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Pride and PrejudiceBackground Information
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LITERARY & NARRATIVE TECHNIQUES
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Satire• Ideas, customs,
behaviors, or institutions are ridiculed in order to criticize human folly and to improve society• Listen closely to
Elizabeth!
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Irony• DRAMATIC = the
audience is aware of something the audience/readers are not
• VERBAL = a speaker says one thing but means another (sarcasm)
• SITUATIONAL = a difference between what is expected to happen and what actually does happen
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Free Indirect Discourse• The practice of embedding a
character’s speech or thoughts into an otherwise third-person narrative.
• The narrative moves back and forth between the narrator telling us what the character is thinking and showing us the character’s conscious thoughts, without denoting which thought belongs to whom. • a character's thoughts or spoken words
are reported without quotation marks (or some other kind of indication, like the phrase "she thought" or "he said").
• The result is a story that reads almost like it shares two “brains”: one belonging to the narrator, the other belonging to the character.
Elizabeth
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LITERARY GENRE
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Comedy of Manners• Uses elements of satire to ridicule or expose the behaviors,
manners, flaws, and morals of the middle or upper classes• Love affairs, witty & comical exchanges, humorous revelation
of societal scandals
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Comedy of Manners Examples• The characters’
searches for love & financial stability• Social scandals of the
Meryton community• Witty banter
between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy or Mr. and Mrs. Bennet
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THEMES
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Social Class & Lack of Mobility• By the 19th century, 3
distinct groups made up the social class system: working, middle & upper classes• Mr. Darcy = hereditary
aristocracy• Mr. Bingley = landed
gentry• The Bennets = middle
class
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Marriage and Family• Acknowledges that
marriage was a necessity for women in the 18th and 19th centuries
• Also expresses Austen’s disillusionment with the fact that women were often forced into marriage out of financial necessity
• Through Elizabeth, Austen advocates for marriage based on mutual respect and love
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Pride and Prejudice• Originally planned to
title the novel First Impressions• First impressions and
premature preconceptions complicate the relationships between the characters • Pride and prejudice
influence these perceptions
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THE CHARACTERS
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Mr. Bennet• Patriarch of the family• Belongs to the minor
gentry; gets a small income from the land attached to his estate (Longbourn)• Very fond of Elizabeth• No sons, so estate will
pass to Mr. Collins
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Mrs. Bennet• Married to Mr.
Bennet for 23 years• Her main goal in life
is to find husbands for her daughters• Fond of Lydia; not as
fond of Elizabeth
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Jane Bennet• Eldest daughter• Close to Elizabeth• Befriended by the
Bingley sisters• Known for her beauty
and good nature
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Elizabeth Bennet• Second eldest
daughter• 20 years old• Bright and
independent• Tends to speak her
mind
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Mary Bennet• Third daughter• The intellectual of
the family• Busies herself with
reading and music
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Catherine (Kitty) Bennet• Fourth daughter• 18 years old• Close to Lydia
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Lydia Bennet• Youngest daughter• 15 years old• Mrs. Bennet’s
favorite • Very prone to flirting,
especially with the officers in Meryton
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• Owner of a country estate called Pemberley• Income of 10,000
pounds per year • Reputation as a
proud and ill-mannered man• Close friend of
Charles Bingley
Fitzwilliam Darcy
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Charles Bingley• Inherits the fortune
his father built through manufacturing and trade• Leases Netherfield
Park• Falls in love with Jane
Bennet
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Caroline Bingley & Louisa Hurst• Charles Bingley’s sisters• Each command a
fortune of 20,000 pounds• Join Bingley in
Netherfield, but live in London• Louisa is married to Mr.
Hurst; Caroline wants to marry Mr. Darcy
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Charlotte Lucas• Eldest child of Sir
William and Lady Lucas• Elizabeth’s closest
friend
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Mr. Collins• Mr. Bennet’s cousin• The Bennet’s closest
male relative• According to the laws
of entail, he stands to inherit Longbourn
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Mr. Wickham• Member of militia
regimen posted to Meryton• Son of the late Mr.
Darcy’s steward• Known Fitzwilliam
Darcy since childhood
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Lady Catherine de Bourgh• Wealthy widow of
high social standing• Lives with her
daughter Anne at Rosings Park• Sister of Darcy’s late
mother and intends for him to marry Anne
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Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner• Mr. Gardiner is Mrs.
Bennet’s brother; he is a businessman in trade in London• Mrs. Gardiner is close
to Jane and Elizabeth
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Colonel Fitzwilliam• Darcy’s cousin• Develops a friendship
with Elizabeth
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Georgiana Darcy• 16 years old• Darcy’s sister• Rumored that she is
intended to marry Charles Bingley• Was previously
involved with Wickham
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COMMON QUESTIONS
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Cousins Marrying??• Yes, Mr. Collins and the Bennet girls are cousins (distant).• Remember, the priority during that time period was keeping
property within the family – that was much more important than love
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What do the “---”s mean?• Austen used "-----" a lot in her writing. Example "------ shire" or
"lord/lady -----". • She did this to avoid insulting or annoying the aristocracy. She
sometimes used real people/events and didn't want any confusion in her books. • If she used a real shire like Oxfordshire (real place) then someone
could argue her book could never have taken place there be of x y or z. So she just omitted real names of people and places to keep her writing credible.