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Pride and Prejudice,i have to choose one of this question and analysis
1.discuss the importance of social class in novel ,especially as it impacts the relationship between Elizabeth & Darcy.
2.Though jane Austen satirizes snobs in her novels ,some critics have accused her of being a snob herself ,giving special consideration to Mrs Bennet & Mr Collins, argue & defandone side of issue .
3 It is a novel about a woman who feel they have to marry to be happy .Taking Charlotte Lucas as an example ,do you think the author is making a social criticism of her era 's view of marriage ?
4.giving special attention to wickham ,charlotte lucers & Eli ,compare & contrast male and female attitudes toward marriage in the novel
5.discuss the relationship between Mrs bonnet & her children ,esp Eli & Lydia ?
6.compare and contrast the Bingley -Darcy relationship with the Jane -Eli relation ship
7.compare and contrast the roles of lady Catherine de Bourgh & Mrs Bennet?
I also have to find lines that related to this issue in the text (all chapters ) and write them
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I think I would choose either the first or the fourth questions, as I think they are the most obvious and easy to write a cohesive paper around. Darcy in particular is obsessed with social...
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While I think the first question certainly lends itself to close, in-text analysis (and it seems this is what you're being asked to do), the third and fourth closely-related questions about marriage would also offer excellent avenues of analysis. A consideration of the economics of the marriage market and Austen's vivid awareness of how the romantic marriage plot is often little more than a means of furthering one's money and status is rife in the novel. More importantly, the examples in the third question -- Charlotte Lucas and Whickam in particular -- offer a very different approach to the economics of marriage from a gendered-perspective, though both marry for money. You might consider how Whickham's greed and money interests are condemned by the novel, while Charlotte Lucas' pragmatism might be seen as necessary.
Considering marriage as a romantic verus economic institution would offer you a great amount of textual analysis, as these themes dominate the novel.
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Mrs. Bennet and Lady Catherine have a few characteristics in common: They are both controlling women, they take themselves and their lives way too seriously, they often enrage those around them,...
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If you choose a topic like number three, you have a built-in focus on one character and it would easier to find your evidence -- you would only need to review the chapters that make reference to...
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