'pride and prejudice'

Pride And Prejudice

                  ~Jane Austen

Name :parmar Nidhi Shamjibhai

Semester : M. A  Part 1

Paper :Literature of Romantic Age

(Paper no 103) 

 

~Class Assignment :

Q~write a characters sketch on pride and prejudice

∆Introduction :

                  'Pride and Prejudice' Novel written by the famous English Novelist jane Austen. Began writing it in the winter of 1796 but first published in 1813 four years before her death. Original title was 'first impression' but sixteen years later published under the title 'pride and prejudice'. This Novel is 'Romantic Novel'. This Novel is third person omniscient. . Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist of the book, who learns about the consequences of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodnes.

About the Author

Name : Jane Austen

Bron : 16 December 1775 England

Death :  18 July 1817

Occupation :Novelist

Notable works :

~Sense and Sensibility.

~Pride and Prejudice

~Mansfield Park

~EmmaNorthanger Abbey

~Persuasion

             She was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security.she was famous of his era. 

Characters sketch :

∆ Elizabeth Bennet:

heroine of the novel, charming,the novel, charming, second oldest of fiver Bennet sisters, confident, has a good sense of humor, most sensible of all five sisters, different from her sisters, self-controlled & self-disciplined nature. Despite her pride, she married Darcy. Romance of Elizabeth is like a stormy sea with turbulent tides of many ups and downs.

 ∆ Fitzwilliam Darcy:

A wealthy gentleman, the master of Pemberley, and the nephew of Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Though Darcy is intelligent and honest, his excess of pride causes him to look down on his social inferiors. Over the course of the novel, he tempers his class-consciousness and learns to admire and love Elizabeth for her strong character.

 ∆ Jane Bennet:

The eldest and most beautiful Bennet sister. Jane is more reserved and gentler than Elizabeth. The easy pleasantness with which she and Bingley interact contrasts starkly with the mutual distaste that marks the encounters between Elizabeth and Darcy.

∆ Charles Bingley:

Darcy's considerably wealthy best friend. Bingley's purchase of Netherfield, an estate near the Bennets, serves as the impetus for the novel. He is a genial, well-intentioned gentleman, whose easygoing nature contrasts with Darcy's initially discourteous demeanor. He is blissfully uncaring about class differences.

 ∆ Mr.Bennet

head of Bennet family, indifferent, inefficient, irresponsible, disillusioned in his domestic life, not an active & responsible father & husband. He is a character of odd mixtures, intelligent but inactive, humorous but sarcastic & bitter, reserved but capricious, attractive but repulsive. We like him for his virtues but dislike him for his faults.

∆ Mrs. Bennet:

Mr. Bennet's wife, a foolish, noisy woman whose only goal in life is to see her daughters. married. Because of her low breeding and often unbecoming behavior, Mrs. Bennet often repels the very suitors whom she tries to attract for her daughters.

∆ Lydia Bennet:

The youngest Bennet sister, she is gossipy. immature, and self-involved. Unlike Elizabeth, Lydia flings herself headlong into romance and ends up running off with Wickham.

∆ Charlotte Lucas:

Elizabeth's dear friend. Pragmatic where Elizabeth is romantic, and also six years older than Elizabeth, Charlotte does not view love as the most vital component of a marriage. She is more interested in having a comfortable home. Thus, when Mr. Collins proposes, she accepts.

∆ George Wickham:

A handsome, fortune-hunting militia officer. Wickham's good looks and charm attract Elizabeth initially, but Darcy's revelation about Wickham's disreputable past clues her in to his true nature and simultaneously draws her closer to Darcy.

∆Mr. Collins:

A pompous, generally idiotic clergyman who stands to inherit Mr. Bennet's property. Mr. Collins's own social status is nothing to brag about, but he takes great pains to let everyone and anyone know that Lady Catherine de Bourgh serves as his patroness. He is the worst

 ∆ Lady Catherine de Bourgh:

A rich, bossy noblewoman; Mr. Collins's patron and Darcy's aunt. Lady Catherine epitomizes class snobbery, especially in her attempts to order the middle-class Elizabeth away from her well-bred nephew

∆ Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner:

Mrs. Bennet's brother and his wife. The Gardiners, caring, nurturing, and full of common sense, often prove to be better parents to the Bennet daughters than Mr. Bennet and his wife.

∆ Georgiana Darcy:

Darcy's sister. She is immensely pretty and just as shy. She has great skill at playing the pianoforte.

∆ Mary Bennet:

The middle Bennet sister, bookish and pedantic.

∆ Catherine Bennet:

The fourth Bennet sister. Like Lydia, she is girlishly enthralled with the soldiers.

( help you to understand the novel) 

Conclusion

Thus to concluded we can say that the novel is very well written by jane Austen and she all represent the there time on situation to use different characters help and give the deep meaning of real 'pride and prejudice'. 

~~Home Assignment

Q -write the themes on the novel pride and prejudice . 

