Taking place in victorian England, This novel is about the love story between Mr. Darcy (wealthy), and Elizabeth Bennet (semi middle class). At the beginning Mr. Darcy's appearance at balls and in public turn people away from him turn people (including Elizabeth) away from him. But they slowly learn more about each other, (mainly Elizabeth realizing he's not a tool) and then they get married at the end. Mary Bennet is a humorous but sad thorn 3rd child. Lydia elopes with Mr. Wickam and they are caught and forced to marry in London. mr. Darcy pays for the wedding, this is one of the first acts that turns Lizzy on to him. Jane falls in love with Mr. Bingley, they also get married in the end but even in defeat their story is boring. (He's also very wealthy). Then Mr. Bennet is somewhat removed from Mrs. Bennet (because she's a childish gargoyle), but his lack of being a good father surfaces in how "hands off" he is. (he's partially to blame for the eloping).
Some great quotes were, "A lady's imagination is very rapid, it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony, in a moment" (Darcy) I like this because some things never change fully.
and just cuz it's so famous, "it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife" (Darcy puts this quote into question).
Jane Austen was from a well-off family, with a happy life she never married, though had many love affairs. Her novels were mainly intended for friends and family so I think that that's where some of this "story book ending" stuff might have its roots. Since nothing goes wrong we get happy, but it could have easily gone wrong, in which case I'm not sure how famous it would be today. Most of the novel is focused on jokes, and interest centered around manners and norms of the times. It seems to support the individual woman (for the time), but with dark undercurrents (Lizzy's bes friends marriage to Mr. Collins for one).
Revise what you have written to rid your analysis of little errors like seen in the beginning, "turn people away from him turn people."
ReplyDeleteWhere are the character summaries?
How is this story significant?
What about narrative tone makes it significant?
Where are any discussed literary devices?
Great quote. It really ties in with one of the themes in the book and repeated questions of the societal and behavioral conceptions of love by both the sexes. In this case, the view that females take.
I would spend more time analyzing this as well as adding the the events in the summary.