Pride and Prejudice Full GCSE cards Flashcards
“A single man of large fortune […] what a fine thing for our girls”
Who: Mrs Bennet
When: Ch 1 on hearing Netherfield Park is let
AO2:
-materialistic objectives
-possessive pronoun ‘our’, claims over Bingley’s wealth and status
AO3:
-Reflects socio-economic reasons for marriage; typical of Mrs Bennet’s mercenary attitude towards potential suitors ( she had to be worried because of the entailment law tho )
“His manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity”
Who: Narrator about Darcy voicing the villagers
When: Meryton Ball
AO2:
-nautical metaphor of ‘turned the tide’ reflects how the Regency upper class think as one, regardless of the damage of gossip
-judgemental noun ‘disgust’ suggests a tone of disapproval and distaste.
AO3:
-importance of manners in Regency Soceity and mocking the herd mentality of the contemporary rich
“She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me”
Who: Darcy about Lizzie
When: Ch 3 at the Meryton ball
AO2:
-arrogant tone objectifies Elizabeth and suggests his position of power as a man and social superior
-degrading adjective ‘tolerable’ is barely a compliment and shows his pompous nature.
AO3:
-reflects the upper class beliefs in social superiority and Regency superficial attitudes towards womenbased on looks.
“proudest, most disagreeable man in the world”
Who: about Darcy
When: Meryton ball
AO2:
-offensive superlatives create an emphatic and exaggerated tone, suggesting it’s an overreaction and a little ridiculous.
-the all encompassing noun ‘world’ shows Regency’s fickle tendency to blow things out of proportion.
AO3:
-Regency preoccupation with manners and decorum and how characters are judged accordingly.
“he has a right to be proud”
Who: Charlotte to Lizzy about Darcy
When: ch 5 , 1st tripartite
AO2:
-the monosyllabic statement of him being ‘proud’ suggests a simple unarguable truth
-the privileged noun ‘right’ connotes a collective agreement of the Regency upper class that money is the most important thing in social status.
AO3:
-Charlotte demonstrates a respect for social superiors much like her fawning father Sir William
“I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine”
Who: Lizzy about Darcy
When: ch 5
AO2:
-stubborn tone reflects Lizzie’s nature and how once offended takes a long time to forgive
-the wounded emotive verb ‘mortified’ shows the extent of damage one sentence from Darcy did to Elizabeth and how she subconsciously cares about his opinion
AO3:
-atypical attitude for women in Regency England, she refuses to sacrifice her right to be respected
“She was almost wild!”
Who: Mrs Hurst about Lizzie walking to Netherfield
When: ch 8
AO2:
-the pointed exclamative suggests a snippy gossipy tone and highlights the scandalous nature of Elizabeth’s actions
-animalistic adjective ‘wild’ shows her behaviour is considered improper and unfeminine
AO3:
-the expectation of propriety in the upper class
-also parallels with Lydia who is also described as ‘wild’ later on in the novel.
“such low connections” and “ such vulgar relations”
Who: Miss Caroline Bingley
When: ch 8
AO2:
-distasteful adjectives suggest Caroline’s imperious [arrogant] judgement of the Bennet sisters.
-exclamative tone is created through the anaphora [repetition] of ‘such’
AO3:
-Regency preoccupation with social position and connections
“my connections with the family of de Bourgh create circumstances highly in my favour”
Who: Mr Collins
When: 1st tripartite
AO2:
-insistent repetition of pronoun ‘my’ , he is possessive and determined to link himself with the de bourghs
-superficial abstract noun ‘favour’ reflects his grovelling, sycophantic nature
AO3:
-contemporary readers may sympathise with Mr Collins as he represents the very vital need for the aristocracy’s support, funding and connections.
“your portion is unhappily so small””
Who: Mr Collins
When: spectacularly unromantic proposal to Lizzie
AO2:
-emotive intensifier ‘unhappily’ reflects a materialistic attitude designed to pressure her into acceptance
-offensive alliteration ‘so small’ creates dramatic, pitiful tone
AO3:
-monetary focus reflects socio-economical motives for marriage and his disbelief of rejection stems from her position as a woman dependent on marriage for a secure future.
“happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance” “i am not romantic, you know i never was”
Who: Charlotte
When: discussing marriage to Collins with Elizabeth 1st tripartite
AO2:
-abstract concepts of marriage and the bleak practical view Charlotte has
witty aphorism
Superlative “never” suggests that Charlotte accepts the regency views in marriage for women as she never entertained the idea of a love match like Lizzy
“knowledge of music,singing,drawing,dancing..”
Who: Caroline Bingley
When: discussing female accomplishments in ch 8
AO2:
- asyndetic listing of activities reveals the ridiculous standards upon which women are judged- and also implies Miss Bingley’s snobbery
AO3:
expectations of female behaviour and reputation- such “accomplishments” made you more eligible
“his faithful assisstant”
Who: intrusive narrator about Miss Bingley
When: ch 8 Caroline parrots Darcy’s views about accomplished women
AO2:
satirical tone suggests Caroline’s fawning over Darcy
sycophantic adjective “faithful” suggests she will agree with anything Darcy says or does
AO3:
Regency’s expectations re behaviour of women- anxious/ desperate to please
“my good opinion once lost is lost forever”
Who: Darcy to Lizzie
When: ch 11 at Netherfield
AO2:
definitive tone created by the superlative adverb “forever”
situational irony as he switches from disdain to adoration in Vol 3
AO3:
reflects a sense of judgement/ prejudice across soceity, particularly of upper class; how characters are frequently very quick to judge others.
“a mixture of self importance and humility”
Who: Mr Collins
When: vol 1
AO2:
oxymoronic juxtaposition of nouns creates irony and a humorous tone and paints Mr Collins as ridiculous/ highlights his insincerity
AO3:
regency preoccupation with status and social connections.
