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    Imitating the Truth In a world filled with false accusations and incorrect judgement, one must decide what is the truth and who to believe. In The Crucible written by Arthur Miller, thoughts of witchcraft circulate around the town of Salem. Abigail Williams, one of the lead girls spreading rumors, accused many people that she grew up around of witchcraft with no real evidence. Even though the accusations sound absurd, the townspeople start to question everyone around making sure that there is no…

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    ever-changing relationship of Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet, while developing other characters and their own plot lines that intertwine. Austen’s novel revolves around the relationship of five sisters, the eldest one being a Ms. Jane Bennet. She is a beautiful girl with curly blonde hair that attracts men throughout the country side. Contrary to her younger sisters, Lydia and Kitty, Jane is a calm and polite girl who keeps her feelings between her and Elizabeth. However, her personality is not…

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    needle in it and Abigail said that a spirit had come to her room that night and stabbed her in the stomach. But, really Abigail had put the needle in the poppet to give to Mary Warren so that she would bring it to the house and they could accuse Elizabeth to witchcraft. John puts up a fight when she is going to be taken away and they bring Marry Warren down to tell the guys that it was her poppet and that she brought it home and just had the needle in it for safekeeping, but they guys could not…

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    daughters, but the Novel centres on Elizabeth Bennet, the second daughter of the five daughters of Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet is desperate to see them married as she was their mother. The family itself is not as rich as those they interact with because they have no son, five daughters. Mrs. Bennet, she is concerned with finding suitable husbands for her five daughters that’s her task. Jane Bennet, the eldest daughter, is known by her kindness and beauty; Elizabeth Bennet shares her father 's…

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    Elizabeth Bennet, however, did not care what others thought. She did not believe marriage was the absolute only way to be happy, because she was a very independent person. Yet, in the same sense, she wanted to marry for love, not for fortune, and she wanted…

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    mistaken ideas, the difference in their social standings, and more before they could finally be together. One of their first issues was Mr. Darcy’s pride and treatment towards people he thought below him because it gave Elizabeth…

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    As the title of the novel namely suggest, the primary theme of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is about the tragic flaws of pride and prejudice possessed by the characters in the novel. Throughout the course of the novel, Austen’s masterfully woven characters begin to show their own strengths and weaknesses revolving around the theme of having either pride or prejudice. However, over time and due in part to the resemblance of the words, the terms of pride and prejudice have come to take on a…

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    Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth have one of the most interesting and possibly most frustrating relationships in all of literature. The postponement and delay of their mutual attraction and engagement throughout the novel easily irritates the readers while grasping their attention with suspense at the same time. Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth’s feelings grow for each other in the first half of the novel, but in different directions: love and hate. Elizabeth and Darcy go on an incredible journey from where…

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    Mr Darcy's Marriage

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    Darcy shows a pride in himself as well as a prejudice towards the lower class in the opening chapters of the book. As the novel progresses, Mr. Darcy emerges more and more from his “antisocial shell” and begins to find himself very passionate about Elizabeth Bennet. She is disgusted by his unattractive behaviors until she reads a letter from Darcy explaining the situation between him and Mr. Wickham and his reasoning behind getting in between Mr. Bingley and Jane. She finds how her feelings were…

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    and affection, money and wealth, social classes, societal norms, and personal expectations. To do so, it follows the relationships of five couples: Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, Mr. Collins and Charlotte Lucas, Mr. Bingley and Jane Bennet, Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Wickham and Lydia Bennet. All of these relationships begin and progress differently and develop under a variety of motivations and circumstances. By the end of the novel, it becomes obvious that many of the relationships either…

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