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    of two individuals in love. They may not see the true values that shall become of between a man and a women, lasting a lifetime. In Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice, marriage reflects many different aspects in the life of a man and a woman joined by their vows. Austen shows her very strong views on marriage throughout this novel. In Pride and Prejudice, Austen illustrates her views on marriage and the difference between a happy and unhappy marriage by putting together a sequence of events…

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    Throughout history women have been looked at as the weaker gender of the two. Males are the breadwinners while females are meant to sit pretty and be entertainment at private get togethers. In the book Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen shows how women have been treated not only in her time period but in ours. She shows that women in society are dehumanized while men are put on a pedestal. Their purpose is for entertaining, for breeding the heirs, and for making the men in their life happy. Women…

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    The hectic and chaotic environments in which Jane Austen’s novels revolved around are believed not to be complete fiction, and are most likely accurate depictions of her true family and social environment. Jane Austen was born on December 16, 1775 to her parents, Reverend Mr. George Austen and Cassandra Austin, in Hampshire, England. After just turning a few months old, Jane, like all of her siblings, were sent away for a few months to a wet nurse until the mother, Cassandra, had regained her…

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    classism played an important role in social relationships. People of the upper-class did not socialize with the lower classes because they felt as if they were not equals. The novels Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell and Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen describe two different classes, yet they contain two similar characters: Esther, a young woman residing with her sister and family, and Lydia Bennet, a fifteen-year-old girl living with her parents and four sisters. Both characters are bold,…

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    In the novella, Lady Susan by Jane Austen, the format of the story gives the reader various perspectives from different characters, which in turn creates a guarded relationship between each character throughout the story. As the reader, it is difficult to know who is telling the truth because everyone in the novella is telling their own reality through the letters and that forces us to decide who to trust. The constant manipulation of characters through the story create tension between…

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    Jane Austen uses Elizabeth’s wit, aptitude, and humor to show the contrast between her and Women in the Regency era, It was important for Jane Austen to do this because the literary world had never seen something like this before. Austen writes Elizabeth as a character who is cunning and smart. “There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.” She possesses beliefs that were not commonly seen…

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    education and marriage. Women’s rights were a disputatious topic during the eighteenth century and Austen certainly concerned herself therefore, Feminism, is a belief that women should be treated as potential intellectual and social equals regardless of gender. Jane Austen, holds substantial feminist views and uses the novel to express her opinions about the issues faced by women during her time. However, Austen, through…

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    English novel. The English novel was born in the first half of the 18th century with a fictional vibe. Then at the beginning of the 19th century, “it is with Jane Austen that the novel takes on its distinctive modern character in the realistic treatment of unremarkable people in the unremarkable situations of everyday life”, (Southam). Austen is considered one of the best writers in all history. She wrote a bunch of novels such as: Pride & Prejudice which is one of the first romantic comedies in…

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    Pride and Prejudice is a novel written by the English author Jane Austen. It was first published in 1813 and is thought to be one of the most popular novels in English literature. The story focuses on Elizabeth Bennet, the second daughter of the Bennet family, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, her love interest. Following the plot, the reader can see how these two manage to overcome all the obstacles and achieve romantic happiness. An interesting – but not very known- fact about the book is that it was…

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    ones is Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen. Set in England, the novel tells the story of Elizabeth Bennett along with her other four sisters. Everything seems normal for the family up until Mr.Bingley and his good friend Mr.Darcy move into the neighborhood. Mrs.Bennett is desperate for her daughters to marry, so as soon as hears about their new neighbors, she immediately begins to investigate. Bingley quickly gets to know and fall in love with Jane, but Darcy is a bit different. Although…

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