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    In a continuous essay of not more than 1‚000 words‚ analyse this passage‚ discussing how narrative voice and dialogue are important elements in the creation of meaning in the passage. Throughout the passage from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice‚ the author provides many ways to establish the creation of meaning through the use of dialogue and narrative voice. Austen allows the reader insight into the nature of the characters by us of dialogue‚ in which we see how the characters interact with

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    Kate Smith Analysis of Extract from Chapter 3 of Pride and Prejudice The novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen was first published in 1813. The novel has a third person narrator‚ is romantic fiction and covers themes such as love‚ romance‚ marriage‚ reputation‚ money‚ status‚ class and hierarchy but it also deals with the social changes that were happening at the time including more social mobility due to ‘new money’ and the role of women in society as they began to try and break down

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    Compare and explore how Shakespear and Austen present attitudes to love and marriage in ‘much ado about nothing’ and ‘pride and prejudice.’ Shakespeare and Austen use different ways of presenting attitudes towards love and marriage‚ Shakespeare uses a play and Austen uses a novel. Although they use different forms they both use very alike techniques and story lines‚ but in particular their characterisations and ways of contrasting are very corresponding and give a very similar effect on the reader

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    Like Character‚ Like Estate In the novel Pride and Prejudice‚ Jane Austen gives more meaning to the estates belonging to each character instead of allowing the reader to only see them as Background information. Austen is able to paint the personalities and values of each character in the minds of the reader by describing the outer appearance as well as the interior of the houses‚ this is applied particularly well to both Mr. Darcy of Pemberley and Lady Catherine of Rosings. Both appear proud and

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    many authors have their own distinct genre and writing style‚ readers may not realise that they all instinctively follow the same basic guidelines‚ whether it is F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1926 novel The Great Gatsby or Jane Austen’s 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. Within these novels it can be seen that similar semiotic techniques have been employed to foreshadow specific plot points in the narrative‚ particularly when noticing their use of place and setting. Thus‚ both Fitzgerald and Austen utilise

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    To what extent is this made evident in the texts you have studied? Connections‚ made explicitly and implicitly between texts enables readers to gain new insights and confirm they’re understanding of conceptual ideas. The investigation of “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen and “Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen” by Fay Weldon stress the notion of how contexts can determine an individual’s understanding. Austen and Weldon criticise the class structure and privileges those who challenge

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    Pride and Prejudice is set in the early 19th century‚ in the same period Jane Austen herself lived in. It is set in a niche section of the society of that time‚ specifically the upper middle class‚ so it tells the reader about what life was like in this section of society. Since it focuses on such a small portion of society‚ it allows Austen to develop her writing in a lot of depth to narrate to the reader about what life was like. It becomes clear to the modern reader that life was very different

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    Elizabeth Bennet Jane Austen’s time period was a period that was full of change for society‚ but the main issue she really focused on writing about was women’s social status‚ which was determined by whom she married. During this time period‚ a woman’s ideal man was someone who was wealthy‚ able to take care of them‚ and provide her with security. There was no such thing as marrying for love; this is what made Austen’s females differentiate from other women. Austen made

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    easiest part of it. The process before that special day is where it is challenging. “Do I truly love this person?” “Is he/she the right one for me?” These are the usual questions asked by modern couples before they wed. But in the 1800s‚ when Pride and Prejudice was written‚ the only question that filled the minds of single men and women was‚ “Will this person be beneficial to my social and/or financial status?” This is the one of the most significant differences between dating and marriage in the 1800s

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    reason to go. The places do not have to be physical places and can be places within our minds and hypothetical places. With every quest we gain new life experience and knowledge not previously known to ourselves. We gain self-knowledge. In Pride and Prejudice‚ we can see a quest that Elizabeth Bennet goes on. The place she goes is self- acceptance against her family and to be content with her love for Darcy. Elizabeth continuously goes on a self-battle of whether or not she deserves what she has

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