Alyssa Kelly
Cupryk , 7th hour
AP Lang, Independent Novel Project
DUE: September 26, 2014
Section I: MLA Works Cited
Section II: Response Notes
Part One-Chapters 1-11
Quotations: “Elizabeth continued her walk alone… springing over puddles with impatient activity and finding herself at last within view of the house with weary ankles, dirty stockings, and a face glowing with the warmth of exercise…”
Analysis: In this passage, Austen makes uses of several techniques to convey the image of Elizabeth Bennet dirty from walking in bad weather to visit her ill sister at Netherfield Manor and the household’s reception to this appearance. Most notable is imagery in which Austen vividly displays Elizabeth as standing in dirty stockings, disheveled and …show more content…
However, one of the other prevailing themes also had to do with marriage. The whole argument about the necessity of love in marriage begins on page 26 where Elizabeth argues with her friend Charlotte over the importance of Jane getting to know Mr. Bingley better before rushing to declare her feelings. Charlotte however implies that she doesn’t believe that love is necessarily the most important part of marriage stating that, “if [Jane] were married to him tomorrow.., she had as good a chance of happiness as if she were to be studying his character for a twelvemonth”(27). Yet it is clear that Elizabeth feels much the opposite. These two different points of view now only set up the seen for the development of this theme but are the main depictions of it at work. In the case of Charlotte is clear love does not prevail Austen stating that she accepted a marriage proposal to Mr. Collins “from the pure and disinterested desire of an establishment” (119) and that she truly did not care “how that establishment were gained” (119). And yet it was clear that Charlotte was satisfied in her marriage and that she ultimately enjoyed her relationship with her husband fully- they had no bumps in the road, no real hardships- Jane on the hand, who clearly marries Darcy out of love, especially after refusing him multiple times does not travel down an easy path to achieve this happiness. She must deal with the putdowns from other women vying for Darcy’s affection, not to mention the condescension coming from Darcy himself in many places. Yet in the end, the two semi-dysfunctional souls achieve happiness in each other stating that in their marriage, “they were able to love each other as they well intended” (369). And it is through these two relationships that Pride and
Cupryk , 7th hour
AP Lang, Independent Novel Project
DUE: September 26, 2014
Section I: MLA Works Cited
Section II: Response Notes
Part One-Chapters 1-11
Quotations: “Elizabeth continued her walk alone… springing over puddles with impatient activity and finding herself at last within view of the house with weary ankles, dirty stockings, and a face glowing with the warmth of exercise…”
Analysis: In this passage, Austen makes uses of several techniques to convey the image of Elizabeth Bennet dirty from walking in bad weather to visit her ill sister at Netherfield Manor and the household’s reception to this appearance. Most notable is imagery in which Austen vividly displays Elizabeth as standing in dirty stockings, disheveled and …show more content…
However, one of the other prevailing themes also had to do with marriage. The whole argument about the necessity of love in marriage begins on page 26 where Elizabeth argues with her friend Charlotte over the importance of Jane getting to know Mr. Bingley better before rushing to declare her feelings. Charlotte however implies that she doesn’t believe that love is necessarily the most important part of marriage stating that, “if [Jane] were married to him tomorrow.., she had as good a chance of happiness as if she were to be studying his character for a twelvemonth”(27). Yet it is clear that Elizabeth feels much the opposite. These two different points of view now only set up the seen for the development of this theme but are the main depictions of it at work. In the case of Charlotte is clear love does not prevail Austen stating that she accepted a marriage proposal to Mr. Collins “from the pure and disinterested desire of an establishment” (119) and that she truly did not care “how that establishment were gained” (119). And yet it was clear that Charlotte was satisfied in her marriage and that she ultimately enjoyed her relationship with her husband fully- they had no bumps in the road, no real hardships- Jane on the hand, who clearly marries Darcy out of love, especially after refusing him multiple times does not travel down an easy path to achieve this happiness. She must deal with the putdowns from other women vying for Darcy’s affection, not to mention the condescension coming from Darcy himself in many places. Yet in the end, the two semi-dysfunctional souls achieve happiness in each other stating that in their marriage, “they were able to love each other as they well intended” (369). And it is through these two relationships that Pride and