P+P qu b Flashcards
pride + prejudice
- D + E: learn not to judge too quick-‘Do you think that any consideration would tempt’, ‘the happiness of a most beloved sister’- ‘I love, I love, I love you’
-LC and MRS B: can’t learn- ‘any person so wholly unconnected with me’
-responsibility: darcy- ‘Charlotte’s opinion of matrimony was not exactly like her own’
money
-realistic (Charlotte)-‘Charlotte’s opinion of matrimony was not exactly like her own’, ‘When she is secure of him, there will be leisure for falling in love as much as she chooses’
-defines (Bingley)-‘A single man of large fortune’, ‘Having now a good house and a very sufficient income, he intended to marry’
-affects social class (land valued after trade)
-power (LC)- ‘she derives part of her abilities from her rank and fortune’
society + gender
-male dominated society- ‘I am no longer surprised at your knowing only six accomplished women.’
-financial security for women in marriage- ‘When she is secure of him, there will be leisure for falling in love as much as she chooses’
-women live limited lives + changes attitude and behaviour (Jane, E and Kitty-‘Have a little compassion on my nerves’, Lydia-‘Wickham’s affection for Lydia was just what Elizabeth had expected to find it – not equal to Lydia’s for him.’, ‘Lydia likes officers who pay attention to her.’
love + marriage
-Charlotte chose marriage without love (sensible)-‘When she is secure of him, there will be leisure for falling in love as much as she chooses’
-Lydia chose love without marriage (shocking)-‘But the attention of every lady was soon caught by a young man’, ‘Lydia likes officers who pay attention to her.’
-E+D (respect and attraction) : ‘I love, I love, I love you’
family
-austen was compared to her sisters- however J+E had a
strong relationship- Miss Bingley ‘you will have a charming mother-in-law’
-Mrs Bennet obsessed- ‘her hopes were answered’, ‘business
-Mr collins gets all the money, would marry his cousin
-Elizabeths family embarrasses her- ‘that had her family made an agreement to expose themselves as much as they could during the evening’
morals
-darcy thought Jane was marrying for money- ‘you would probably do it’
-whickham took advantage-‘ ‘person, countenance, air, and walk’, ‘Lydia likes officers who pay attention to her.’
-wrong first impressions- ‘His character was decided.’, ‘You never see fault in anybody.’‘But the attention of every lady was soon caught by a young man’, ‘Mr Wickham is handsome.’
