Marriage: Influences Flashcards
Pride and Prejudice
How does Austen discuss the Regency values of marriage?
Austen evaluates the influences associated with marriage during the Regency era and challenges the idea of a successful marriage.
Pride and Prejudice
What technique is commonly used to reveal the reality of women during the Regency era?
This is not particular to any of the quotes for this theme.
Free Indirect Discourse
Pride and Prejudice
What was the reality for women during the Regency era?
Refer to the expectations associated with marriage.
Marriage was necessary to obtain wealth, status, or meet societal expectations during Austen’s time.
Finish the quote then explain:
“…it was the only honourable…”
“…it was the only honourable provision for well-educated young women of small fortune,”
Authorial intrusion directly describes the necessity for women to marry in order to make a living, especially for those in the lower gentry.
Finish the quote then explain:
“captivated by youth…a woman whose weak…”
“…captivated by youth and beauty…a women whose weak understanding of and illiberal mind had very early in their marriage put an end to all real affection for her.”
Austen satirises the concept of marriage based on appearance and comments on its detriment to a successful marriage.
Finish the quote then explain:
“it was a union that must have…by her ease and liveliness, …and from his judgement…”
This one’s hard sorry!!
“…it was a union that must have been the advantage of both…from his judgement, information and knowledge of the world, she must have received benefit of greater importance.”
Through free indirect discourse, Austen rejects societal standards of the Regency era and describes a successful marriage to benefit both partners in character above all else.
Crazy Rich Asians
What Post-Modernist ideology does Chu use to recontextualise Austen’s criticisms of the influences of marriage?
Pluralism
Crazy Rich Asians
What aspect of form does he use to do this?
Omniscient perspective/narrator
Crazy Rich Asians
What point of relationships/marriage does Chu explore in his film?
Through the omniscient perspective, the camera focuses on several interpretations of a successful relationship/marriage. Chu explores the extent of these influences on marriage and evaluates their impact on these relationships.
What scene does this film technique come from? Then explain.
Starts from Eddie’s face, zooms out revealing luxury and family.
Eddie’s Introduction:
Chu comments on the influence of consumerism in Post-Modern relationships, depicting the desire for consumist culture to be a detriment to a successful marriage.
What scene does this film technique come from? Then explain.
Wide shot captures not only Araminta but the extent of her and Collin’s wealth displayed around her.
Araminta walking down the aisle during her wedding:
The incorporation of their wealth along with the couple in the shot suggests that their abundant wealth is a significant contributor to their marriage. This describes the influences of wealth in marriage in Post-Modern society.
What scene does this film technique come from? Then explain.
Exchanged close-up shots between Rachel and Nick during the wedding.
Araminta walking down the aisle during her wedding/wedding scene:
Chu focuses on intentionally rejecting the surplus wealth around them and highlights their focus on character in their relationship.
