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    well as they were not allowed to respect the proposal of a man. We got to know that women were discriminated by man. Marriage was the only last option for them. Jane Austen also had written about five different marriages and side by side contrasting them everyone having different thoughts and criteria. We can also conclude that Jane Austen limitation in pride and prejudice is the limitation which she had faced in her life during that period but still she lived and able to write the novel.…

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    Jane Austen wrote her novels as a source for comedy to her readers also so she could be able to express her views on what was around her and what left an impact on her in anyway .Austen is famous for using irony by exaggerating many of her characters to make it obvious how foolish they can be . One of her most famous works Pride and Prejudice ,uses irony to distinguish and judge, critics also believe it to be the most comical . Pride and Prejudice is also the first novel which many critics have…

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    In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, woman of the gentry class are trapped in a society where appearance and status reign and the only possibility of achieving happiness is through marriage to a like-minded individual. The aspects of women’s lives were limited to gossiping, home-making, mingling and child-rearing. The only possibility for happiness lied in the prospect of marrying out of love and not out of obligation. The novel offers a spectrum of perspectives, both male and female, from…

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    Why does Pride and Prejudice resonate with readers today? Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen created a spectrum of characters that resonates with society today. The novel reflects on a “male and female agenda” that engraved society’s minds. This agenda is what the typical male and female ought to be, which creates a series of molds for both genders. Throughout the novel, we see the Elizabeth Bennet breaking these stereotypes of what a woman “should be.” In which, she has an abnormal sensibility…

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    Jane Austen's Emma

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    Today, there are very little, if any, class distinctions. However, when Jane Austen published Emma in 1815, a person was classed by the family from which he was born in and how much money he possessed. Marriage between classes was uncommon and deemed degrading for the spouse of the higher class. Within the first two chapters of Emma, the reader observes the disunity of the classes. In Chapter Two, the narrator mentions that Mr. Weston's first marriage "was an unsuitable connection, and did not…

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    The novel, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen exemplifies the main theme of marriage in various forms. Austen compares the different marriages through the characters: Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, Charlotte and Mr. Collins, Jane and Mr. Bingley, Elizabeth and Darcy, and finally Lydia and Mr. Wickham. She gives a specific insight to the attitudes, morals, and progression of marriage for each character throughout the book. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet began the novel as the only married couple. With five unwed…

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    Elizabeth is the protagonist of this novel and is used by Jane Austen in order to prove a point about the English society during the 19th century. Compared to her best friend and younger siblings, she is more independent and set in her ways. When most of the women dedicate their time and effort to be adequate suitors for men, she believes that falling in love before marriage is the more reasonable decision. For example, she stands out amongst every other woman when she walks many miles through…

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    Cassandra Leigh's Life

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    financial resources proves to be the reality of Cassandra Leigh’s life. Her daughter, Jane Austen, was born on December 16,1775 in the English countryside. Jane’s father, George Austen, was a country clergyman who had achieved his successes only through determination and his own will. Austen was surrounded by an abundance of other siblings, but she experienced a special attachment to her sister Cassandra. Additionlly, Jane experienced an adamant presence of religion and education throughout her…

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    by Jane Austen Summary Mr Bingley arrives in Netherfield Park and there is much commotion in the nearby town. Mrs Bennet wants to see all five of her daughters; Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia married, and sees Mr Bingley as a wonderful suitor. At a ball Bingley is immediately smitten with Jane. Bingley’s friend Darcy attends the ball and is rude about Elizabeth; which she overhears. Over time Darcy, despite his initial judgments, finds himself becoming attracted to Elizabeth. Jane…

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    Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austen, depicts a society in the Regency era in which the sole importance of young women is in the acquisition of a husband in order to be regarded as a respectable woman by the society. The story itself begins with the sentence “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”(Austen, 1995). In chapter 1 clearly that shows the importance of marriage for men with wealth and for women to…

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