Introduction

                    Pride and Prejudice' Novel written by the famous English Novelist jane Austen. Began writing it in the winter of 1796 but first published in 1813 four years before her death. Original title was 'first impression' but sixteen years later published under the title 'pride and prejudice'. This Novel is 'Romantic Novel'. This Novel is third person omniscient. . Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist of the book, who learns about the consequences of hasty judgments and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodnes.

About the Author :

Name : Jane Austen

Bron : 16 December 1775 England

Death : 18 July 1817

Occupation :Novelist

Notable works :

~Sense and Sensibility.

~Pride and Prejudice

~Mansfield Park

~EmmaNorthanger Abbey

~Persuasion

             She was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique, and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favourable social standing and economic security.she was famous of his era. 

  

Themes :

 

∆ Pride and prejudice :

Pride and prejudice are significant issues for the characters. Elizabeth's pride makes her judge Darcy at first, while Darcy's prejudice against Elizabeth's lower social standing blinds him to her good qualities.

~Example: Elizabeth's pride and Darcy's prejudice cause misunderstandings between them.

~ Original Text: "I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine."

Here, the narrator demonstrates how Mr. Darcy's initial prejudice initially clouds his ability to see Elizabeth for the strong, intelligent woman that she is. Once he is able to disregard their social differences, he allows himself to fall in love with her. Austen's attention to Mr. Darcy's. prejudice and subsequent transformation into a humbler perspective shows the issues that social prejudice can cause, and the good that can come from removing those prejudices from society.

∆ Marriage :

 

Marriage is second important theme of this nove because this novel in all characters are not truly understand of the Marriage real meaning there all characters are want to high class life partner and their own standing there's point of view. Austen points out the unfairness in how men and women relate, especially how this affects women's choices about marriage.

~ Example: Charlotte Lucas marries Mr. Collins for security, highlighting societal pressures.

~Original Text: "Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance."

∆ Love :

Pride and Prejudice contains one of the most cherished love stories in English literature: the courtship between Darcy and Elizabeth. As in any good love story, the lovers must elude and overcome numerous stumbling blocks, beginning with the tensions caused by the lovers' own personal qualities.Elizabeth's pride makes her misjudge Darcy on the basis of a poor first impression, while Darcy's prejudice against Elizabeth's poor social standing blinds him, for a time, to her many virtues. Austen, meanwhile, poses countless smaller obstacles to the realization of the love between Elizabeth and Darcy, including Lady Catherine's attempt to control her nephew, Miss Bingley's snobbery, Mrs. Bennet's idiocy, and Wickham's deceit. In each case, anxieties about social connections, or the desire for better social connections, interfere with the workings of love. Darcy and Elizabeth's realization of a mutual and tender love seems to imply that Austen views love as something independent of these social forces, as something that can be captured if only an individual is able to escape the warping effects of a hierarchical society.Austen does sound some more realist , notes about love, using the character of Charlotte Lucas, who marries the buffoon. Yet with her central characters, Austen suggests that true love is a force separate from society and one that can conquer even the most difficult of circumstances

~ Example: The courtship between Darcy and Elizabeth shows that true love is separate from societal norms and can overcome obstacles.

~Original Text: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

∆ class : 

The theme of class is related to reputation, in that both reflect the strictly regimented nature of life for the middle and upper classes in Regency England. The lines of class are strictly drawn. While the Bennets, who are middle class, may socialize with the upper-class Bingleys and Darcys, they are clearly their social inferiors and are treated as such. Austen satirizes this kind of class-consciousness, particularly in the character of Mr. Collins, who spends most of his time toadying to his upper-class patron, Lady Catherine de Bourgh.

Though Mr. Collins offers an extreme example, he is not the only one to hold such views. His conception of the importance of class is shared, among others, by Mr. Darcy, who believes in the dignity of his lineage; Miss Bingley, who dislikes anyone not as socially accepted as she is; and Wickham, who will do anything he can to get enough money to raise himself into a higher station. Mr. Collins's views are merely the most extreme and obvious. The satire directed at Mr. Collins is therefore also more subtly directed at the entire social hierarchy and the conception of all those within it at its correctness, in complete disregard of other, more worthy virtues.Through the Darcy-Elizabeth and Bingley- Jane marriages, Austen shows the power of love and happiness to overcome class boundaries and prejudices, thereby implying that such prejudices are hollow, unfeeling, and unproductive. Of course, this whole discussion of class must be made with the understanding that Austen herself is often criticized as being a classist: she doesn't really represent anyone from the lower classes; those servants she does portray are generally happy with their lot. Austen does criticize class structure, but only a limited slice of that structure.

∆ Family :

        

             Family is also a part of this novel because hear the two different family there and their different thinking and behavior. Benet family in daughter are want to marry some rich and handsome independent man. And beingly is the perfect match of his imagination. 

Family is central to the story and forms the emotional heart of the novel.

~Example: The Bennet family dynamics and their importance are central to the story.

