane success with all my heart” said charlotte referring to a women’s success being derived for matrimony (Jane and Mr. Bingley) * “Women inherited only through their husbands” pg 30 highlights inequality of women and therefore the significance of marriage… * Jane Austen’s context valued marriage which has resulted in her writing being “” irrelevant by the modern child. Different contexts possess contrasting values that are reshaped over time… * Contrast of emotionalist protagonist Elizabeth Bennet against the rest of the Lydia and … Bennet … emphasises importance of marriage through contrasting values and characterisation. (Emotionalist/rationalist)
Importance or literature
* Through the guise of “Aunt Fay” Weldon stresses the importance of quality literature as written by Jane Austen. Quality literature, a thing forgotten by the modern day child consequently leaves a child of the modern day recoiling at the thought of reading Weldon. * “You must read Alice, before it’s too late” pg10 * Every child can sympathise with Weldon’s speculation on the distractions from appreciating a “good book”. “How can I