The Influence Of Setting In Pride And Prejudice

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and Gurinder Chadha’s Bride and Prejudice both present a similar story revolving misjudgement and marriage, however, they each take place in a different setting that influences various factors within the work. The setting is one of the key factors in a book or movie because it affects the way characters act and the way each scene throughout the plot is displayed. Furthermore, the time in which each literary work takes place affects our reasoning to what happens in the plot as well. It provides as a background to the characters and any dramatic changes to the setting can really change a story for better or for worse. The original setting from the book as compared to the one from the movie is more realistic and adequate to the main idea of the plot because setting affects characters, their actions and the overall plot, even though both settings do have a few similarities, the differences are much more noticeable. In the book, the story takes place in the country of England during the 1800’s. On the other hand, the movie is taken place in the country of India most of the time and a few scenes in the cities of Los Angeles and London. All the characters have the same ethnicity in the book, but when it comes to the the movie, they vary. The setting in Bride and Prejudice is more …show more content…
Though the settings had noticeable differences being in two different continents and all, the newer environment from the movie attempts to modernize the story. In my perspective, the original setting from the book does a better job in making it more believable since it matches with the time period it takes place in, too. Comparing and contrasting the time and place of the book and movie can help the audience understand the reasons behind a character's actions or