Pemberley

Hawthorne walked the path, slow and steady, treading his way up the hill. As he walked, he pondered upon his whole day, from the startling events of the morning, to the unusualness of the uneventful evening. He had been staying at an old castle turned resort in the english countryside, owned by a rich American family. It had been bustling with the guess for many days. It was beautiful, with both a morning room, and a dinner room. Hawthorne recalled meeting her in the morning room, as well as…

“Pride and Prejudice” and its interesting characters caught my attention from the beginning. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of education, manners, upbringing, and marriage in her society. It was oddly relatable to our society today. People in the book are often quick to judge like Elizabeth Bennet when she met Mr. Darcy, she took an immediate dislike to him. And Mr. Darcy was quick to look down on those who are “inferior” to him. You shouldn’t…

Okay first of all, shout out to Collin and Sterling who absolutely killed the parts of Petruchio and Lucentio. Okay, but honestly this play was… wow. So, the play started off great, it was funny, all saw all my friends was super proud of them. Off the back i thought i was going to hate Bianca because she seemed too nice and pretty and perfect, but she turned out to be pretty cool. Also, i assumed i was going to hate Petruchio because Collin told me so ain class but i thought he was a good guy-…

Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice defined the Regency era of Britain, and her leading characters influenced literature for centuries to come, essentially birthing the “enemies turned into lovers” trope. Her depiction of two lovers needing to overcome the faults of their own pride and prejudices and their own internal struggles is an idea still surging throughout modern day literature. The novel’s original purpose was to criticize the social hierarchy of England at the time and the…

The 2008 film adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” examines the affairs of love, marriage, and reason in the early 19th century. Particularly, it reveals Jane Austen’s personal views on what an ideal and an imperfect relationship looked like with the couples presented in the story. The opening scene of the film is that of the Bennet family bustling with excitement at the prospect of meeting a suitor. The scene quickly establishes Elizabeth Bennet is a surrogate for Austen herself…

Marriage is a major theme in the novel Pride and Prejudice, and one of the characters with the strongest views on marriage is Mrs Bennet. However, Mrs Bennet’s views contrast with those of other characters, like Mr Bennet and Lady Catherine. These opposing views help us to give us insight into the varying views of society at the time. Mrs Bennet’s views about marriage are very traditional, and she is known throughout the novel for wanting her children to get married for selfish or material…

“There is only one story. Ever. One. It’s been going on and it’s everywhere around us and every story you’ve ever read or heard or watched is part of it.” This is what Thomas Foster extolled in his book, How To Read Literature Like A Professor. Foster reveals to the audience that every story anyone has ever known is all part of one larger, more universal story, and this story has several universal concepts that reoccur in each of it’s developments. He explains to us how minor details can…

In Pride and Prejudice, a novel written by Jane Austen, the role of wealth and reputation is a partnership that leads to marriage, but in most (if not all) cases have little to do with love. The most propelling conflict in Pride and Prejudice is, “The morally significant conflict between pride and vanity” (Pride). Vanity is connected to wealth; therefore wealth is a poor choice to consider opposed to love. The role that reputation and wealth play when it comes to love is limited due to human…

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, portrays the way of life in the provincial society of Britain amid the turn of the nineteenth century. Austen articulated the social structure of the day and carefully outlines why the title of the book is titled Pride and Prejudice, which is due to all the underlying themes of how pride and prejudices coexist. Specifically Elizabeth and Darcy’s first judgment of each other. This impression situated the plot of the novel; the consistent debate of wits and…

What is friendship? More importantly, what is female friendship? Jane Austen answers these questions in her book Pride and Prejudice , through the friendships of the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet. Throughout the book, Austen takes us through two main friendships within Elizabeth's life. One that is shared with her sister Jane and the other with her neighbor Charlotte. These relationships offer different insights into what it takes to be in a female friendship. With Jane, the bond shared is much…