Friday, October 12, 2012

Pride and Prejudice Essay Questions


Pride and Prejudice Essay Ideas

How do class and gender roles determine/affect social power?
           
How does social power, gender roles and class rankings affect the interests in what one wants in marriage? How does it alter the true purpose of marriage from love and comfort to material wealth and power?

How do the 19th century and Jane Austen’s (depicted thru her characters) matrimonial customs differ from todays

-Characters (Main)
Elizabeth, Darcy and Collins

Characters (minor/reference)-
Mr./Mrs. Bennet, Jane, Bingley

Passages-
Collins proposal Chapter 19
Darcy proposal Chapter 34
Darcy’s disruption of Jane and Bingley relationship (shows gender dominance) p.127


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