“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife” (Austen 1). Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen and Much Ado About Nothing written by William Shakespeare have many common literary elements throughout the book. Such as the theme, the use of symbolism throughout the books, the similarities between the characters Elizabeth from Pride and Prejudice and Beatrice from Much Ado About Nothing, and conflict. One common literary element throughout the book is the theme. In Pride and Prejudice and Much Ado About Nothing the similar themes that show up throughout the book include Love, Marriage, Pride, and Deceit. In Pride and Prejudice there are many examples of love
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One quote in the book that shows this theme in the book is, “ you could not make me happy and I am the last woman in the world who could make you happy” (Austen 65). This shows us that Elizabeth is turning down Mr.Collins after his marriage proposal because she feels no love towards him. Another example of love throughout Pride and Prejudice is the character Charlotte, who wants to marry for the opposite reasons as Elizabeth- meaning she wants to marry for practical reasons. Throughout the book Charlotte seems to start to become a burden to her family and is getting too old to be unmarried, Charlotte become desperate, accepting any man that will take her, even Mr. Collins. In Much Ado About Nothing, you can see the many examples of love, for example like what Elizabeth wants, both of the couples in the play (Hero and Claudio, Beatrice and Benedick) marry for love. Although at first Beatrice and Benedick are not looking for love and marriage, but in the end they both realise that they do love each other. Another theme that is present in both Pride and Prejudice and Much Ado About Nothing is the theme of marriage. In Much Ado About Nothing marriage seems to be the primary source of drama throughout the play,it is almost treated like it …show more content…
And they are similar because they both have different terms or ideas to express different things. For example in Pride and Prejudice in one portion or place of this book the author places both Elizabeth and Mr.Darcy on the opposite sides of a bridge, Elizabeth is coming to visit the estate and there she encounters a small bridge, where Mr.Darcy is on the other side, this suggests that between Mr.Darcy and Elizabeth is there is a lot of class-based prejudice and misunderstandings, and to overcome that they will have a love that will build a bridge across it. The use of symbolism in Much Ado About Nothing occurs throughout the whole book, the title is called Much Ado About Nothing, everything that “happens” in this books, does not actually happen, for example, Hero never dies, Hero was never unfaithful, and Don Pedro was not courting Hero for himself. The whole book was based on deceit and misconceptions, all of the play's action revolves around the lies that are being fed to them. While the characters are experiencing and giving out the lies and “nothing”, throughout the play, the characters are seen observing these nothings, for example in Act 2, Scene 3 Balthasar says, “Note this before my notes; There is not a note of mine that is not worth the noting” (58-60). This shows that even as a side
One quote in the book that shows this theme in the book is, “ you could not make me happy and I am the last woman in the world who could make you happy” (Austen 65). This shows us that Elizabeth is turning down Mr.Collins after his marriage proposal because she feels no love towards him. Another example of love throughout Pride and Prejudice is the character Charlotte, who wants to marry for the opposite reasons as Elizabeth- meaning she wants to marry for practical reasons. Throughout the book Charlotte seems to start to become a burden to her family and is getting too old to be unmarried, Charlotte become desperate, accepting any man that will take her, even Mr. Collins. In Much Ado About Nothing, you can see the many examples of love, for example like what Elizabeth wants, both of the couples in the play (Hero and Claudio, Beatrice and Benedick) marry for love. Although at first Beatrice and Benedick are not looking for love and marriage, but in the end they both realise that they do love each other. Another theme that is present in both Pride and Prejudice and Much Ado About Nothing is the theme of marriage. In Much Ado About Nothing marriage seems to be the primary source of drama throughout the play,it is almost treated like it …show more content…
And they are similar because they both have different terms or ideas to express different things. For example in Pride and Prejudice in one portion or place of this book the author places both Elizabeth and Mr.Darcy on the opposite sides of a bridge, Elizabeth is coming to visit the estate and there she encounters a small bridge, where Mr.Darcy is on the other side, this suggests that between Mr.Darcy and Elizabeth is there is a lot of class-based prejudice and misunderstandings, and to overcome that they will have a love that will build a bridge across it. The use of symbolism in Much Ado About Nothing occurs throughout the whole book, the title is called Much Ado About Nothing, everything that “happens” in this books, does not actually happen, for example, Hero never dies, Hero was never unfaithful, and Don Pedro was not courting Hero for himself. The whole book was based on deceit and misconceptions, all of the play's action revolves around the lies that are being fed to them. While the characters are experiencing and giving out the lies and “nothing”, throughout the play, the characters are seen observing these nothings, for example in Act 2, Scene 3 Balthasar says, “Note this before my notes; There is not a note of mine that is not worth the noting” (58-60). This shows that even as a side