...Imagine a published novelist at the end of the eighteenth century in England. Alone, that is a stellar accomplishment; now imagine a published woman novelist that the future king of England wants to meet during a time period that hindered a woman’s intelligence. Some may be ecstatic, but Jane Austen almost did not meet him because she disliked him. Although the era she lived in almost prevented her from being published, it also heavily impacted her novels. Jane Austen’s writings were greatly influenced by her prosperous late eighteenth century village and city homes, enlightening education, and numerous romantic interests. It all began when Austen was born into an upper middle class English family. One of the major influences on Jane Austen’s novels was her status and homes. She was born on December 16, 1775 in the village of Steventon, Hampshire and grew up there. In her later years, she moved to the city of Bath. Correspondingly, most of Austen’s novels are about a wealthy family in country villages or take place in Bath. As a young woman, she frequently attended popular village social gatherings such as elegant balls and expensive dinners. According to the editors of Novels for Students, Austen keenly observed the wealthy society’s manners and morals at these events. Her novels mimic her examinations (Source 1 page 22). Clearly, Austen’s novels were influenced by the culture of affluent English villages. Her family’s monetary situation also allowed her to...
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... Introduction It appears that like many great artists, the writer Jane Austen was not greatly appreciated in her own time. 1 Austen came from a big family being the seventh child of George and Cassandra Austen. To some, the way Austen does not seem so bad as she had a family who liked each other and a Father who worked as an Oxford-trained rector in Steventon, Hampshire, England. Austen's was a household where learning and imagination were encouraged. In Austen's lifetime she completed six novels. However, her two novels considered literary classics were Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Austin went by the pen name: “The Lady”. Also, Austen had a special relationship with her only sister Casandra and her father. It should not be imagined that life was totally a bed of roses for Austen. As a youth, she caught typhus and almost died. 2 Also, despite being close to her family, she choose a somewhat different life for herself. Though Austen once accepted a marriage proposal from a rich friend of her brother, she turned him down for lack of love and married a man from a lower social rank. 3 Despite her husband's lower social standing, Austen seemed to be a happy wife and mother. Austen was largely educated by her father and her aunt Ann Cooper Cawley. Her Aunt was the widow of the head of Oxford college. Afterward, Austen and her sister Cassandra went to Abbey school, which was a boarding school for girls. Well, enough about the family history of Jane...
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...‘This text is so rooted in the female world that only women could derive any pleasure from it’? Considering the above statement, it’s evident that both ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ are both feminist perspective texts. As they are rooted within the female world I believe, that only women can derive pleasure from them both. It is apparent within chapter 8 that Austen has undertaken many different methods to portray characters in certain ways. One method Austen has used to make the novel more rooted to females is the use of dialogue and description. When Elizabeth leaves the room, “Miss Bingley begins abusing her” stating that her “manners were pronounced to be very bad indeed” and describing her as having a “mixture of pride and impertinence”. Therefore, it can be said that both description and dialogue incorporate successfully to create this classical novel which is still regarded as a timeless classic by many critics. This is also relatable within modern societies as women still like to gossip about each other. Despite the sisters criticising Elizabeth, a judgement can also be made about the vulgarity of their character, which is a further source of laughter between the two sisters despite their declared regard for Jane, “his sisters…indulged their mirth for some time at the expense of their dear vulgar relations”. Therefore, illustrating their spiteful and hypocritical nature disguised by their façade. Furthermore, they also state Elizabeth “had no conversation...
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...Introduction: Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” is concentrated on the relationships of two potential couples: Elizabeth and Darcy and her sister Jane and Darcy’s friend Bingley. The novel tells the story of love of these two couples and the troublesome they have faced on their way to marital bows. They main reason for the obstacles they have faces is the reputation and class belonging. It is the reputation of Elizabeth and Jane that is being questioned throughout the novel as they belong to a aristocratic but a very poor family. As Elizabeth’s behavior in the first place is closely analyzed by the Bingley’s and Darcy’s family member and friends at times she finds herself along with her sister in very vulnerable situations. As the wealth allows these people to judge her and her sister it only owing to Elizabeth’s and Jane’s intelligence and internal beauty that helps them to keep their heads up proudly. The two girls suffer because of the reputation of their mother who is very foolish, noisy and she lacks social grace to make her communication with other people decent and respected by the others. As Darcy’s and Bingley’s families are rather snobbish and think of themselves as of better social representatives than Elizabeth and Jane. The bahaviour of Lydia Bennet almost leaves the girls with no chance of being together with their loved ones as she supports the ill reputation of the family by being with a man without being married to him. Nevertheless all these prejudice does...
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...Word Choice and Syntax Jane Austen originally wrote Pride and Prejudice in 1813 as a novel of manners. Included on pages 11 to 12 is a passage Austen utilizes to depict major themes that recur throughout the novel. She did this by using dialogue between Elizabeth and Jane, as well as Elizabeth’s thoughts. Syntax, a cynical tone, and background imagery of the Bingley sisters are used to suggest that listening to society’s expectations of manners is necessary, but should be limited and that before Elizabeth decides to judge others based on their actions, she must look within herself and realize her own flaws. At the beginning of the passage, Elizabeth expresses her doubts about Jane’s judgements of the Bingley sisters. According to Elizabeth, Jane is “so honestly blind to the follies and nonsense of others” (Austen, 11). This statement enlightens the reader of Elizabeth’s views towards her sister. Ironically, Elizabeth misjudges people’s characters, a fault in her own character that she realizes later in the work. Another important realization from this statement is how Jane and Elizabeth differ in their mindsets. While Jane sees the best in people and is unable to see faults in anyone, Elizabeth sees the negative side in people, showing that Jane and Elizabeth prosper so well together because they complement and counteract each other’s character. Also revealed by this passage is Elizabeth’s unwillingness to be as trusting in people as her sister, which she views as a flaw in Jane...
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