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    and show personal view points. As a practical purpose‚ letters written from one character to another provide information about what is happening in their lives and the context for certain events. For example‚ the letter from Mrs. Gardiner to Elizabeth explaining Mr. Darcy’s critical role in the marriage between Lydia and Wickham‚ is a long account of events with a purpose of revealing what part Darcy has played. Because Pride and Prejudice is written in a way that mostly follows Elizabeth’s point

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    Jane and Elizabeth Bennet both share similar personalities. While they share similar personalities‚ they also have their differences. One of the Bennet sisters would be able to handle themselves in the modern world more thn the other‚ that sister would be Elizabeth. As well‚ one of them is more stronger than the other and would be able to handle the pressure of personal relationships‚ that would also be Elizabeth. The Bennet sisters‚ Jane and Elizabeth‚ are both alike. Both Jane and "Lizzy"

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    of a relationship as well. The five marriages in the novel-Charlotte Lucas and Mr. Collins‚ Mr. and Mrs. Bennet‚ Lydia Bennet and George Wickham‚ Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy‚ and Jane Bennet and Mr. Bingley-. These differences and similarities between the characters’ relationships serve to indicate Austen’s own opinions on what should justify a marriage. In Pride and Prejudice‚ the Bennets’ and Collinses’ marriages reflect Austen’s belief that marriage is a union that should be justified by both

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    exaggerate a character in order to make fun of them. Austen exaggerates many of her characters and therefore makes caricatures of them in order to emphasize their ridiculousness. Mrs. Bennet is such a character. Her extremely unpleasant manner and reactions causes readers to delight in the situations which Mrs. Bennet places herself into. Mrs. Bennet’s harsh tongue and simple mind causes the reader to laugh‚ because it is so exaggerated that the reader thinks that such a person cannot exist. Mr.

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    of charity. The heroine‚ Elizabeth Bennet‚ is the second of five daughters. Her father is a member of the low gentry; he inherited an entailment of money‚ house‚ and land‚ but he is not wealthy. Mr. Bennet receives a limited income from a farm that he owns‚ but does not work himself. Since he has no son‚ (and only males can inherit entailments)‚ all that he owns will be inherited by a distant male relative (Mr. Collins). Mrs. Bennet has very little money‚ leaving Elizabeth and her four sisters with

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    and the cardinal virtues of CS Lewis‚ we are able to exactly understand good virtues Austin mentions. Elizabeth Bennet‚ the second of five daughters in Bennet’s family‚ is characterized as a successful woman from Jane Austin’s description‚ as she contains not only three cardinal virtues prudence‚ temperance and fortitude‚ but also generosity‚ truthfulness and thoughtfulness. Elizabeth is lovely‚ witty‚ confident‚ well-behave and thoughtful lady‚ for which she wins lots of admiration in her community

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    of significant female characters‚ to which all of them are very original. Elizabeth Bennet‚ however‚ is different compared to all the other female characters. Jane Austen‚ the author of Pride and Prejudice‚ portrays the protagonist‚ Elizabeth Bennet‚ as a new age woman through her being an uncharacteristic female‚ judgemental towards men opposed to women‚ and a lack of refinement. In Pride and Prejudice‚ Elizabeth Bennet is portrayed as a new age woman through her being an uncharacteristic female

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    Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen‚ first published in 1813. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals with issues of manners‚ upbringing‚ morality‚ education‚ and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman living near the fictional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire‚ near London. Though the story is set at the turn of the 19th century‚ it retains

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    society in those times. The reflection of the 19th Century through the characters‚ does not detract from the novel in any way‚ but actually increases its complexity. Elizabeth‚ is clearly one of the most likeable characters in the novel. With her wit‚ charm and charisma she is in all senses an ‘accomplished woman’. Elizabeth is a strong-minded and courageous character‚ who was not afraid to stand up to others. " I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on

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    of their lives. Elizabeth Bennet is a literary device used by Jane Austen to signify her values and attitudes on the importance of marrying for love. We often see the world through Elizabeth¹s eyes and we are positioned to empathize with her opinion on the absurdity of marrying for reasons other than love. Elizabeth is a free-spirited individual who differs from the other female characters of the novel. Elizabeth refuses to be wed to a man to whom she does not love. Elizabeth‚ although often guilty

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