Lost in Austen

Isabella knows a lot about fashions, balls, and flirtations was known by her conversation with Catherine when she was comparing these thing in Bath with another place (Austen, Chapter 4). Bath has all these things that allow her to feel wealthy even though she isn’t. She reads and goes to pump rooms, where wealthy people is her ways of being away from her true status and away from her family financial background. She has to look into the novels to fulfill her hunger of reality she wants. Because…

In Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, various character relationships such as Charlotte and Collins, Wickham and Lydia, and Elizabeth underline the role of women by emphasizing the vital importance of taking a wealthy man’s hand in marriage in order to secure their future financially. The reader can reflect upon Austen’s novel as “principally concerned with the social fabric of late eighteenth-and early nineteenth-century England, a patriarchal society in which men held the economic and social…

society, and yet, she receives a happy ending. If Pride and Prejudice ended with Elizabeth running away, flaunting her independence, Jane Austen’s message would be lost. The original audience of the novel, mostly upper class women, would view Elizabeth’s actions as foolish and without reward. Through Elizabeth and Darcy’s marriage, Austen argues that a woman can go against societal norms and still…

Marriage in the Romantic era has been interpreted in the works of many female writers, who struggles with constricted gender stereotypes, for its true meaning for both men and women. Jane Austen, the writer of “Pride and Prejudice”, never got married; she remained an independent woman and never gave in or believed in the marriage stereotypes of her time. She pursued her career as a writer and made it her lifestyle. Jane is definitely using her writing skills to make a social criticism that…

three men chasing after her. This begs the question, what about Anne Elliot was so attractive to these men? Beauty is not always a flawless face and hourglass body sometimes it might just be the perfect personality like Anne's. In Persuasion by Jane Austen, Anne Elliot's attractiveness can be seen in her caring heart, practical outlook and persuasive opinion. Anne Elliot is a very caring woman, one can see this when she volunteers to walk in the rain, when she visits Mrs. Smith and also when…

Jane Austen is known for her words. During her time period it was unheard of for the daughter of a gentle to have any sort of career ( to work for money in any way). It was viewed as improper, and indecent and was compared to prostitution. So Austen always hid her work, and what was published during her time was under a pseudo name, “The Author”. A lot of her work was also published post humus by her brother. The words that she wrote have become classics and are taught as great pieces of…

towards the Bennet family and their neighbors. Because of his conceitedness, Darcy ultimately lost the hearts of his new acquaintances and therefore opened himself up for criticism. Consequently, Darcy’s high social class and disgust for individuals under his section of the social ladder negatively affected his relationships with most characters of Pride and Prejudice. On the other hand, the Bennets painted by Austen remained that of a lower/middle class family living in the Longbourn estate,…

The novel, Emma, by Jane Austen tells the story of Emma Woodhouse and the love drama in the small village of Highbury. It takes place in the early nineteenth century England, where the young adults of this town are looking for suitable spouses. Emma finds herself meddling in the love affairs of Ms. Harriet Smith and matching making a potential suitor to a sweet, candid but rather dense lady. Contrary to Harriet, Emma is an intelligent, pretty and well-a-do empress of Highbury’s social scene,…

address, all were unexceptionable” (Austen 162), the first time she catches a glimpse of him. Emma then proceeds to view him as a potential suitor, realizing “there was something in the name, in the idea, of Mr. Frank Churchill, which always interested her,” (Austen 102). Once Frank is officially introduced, he is viewed…

Prejudice by Jane Austen, is an intelligent woman who is passionate about her beliefs without wanting the opinion of individuals in her society, specifically rich men who were too proud for their own good. I can connect myself with Elizabeth because I consider myself an independent woman who is judgmental towards what society thinks of us. Austen uses Elizabeth Bennet as a perfect example of rebellion towards men where women had an inferior status in society. Similar to my views, Austen believes…