Bingley Sisters

Question 1

“amobsilite sort of conceited independence, a most country town indifference to decorum” - Miss Bingley, ch8

Answer 1

upper class consensus

reputations, social class.

the’ abomainalre sort of cienrite dindpendenced’ chaarcersite the notion of the upper class wh view independence away from ones servants as being of a lower class stdnbanrd prosperous in ‘most country town’ as they maintain an ‘indifference to decorum; idisynctic of the lower class

Question 2

‘a woman must have a through knowledge of music, singing, dancing” - Miss Bingley, ch8

Answer 2

scoailsit consensus , list

integrity, gender roles,

suggests the menial role women play in society

Question 3

“with cold civility” - Miss Bingley, ch9

Answer 3

characterisation
regarding Jane’s stay at mr bingley’s estate, chpt 9, basildon park
social class , social advancement, personal worth

miss bingley’s ‘cold civility; to the future hospitality of Jane at their estate, stresses the unemphatic manners of the upper class in tending to the lower

Question 4

“Repeated three or four times how much they were grieved… and then thought no more of the matter”

Answer 4

Caroline Bingley - insincere

Question 5

“Miss Bingley was venting her feelings in criticisms on Elizabeth’s person, behaviour and dress”

Answer 5

Caroline Bingley - jealous

Question 6

“Miss Bingley began abusing her as soon as she was out of the room… [Elizabeth] had no conversation, no stile, no taste, no beauty”

Answer 6

Caroline Bingley - honest on one particular occasion

Question 7

Invites Jane to dine with her and her sister: “dine today with Louisa and I” - Jane is acceptable in way that the other Bennet sisters are not.

Answer 7

Caroline Bingley - prejudiced

Question 8

“Proud and conceited”

Answer 8

Caroline Bingley - proud

Question 9

“I am afraid you do not like your pen. Let me mend it for you. I mend pens remarkably well”
“What a delightful library you have at Pemberly Mr Darcy!”

Answer 9

Caroline Bingley - ingratiates herself with Darcy

Question 10

‘A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages’

Question 11

‘She has nothing, in short, to recommend her, but being an excellent walker. I shall never forget her appearance this morning. She really looked almost wild.

Question 12

‘this adventure has rather affected your admiration of her fine eyes’

Question 13

“engaged in watching Mr Darcy’s progress through her book, as in reading her own.” - Miss Bingley, ch11

Answer 13

• Obsessed with Darcy

Question 14

“…she had no conversation, no style, no taste, no beauty” - Miss Bingley about Elizabeth, ch8

Answer 14

• Expresses what is expected of Women, what they should have and that E does not conform to

Question 15

“They repulsed every attempt of Mrs Bennet at conversation.” - Bingley sisters, ch18

Answer 15

• Disgust of Mrs Bennet because of her lack of manners and class

Question 16

“from the hope we dare entertain of her being hereafter our sister..admires her greatly already” - Miss Bingley, ch21

Answer 16

• In her letter to Jane proclaims forthcoming marriage between Bingley and Georgiana

Question 17

“she could not win him” - about Miss Bingley, ch11

Answer 17

• Miss B, even she can’t get everything despite rich, objectifies male, ‘win’

Question 18

“It seems to me to show an abominable sort of conceited independence” - Miss Bingley about Elizabeth, ch8

Answer 18

• Women should be accommodating man, not thinking for themselves, Elizabeth had walked there and arrived covered in dirt

Question 19

“had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds…habit of…associating with people of rank, and were therefore in every respect entitled to think well of themselves, and meanly of others.” - about Bingley sisters, ch5

Answer 19

• Wealth gives entitlement to be proud

Question 20

“The insipidity, and yet the noise, the nothingness, and yet the self-importance of all those people!” - Miss Bingley, ch6

Answer 20

• As they lack material things and wealth, she’s very elitist and snubs them, emphasis on connections and money, Reputation and impressions formulated from connections & assets.