~ Original Text: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

∆ Social Status & Mobility

             The novel criticizes a society that values class over personal achievements, limiting what characters can do based on their class. 

~Example: The limitations placed on characters due to their class are criticized.

~Original Text: "He is a gentleman; I am a gentleman's daughter; so far we are equal."

Beingly's sister are present to their high social status. High social status to present for the novel Mr bennet is also want marry his daughters in high or class family it present that this time in important of social status. And other side there mobility is also favour on desire. 

∆ Individuality :

Austen values characters who think for themselves and have strong morals, like Elizabeth, Darcy, and Jane.there three characters are individuality are different in starting middle and end. But there connect to some connection. Darcy and Jane love to each other but individuality to there point of view of love is different. It also see the individuality. 

~ Example: Elizabeth's strong opinions and independence set her apart.

~Original Text: "There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others."

 

∆ Self knowledge & Self Realization

             It's also a important theme of pride and prejudice because here clear that the novel main characters Elizabeth self knowledge are present to novel gave to witty way. she is smart and knowledge. So Novel end in she realization of her mistake and accept to Darcy's proposal

Elizabeth and Darcy both learn to overcome their pride and prejudice, recognize their own faults, and find true love.

~ Example: Both Elizabeth and Darcy learn from their mistakes and grow as individuals.

~Original Text: "Till this moment I never knew myself." 

 

Conclusion :

Thus to concluded we can say that the Novel in many theme 's represent bu main theme is pride and prejudice and it also the name of the title. 

~~~Essay

Q~write a short note on John keats as writer. 

Introduction :

John Keats 

Born :31 October 1795 England

Death : 23 February 1821 Rome

Occupation : Poet

Litatery movement : Romanticism

John keats was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. His poems had been in publication for less than four years when he died of tuberculosis at the age of 25. They were indifferently received in his lifetime, but his fame grew rapidly after his death.[1] By the end of the century, he was placed in the canon of English literature, strongly influencing many writers of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood; the Encyclopædia Britannica of 1888 described his "Ode to a Nightingale" as "one of the final masterpieces. 

 ∆ Early Life

John Keats was born in London on October 31, 1795, Thomas Keats (a hostler at the stables at the Swan and Hoop Inn, which he would later manage) and Frances Jennings were his parents.

John Keats had three younger siblings: George, Thomas, and Frances Mary, known as Fanny. His father died in April 1804 in a horse riding accident, without leaving a will.

In 1803, Keats' parents sent him to John Clarke's school in Enfield, which was close to his grandparents' house and had a more progressive and modern curriculum than in similar institutions. John Clarke fostered Keats' interest in classical studies and history. Charles Cowden Clarke, the headmaster's son, became a mentor figure for Keats and introduced him to Renaissance writers

Torquato Tasso and Spenser, and the works of George Chapman. A temperamental boy, young Keats was indolent and belligerent. But, starting at age 13, he channeled his energies into pursuing academic excellence, to the point that, in midsummer 1809, he won his first academic prize.

Keats' mother died of tuberculosis when he was 14, and Richard Abbey and Jon Sandell were appointed as Keats' and his siblings' guardians. That same year, Keats left John Clarke to become an apprentice to surgeon and apothecary Thomas Hammond, the doctor for his mother's side of the family. Keats lived in the attic above Hammond's practice until 1813.

∆ Early Work

Keats wrote his first poem, "An Imitation of Spenser," in 1814, aged 19. After finishing his apprenticeship with Hammond, Keats enrolled as a medical student at Guy's Hospital, in October 1815. While there, he started assisting senior surgeons at the hospital during surgeries, which was a job of significant responsibility. His job was time-consuming and hindered his creative output, which caused him distress. He had the ambition to be a poet and admired the likes of Leigh Hunt and Lord Byron.

Receiving his apothecary license in 1816 allowed Keats to be a professional apothecary, physician, and surgeon. But, instead, he announced to his guardian that he would pursue poetry. The sonnet "O Solitude," which appeared in Leigh Hunt's magazine The Examiner, was His first printed poem. In the summer of 1816, while vacationing with Charles Cowden Clarke in Margate, Keats started working on "Caligate." Once that summer was over, he resumed his studies to become a member of the Royal College of Surgeons.

Themes and Literary Style

Keats often juxtaposed the comic and the serious in poems that are not primarily funny. Much like his fellow Romantics, Keats struggled with the legacy of prominent poets before him. They retained an oppressive power that hindered the liberation of the imagination. Milton is the most notable case: Romantics

both worshipped him and tried to distance themselves from him, and the same happened to Keats. His first Hyperion displayed Miltonic influences, which led him to discard it, and critics saw it as a poem "that might have been written by John Milton, but one that was unmistakably by no other than John Keats."

Works:

~Ode on a Grecian Urn (1819)

~Ode to a Nightingale (1819)

~Ode on Melancholy (1820)

~To Autumn (1820)

Death

Keats died in Rome on February 23, 1821. His remains rest in Rome's Protestant cemetery. His tombstone bears the inscription.