Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen: Integrity Pays
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The focus is on brief but important primary source material written by important authors. In each case, the subject relates to the problems of certain people who are oppressed or impoverished. In each topic, a different genre or approach is adopted to help readers see and perhaps address the problem. Read the selections as identified with each topic below. Write a 4–5 paragraph essay (350 words minimum) that analyzes the work following the list of things your paper should cover, given just after the topics.
For the reading selection and topic you choose, your paper should cover the following:
1. Briefly introduce the writer and the situation that this reading is about.
2. Identify the genre or nature of the reading. (Who is the author; why did he or she write this piece?)
3. Using specific examples or lines within the reading, suggest the author’s key views and key aims for the reading audience. (Give a 1–2 paragraph summary of ideas.)
4.Describe how the reading impacted you. Think about any similar situations today and key lessons you get from the reading that could be relevant to one’s professional and personal life.
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PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
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INTRODUCTION
Jane Austen's love novel Pride and Prejudice was initially published in three volumes in 1813. It centers on the tumultuous relationship between Elizabeth Bennet, a young man's daughter, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a wealthy aristocracy property owner. It is a masterpiece of English literature crafted with incisive humor and excellent character differentiation. Pride and Prejudice are based in early nineteenth-century rural England and follow the Bennet household, consisting of five very separate sisters. In this part, we'll look at Elizabeth envisions what it would feel like to be mistress of Pemberley as Darcy's spouse as she visits the lovely estate with the Gardiners. Mrs. Reynolds, the housemaid, gives them photos of Darcy and Wickham and tells them that Darcy was "the nicest, most compassionate boy in the universe" when he was younger. She says that he is the kindest of rulers, which Elizabeth finds surprising for a man she finds unbearably rude. (Austen 1995)
GENRE AND NATURE OF READING
One of the oldest and most famous descriptions of a novel of manners is Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. By the 1700s, England's social divisions and power structures had begun to change. Because of the rise of business and capitalism, it was now feasible for certain citizens, even though they were not born into wealthy families, to accumulate large sums of money over their lifetime. Since it focuses on citizens' daily lives and does not have any dramatic or extraordinary incidents, Austen's book can also be categorized as realism. Many of what was portra...