Pride And Prejudice Narrators Voice
It is often said that we leave pieces of ourselves in the things we touch. An artist leaves a piece of their soul in their painting, a singer leaves a little piece of their heart in their song, and a writer leaves behind a part of their voice. A writer’s voice does not cease to exist when they pass, it lives on through their many novels or poems. In Julia Prewitt Brown’s article she explains how Jane Austen’s voice is heard throughout Pride and Prejudice within the narrator’s voice. Austen’s life is portrayed in subtle yet impactful ways in the way that she writes as well as what she writes. Julia Prewitt Brown states in “A Narrator’s Voice” that Pride and Prejudice can be viewed in a variety of ways: “ The discourse of the rest of Pride and Prejudice… falls into two broad categories, narrative and dialogue. Perceived together, as they are meant to be perceived, the narrative and the dialogue achieve the same
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Austen was able to effectively mesh her voice within the narrator’s and the dialogue that occurs throughout the novel. She uses a rational voice to mock several things; Austen satirized business in a marriage, gender roles, and class. For example, a symbol of marriage being a business transaction is (insert quote from PP about Darcy paying Wickham to marry Lydia). Throughout the entire novel there are minute examples of marriage as a business transactions; Charlotte, for example, married Mr. Collins for a comfortable lifestyle rather than love. Austen’s satire is subtle, impactful, and humorous which makes the novel so well written; without her voice affecting the narrative voice “the moral structure of the novel would crumble”(Brown 106). Depending on how you read Pride and Prejudice, comically or ironically, it can be interpreted differently.(The Narrator’s Voice Brown) Generally speaking, satire is used to bring comic relief to
Austen was able to effectively mesh her voice within the narrator’s and the dialogue that occurs throughout the novel. She uses a rational voice to mock several things; Austen satirized business in a marriage, gender roles, and class. For example, a symbol of marriage being a business transaction is (insert quote from PP about Darcy paying Wickham to marry Lydia). Throughout the entire novel there are minute examples of marriage as a business transactions; Charlotte, for example, married Mr. Collins for a comfortable lifestyle rather than love. Austen’s satire is subtle, impactful, and humorous which makes the novel so well written; without her voice affecting the narrative voice “the moral structure of the novel would crumble”(Brown 106). Depending on how you read Pride and Prejudice, comically or ironically, it can be interpreted differently.(The Narrator’s Voice Brown) Generally speaking, satire is used to bring comic relief to