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Pride And Prejudice - Papers

Pride And Prejudice

"Different ideas of the woman's role in society, especially marriage"
("", chapter 6)
1. Summary (and "Einordnung" in the context of the novel)
Jane Austen's novel '' deals with the English upper-class society in the early 19th century.
The main characters are the five daughters in the Bennet family, who have to marry into a wealthy family so that they can be financially taken care of. As there is no son in the Bennet family, all family possession will be inherited by the sisters' cousin Mr. Collins with whom they aren't on good terms.
When Mr. Bingley and his friend Mr. Darcy, who are two attractive and rich young men, move into the district, there is an opportunity for the daughters to ...

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the next days Mr. Bingley and his party visit the Bennets who soon return the visit. Mr. Bingley still admires Jane and she is very much love with him.
Elizabeth and her friend Charlotte discuss how Jane should behave towards Mr. Bingley. While Elizabeth thinks that she should act in a natural way, Charlotte has the opinion that a woman has to act purposefully in order marry well.
Mr. Darcy's opinion on Elizabeth changes. He now considers her to be beautiful. On the next ball he tries to find out more about her. But Elizabeth doesn't like this and refuses to dance with him when the host, Sir Lucas, asks her to. Mr. Darcy however is still very interested in Elizabeth.

2. Interpretation:
a) In the context of the novel:
In the following text I deal with Elizabeth's and Charlotte's different opinions about how Jane should behave towards Mr. Bingley (as mentioned in their discussion on page 19f.). In their views on this subject it also becomes clear what they think about the ...

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to be sure that she really loves this man.
Their contrary positions become even more obvious in the second half of their discussion. In reply to Charlotte's statement that Jane has to "command [Mr. Bingley's] attention" whenever they meet until she is "secure of him", Elizabeth says that Jane doesn't have the plan to get well married. Elizabeth thinks that Jane has to meet Mr. Bingley more often to become aware of his character because she will only be able to marry him if she knows him better.
I don't think that Elizabeth only points out Jane's position here. She also shares her views, which later in chapter six becomes more clearly as she refuses to dance with the rich Mr. Darcy ...

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Added: 7/1/2007 11:38:44 PM
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