makes a good marriage. While Austen in certain ways affirms the social conventions of marriage in pairing most of her characters with partners of equal social standing‚ she also complicates and critiques these conventions. Though Emma believes Mr. Martin to be below Harriet‚ Mr. Knightley argues that Harriet would be lucky to be with Mr. Martin on account of the latter’s virtue. Similarly‚ both Mr. Knightley and Emma come to agree that Frank is lucky to be accepted by Jane‚ even though she is considered
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In Jane Austen’s Emma‚ two main characters‚ Mr. Knightley and Emma seem to have opposing views and cannot gain common ground. “There is one thing‚ Emma‚ which a man can always do‚ if he chuses‚ and that is‚ his duty; not by manoeuvring and finessing‚ but by vigor and resolution. It is Frank Churchill’s duty to pay this attention to his father. He knows it to be so‚ by his promises and messages; but if he wished to do it‚ it might be done. A man who felt rightly would say at once‚ simply and resolutely
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Jane Austen was extremely modest about her genius‚ describing her work to her work to her nephew Edward as "That little but (two inches wide) of ivory in which I work with so fine a brush as produces little effect after much labour." Although the world of her novel "Pride and Prejudice" is confined to a small section of society comprising of country-gentry and lesser aristocracy of England in the opening of the 19th century‚ the novel itself shows page by page how interesting life could be‚ how
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Oppositions are a feature of Gothic texts. How does Austen use this in the first five chapters of ‘Northanger Abbey’. In Jane Austen’s novel‚ ‘Northanger Abbey’ [NA]‚ oppositions feature strongly as a method which the author uses often to parody the public’s expectation of what a gothic should consist of‚ and as a method of highlighting the ridiculous expectations novels can create for people in the real world. Frequently throughout the novel‚ Miss Austen even breaks the fourth wall of writing to
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two heroines 2.1 Different personality “Elinor‚the eldest daughter‚had an excellent heart---her disposition was affectionate‚and her feeling were strong ;but she knew how to govern them:it was a knowledge which her mother had yet to learn.”(Jane Austen 5) As the eldest daughter‚Elinor was more cautious than the other two sisters and even than her mother to deal with matters happen at home. She was good at dealing with housework and relationships with other people. After her father died‚she was
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Does Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice follow the conventions of a romantic novel? A conventionally romantic novel usually focuses on the relationship between a physically attractive man and woman. The hero and heroine usually meet early in the story and fall in love at first sight. The two lovers may‚ more often than not‚ have to overcome obstacles in order to be together‚ but in the end‚ it seems that love conquers all. Pride and Prejudice does fall into this ’romance’ category; it’s often considered
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and Prejudice repeatedly portrays the pride and vanity that is a common human problem within literature. "A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves‚ vanity to what we would have others think of us‚" (Austen page?). The text helps to prove that if pride is put aside‚ happiness can be achieved. When Darcy puts his pride aside and confesses his love for Elizabeth‚ it sets forth a series of events that in the end bring them together. Morality is an obvious
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2013 Admiral Croft who was among the nouveau rich‚ had the financial means to rent Kellnych from Sir Walter‚ one of the so-called landed gentry. How does Jane Austen’s treatment of class and social mobility reveal about these men and their women such as Anne Elliot and Mrs. Smith? Which group fares better and why? Class in Persuasion Jane Austen’s Persuasion challenges the notion that one’s social class determines one’s happiness. In the novel there is the upper class‚ which includes Sir Walter
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The passages taken from Jane Austen’s and Charles Dickens’ novels show differences in marriage proposals. The type of rhetoric used by each man causes different effects . In the first excerpt taken from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ the man reasons that he must set an example for all others in his parish by taking a wife. Not only will he have made use of the advice given him by his patroness‚ Lady Catherine de Bourgh‚ but this wife shall give him happiness. "First‚ that I think it a right
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Jane Austen’s portrayal of women differs from the Bronte sisters’ portrayal of women. In Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen portrayed Elizabeth Bennet as a strong-willed character who was not easily swayed by material wealth or social status. This differs from other characters such as Charlotte Lucas. In the case of Charlotte‚ she was more concerned over monetary aspects than love. Charlotte does not view love as the most vital component of marriage‚ and instead is more interested in having a comfortable
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