'Pride and Prejudice' - Style Flashcards
Give examples of romanticism in the novel.
- Elizabeth taking back to Lady Catherine.
- Elizabeth’s proposal refusals.
- Darcy’s passionate proposal.
Her tone is often as ascerbic(sharp tone), humourous, sarcastic and witty as her characters. Give examples.
- Mrs Bennet’s nervous humour.
- Mr Bennet’s sarcasm towards his daughters. ‘The silliest girls in England.’
- Elizabeth’s wit and sharp tongue towards Lady Catherine.
- Lady Catherine’s sharp tongue.
Explain the narrative structure of the novel.
Austen employs a free indirect speech as a type of third person narration, allowing the readers a complete psychological insight into the thoughts and feelings of the characters.
When this is not employes, she focuses on Elizabeth’s consciousness so we can sympathise with, and relate to her more.
What is irony?
When the opposite of what’s supposed to happen, happens.
What types of irony are present in the novel, and give examples for each?
•Verbal Irony.
Mr Darcy’s proposal after saying Elizabeth was merely toerable.
•Situational Irony.
Lydia being the first daughter to marry.
Bingley being intended for Georgiana so he and Darcy would be brothers in law, and still end up brothers in law because they married the two Bennet girls.
•Structural Irony.
Elizabeth marrying Darcy after hating him at first.
Mr Collins marrying Charlotte Lucas after three days of knowing her. This also represents how most women would have behaved in this situation.
What is satire?
Ridiculing a certain group or people in society.
Certain characters ridicule society and make satirical remarks about its conventions. Give examples.
- Elizabeth saying she’ll only marry for love and not for money, as was the norm.
- Elizabeth saying to Lady Catherine that is Darcy proposed to her again, she’d accept even if the families and society didn’t approve.
Explain the importance of letters in the novel.
It is thought that the original draft of ‘Pride and Prejudice’ may have been written in epistolary form because of the vast number of letters that appear in the letter, they are used to speed up the plot and reveal more about different characters -eg Wickham.
Austen moved from neoclassism to romanticism. Explain.
She allowed her tone to become less restrained and logical, and more passionate and alive.
