Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

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First Impressions In this activity, we will be analyzing various judgments that we make based on the appearance of gender, economic status, and other social standards. I will show you a series of pictures: take a look at what you see in the picture; what do you notice about this person? What do you think about him/her? What judgments do you make about him/her? What type of job do you think he/she has? How much money do you think he/she has? What would you think of him/her if you met on the street? Write the first words that come to mind. 11/28/2018 Free template from

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First Impressions Debrief
What factors drove you towards your first impressions? How did you feel when the true identities of the people in the photographs were revealed? Are prejudices obvious to others? To ourselves? How do prejudices and judgments affect our perceptions? How do our perceptions change over time? 11/28/2018 Free template from

First version written in 1796-97
First published in 1813 Original title: First Impressions

Focus The study of this novel will (hopefully!!!!!) make you work on accepting and promoting change, being able to THINK CRITICALLY about the world around you, and how elements like gender and social class play into your view and opinions of others. You should be able to form opinions (take a position) and argue academically why you believe what you do Remember, your word choice and delivery of those words are a powerful tool. You will learn how to successfully persuade an audience to your point of view using evidence to successfully prove your position 11/28/2018 Free template from

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Themes There are 3 major themes in this novel: Pride, Prejudice and First Impressions Courtship, Marriage and Relationships Civility, Manners and Social Class 11/28/2018 Free template from

Pride, Prejudice and First Impressions
Do we misperceive/misjudge people-regardless of their status- and is that prejudice? How do we work to overcome our pride and prejudices? Is it necessary to discard our pride and prejudices in order to strive for equality? How can we influence others to change their prejudices? 11/28/2018 Free template from

Courtship, Marriage and Relationships
How do the expectations of our gender influence our interactions with others? What does it mean to be independent- as a woman/man? What does it mean to be successful- as a woman/man? How has the definition of success changed over time? Why is it important to have various types of relationships in our lives? How does our relationships with others affect our worth? 11/28/2018 Free template from

Civility, Manners and Social Class
How does social class and financial expectations affect our judgements? Have we been taught to classify people in society? In what ways? Why were we taught this? Is it productive to classify people in this way? Why is it important to recognize the need for manners and civility in our interactions with others? 11/28/2018 Free template from

Structure The perspective is Third-Person Omniscient. The narrator speaks for Jane Austen, making subtle (sometimes-not-so subtle) commentary on life in Regency England, particularly the restrictions faced by women. The majority of the narrator’s observations come from the mind of the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet At several key moments in the novel, the narrative is epistolary—presented in the form of letters. This device was a fairly common for the early nineteenth century novel, and reflects the importance of letters to people of Jane Austen’s time and class.

A Complex Point-of-View…
In the final chapter, Austen breaks into first person, briefly, to comment on Mrs. Bennet: “I wish I could say, for the sake of her family, that the accomplishment of her earnest desire in the establishment of so many of her children produced so happy an effect as to make her a sensible, amiable, well-informed woman for the rest of her life…”

Structure, continued 61 chapters, 281 pages in the Modern Library version. Some versions contain 3 volumes, (ch. 1-23, 1-19, & 1- 19) Though the novel has endured as a romantic story, the novel is highly satirical. Austen, in all six of her novels, criticizes the limited choices offered to women of her era. Austen’s satire is Horatian in style: tongue-in-cheek in tone and good-humored.

Famous First Line “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”

The Opening Line… The opening line of the novel sets up the preoccupation of many of the characters, as well as the axis on which the plot turns: the pursuit of marriage. Several marriages will take place throughout the course of the novel; Austen contrasts these relationships—those based on love with those based on more mercenary concerns. The opening line also sets the satirical tone.

The plot of the novel takes three of the five Bennet sisters through to the alter. Lydia, the reckless youngest sister, runs away with Mr. Wickham, a scoundrel. Jane, the eldest, falls in love with Mr. Bingley. His best friend and sisters do not approve, and strive to separate them, but by the end, they are reunited. Elizabeth, the main character, is prized by her father as the wittiest and wisest of her sisters. Her pride takes a blow when she realizes that she has been mistaken in her regard for Wickham, and her contempt for Darcy.

Elizabeth Bennet Elizabeth is the protagonist of Pride and Prejudice. Though she is very mature and intelligent, even at the outset of the novel, she must learn a valuable lesson in order to move forward and make a successful marriage.

Elizabeth’s Quest …even without the zombies!....

Elizabeth’s Quest However, she faces many challenges similar to those faced by the heroes of Greek myth, superheroes, and Luke Skywalker…

Elizabeth’s Ordinary World
Elizabeth’s world is very small—she lives at home, at her father’s small estate called Longbourn.

Like Austen herself, the Bennet family are part of the landed gentry.
Though they did not hold titles, and most were not part of the haute ton, the highest level of English society, the landed gentry owned large tracts of land, lived in fine houses, and kept servants. In the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, the term gentleman referred to a man of property.

Elizabeth lives with her father and mother, and four sisters.
Though she is not called to what most modern readers would view as an adventure, she does feel compelled to find something that is outside the bounds for her society…she wants to marry for LOVE.

Elizabeth breaks a major rule of her society when she refuses her first proposal of marriage.

Elizabeth Says No Way Mr. Collins, Elizabeth’s cousin, proposes marriage to her. Her response is a resounding no…

Every Reason to Say Yes Mr. Collins has logic on his side. He is the heir to Longbourn, due to the law of the land at the time. Property laws in England were governed by the principal of primogeniture: the firstborn son inherited everything. Mr. Bennet, who had only daughters, was prohibited from leaving his estate to either his wife or any of his five daughters. Instead, the property is entailed upon Mr. Collins, his nephew.

