Pride and Prejudice Flashcards
Who rents what in the beginning of the book?
Charles Bingley; Manor of Netherfield Park
Who are the five daughters of the Bennets
Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia
Which one of the daughters does Bingley dance with?
Jane
Who does his friend Mr. Darcy refuse to dance with?
Elizabeth
Why does Elizabeth go to the Netherfield manor?
Her sister Jane gets caught in a storm and catches a cold, and she wants to help her sister.
What about Elizabeth’s arrival causes problems with who?
Elizabeth gets there in a splattered dress, and Miss Bingley is very snobbish; Darcy also pays attention to her, even though she tries to get it
Who visits when Elizabeth and Jane come home and what does he do?
Mr. Collins, who tries to marry Elizabeth
Who also shows interest in Elizabeth, who is he, and what about Darcy does he say?
Wickham, a soldier, and Darcy cheated him out of an inheritance
The Bingleys and Darcy leave Netherfield when?
Winter
Mr. Collins gets engaged to who and why?
Charlotte Lucas for the money
What happens when Jane tries to visit Bingley
Mr Bingley doesn’t show up, Miss Bingley does and acts rude
Who is Darcy’s aunt?
Lady Catherine
What happens between Darcy and Elizabeth?
Darcy proposes, Elizabeth refuses, calling him arrogant and unpleasant, steering away Jane, and cheating away Wickham
What is in Darcy’s letter?
He steered away Jane because he didn’t believe in her relationship, and Wickham lied
What else did Wickham do?
Tried to elope with Georgina Darcy
How does Elizabeth come to visit Darcy’s estate?
She goes on a trip with the Gardiners, relatives of the Bennets
What happens with Lydia?
She elopes with Wickham
How is the Lydia-Wickham situation solved?
Wickham agrees to marry Lydia for money, which is paid by Darcy
Bingley eventually marries Jane?
Yes
What does Lady Catherine do and why?
She tries to coerce Elizabeth to refuse to marry Darcy, as she believes a Bennet isn’t rich enough
Does Elizabeth relent to Lady Catherine
She says she won’t go against her own happiness
What other obstacles stand in the way of Darcy and Elizabeth and how?
Miss Bingley, snobbishness and haughtiness, Wickham, lies, and Lady Catherine, coercion
What does Darcy and Elizabeth’s relationship imply about Austen?
Austen view love as something not part of society, although she understands that sometimes love isn’t the answer. (Charlotte Lucas)
Why was being a woman hard?
She had to comply to many social norms, or risk damage to her and her family’s reputation