In Pride and Prejudice, Austen puts her female characters’ security in jeopardy due to system of primogeniture and the tradition of property entailment. A holdover from feudal days, this system kept property in the hands of a few, but at the expense of younger sons, and women. An entailment which will one day take away the family home plays a major role in Austen’s Sense and Sensibility as well. Through her novels, Austen commented on the practice of primogeniture, and its flaws.

An Insulting Proposal During the course of Mr. Collins’s proposal to Elizabeth, he brings up her poverty, the death of her mother, the death of her father, and then refuses to listen when she says no, assuming she is just being an elegant female who wishes to “increase his love by suspense”

…it remains to be told why my views were directed to Longbourn instead of my own neighborhood, where I assure you there are many amiable young women. But the fact is, that being as I am, to inherit this estate after the death of your honoured father…I could not satisfy myself without resolving to chuse a wife from among his daughters…. And now nothing remains for me but to assure you in the most animated language of the violence of my affection. To fortune I am perfectly indifferent, and shall make no demand of that nature on your father, since I am well aware …that one thousand pounds in the 4 per cents, which will not be yours till after your mother's decease, is all that you may ever be entitled to. On that head, therefore, I shall be uniformly silent; and you may assure yourself that no ungenerous reproach shall ever pass my lips when we are married.”

Lucky Elizabeth…

Mr. Collins is a fool. Austen leaves no room for doubt on this point, providing direct characterization when the narrator introduces him, “Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society” (52).

Braver than it sounds… In spite of his lack of charm, it is no small matter than Elizabeth refuses to marry him. Upon the death of Mr. Bennet, Mr. Collins may (and likely would) turn the Bennet family out. The family would be homeless and nearly penniless. Elizabeth risks a great deal in her quest for a marriage based on love.

Tests, Allies, and Enemies
Elizabeth, along with her sisters Jane, Mary, Kitty and Lydia, faces many tests as she navigates the social world and looks for a husband. Her sister Jane is her main ally; her tests include Wickham, Darcy, and Lydia’s behavior. She has several enemies.

The Bingley sisters in particular present a challenge.

The Approach to the Inmost Cave, step seven of the hero’s journey, often involves the hero glimpsing their own dark side. For Elizabeth, this occurs when the judgment on which she has always prided herself turns out to have been wholly and completely wrong.

Mr. Wickham Elizabeth met Wickham and found him charming and amiable. She did not notice that he confided a story he ought to have kept to himself, with no provocation. She saw what she wanted to see.

Mr. Darcy On the occasion of their first meeting, Darcy offends Elizabeth’s pride. She saw him as a proud, disagreeable man.

Mr. Darcy

Proposal #2 Elizabeth receives her second proposal of marriage from Mr. Darcy. Once again, the smart thing for her to do is to accept him. Mr. Darcy is a wealthy man, who could provide for her. For her family, such a connection could lead good fortune. Her sisters’ social circle would be expanded, and they would meet more eligible men.

Once more, Elizabeth turns down the proposal she receives.
Though Darcy’s proposal is less offensive than Collins’s, he nevertheless points points out the differences in their social standing; Elizabeth refuses him saying, “I might as well inquire… why, with so evident a design of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character?” (Austen 139).

The Elixir? Elizabeth and Darcy eventually come to know one another better. Elizabeth accepts Darcy’s second proposal. She has found what she was looking for, marriage to a man she can respect, and love. Elizabeth also finds self-knowledge on her quest. According to Thomas C. Foster in How to Read Literature Like a Professor, the real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge.

Epistolary Novel Pride and Prejudice is a romance novel, in that the plot revolves around the romantic concerns of its characters. Letters, or epistles, are central to the plot. Austen uses a letters to reveal crucial plot elements. The letter Darcy sends to Elizabeth, explaining the truth about Wickham, is a turning point in the novel. Elizabeth has an epiphany, realizing that the judgment she thought was infallible has failed her.

Subplots Jane and Mr. Darcy’s friend Bingley fall in love, but Darcy and his sisters help to keep them apart. Charlotte accepts Mr. Collins’s rebound proposal. Lady Catherine disapproves of Elizabeth and wishes for Darcy to marry her sickly daughter. Lydia runs away with Mr. Wickham, endangering the family’s honor.

Life Imitates Art Jane Austen struggled with life as a dependent female. After the death of her father, Reverend Austen, Jane and her sister and mother had to move to Southampton to stay with her brother Frank. Jane and Cassandra, her sister, were sometimes able to visit their sister Henry in London. In every one of her novels, there are female characters who struggle to find their place in a world in which they cannot own or inherit property.

Freytag’s Pyramid and Pride and Prejudice
Mr. Bingley leaves Netherfield, abandoning Jane Wickham tells Elizabeth what Darcy did to him Elizabeth reads Darcy’s letter Mr. Collins proposes to Elizabeth Darcy Proposes to Elizabeth & is rejected The Bennets and their world are introduced. During the falling action, Elizabeth and Darcy come to terms with the mistakes their pride led them to make. Lydia runs away with Wickham, allowing Darcy a chance to make right his wrongs. Lady Catherine’s Visit to Longbourn-> <-Elizabeth meets Darcy; Jane meets Bingley

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