In her writing, Jane Austen used literary techniques to display her character’s integrity, poise, grace and charm, or lack thereof. Throughout most of Austen’s works, a common theme is women and their behavior. In Emma, Jane Austen weaves a story between the differences of society through the actions of a young woman, Emma Woodhouse. The strongest literary technique in Jane Austen’s Emma is the use of a foil.
Tragedies cannot be written without a glimpse of the happy ending that might have been. In Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet, the ironic fact remains that it did not have to be a story of woe. In a series of over complications and misguided decisions, the happy love story of Romeo and Juliet turns into several tragic deaths as a result of secrets well kept. One of the most influential people in creating this ending is Lord Capulet, through no fault of his own. For the duration of the play, Lord Capulet only does what he thinks will make Juliet happy.
While they are conversing, Beatrice plainly states that she wants Benedick to “kill Claudio...a villain, that hath slandered, scorned, dishonoured [her] kinswoman (Shakespeare 74-75).” Beatrice makes very bold actions, and she is not afraid of doing so. This shows how Beatrice and Hero are foils of each other because Hero takes actions that are safe and pleasing to others, while Beatrice does what she wants and doesn’t care about what others think of her actions. Another example of this occurs during the Masquerade Ball. Beatrice talks with Don Pedro and is quoted to have said, “My cousin tells him in his ear that he is in her heart (Shakespeare 27).”
Westley’s character trait There are many characters with different and interesting personalities that are demonstrated in the film and the story from The Princess Bride. One of the characters that stood out with his caring yet tough and at the same time, trustworthy personality was Westley, that is, depending on the person or people he was dealing with. He is an easily identifiable character, and has traits which are memorable, even if a person were to only watch the film once. For the most part, Westley was dependable to others, especially to a woman who would become the love of his life, Buttercup, and in contrast, happens to be selfish and weak but still falls in love with Westley.
Mrs. Baroda from “A Respectable Woman” and Calixta from “The Storm” are both the same a character that just shows a side of them that is
Elizabeth’s most significant change in Pride and Prejudice pertained to her regard for Darcy, which eventually revealed her new willingness to overcome her own prejudice. Early on, while talking to Jane about Mr. Darcy, Elizabeth declared that “to find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate” would be “the greatest misfortune of all” (89). Throughout the first half of the book, Elizabeth served as the embodiment of prejudice, in that she was so insistent on hating that she would have found displeasure in discovering benevolence in another person. This was shown in her initial view of Darcy, in which virtually nothing could have redeemed him in her eyes from anything more than a conceited man of wealth. The most significant change of
Elizabeth Bennet is also stereotyped by society because of her family, although she is nothing like her parents or sisters. This causes problems for her as she grows older and is expected to begin courting. When Elizabeth catches the eye of Mr. Darcy, a “****”, he avoided her for a very long time as his admission to himself that he is in love with
February,12, 2018 “Pride and Prejudice” essay In this novel an unlikely relationship sprouts between Miss. Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. The relationship grows throughout this novel as the characters develop and grow themselves. With the odds or Lady Catherine de Burgh against them they the relation appears almost nonviable. To Lady Catherine 's disapprobation and many uncomfortable and awkward encounters the couple falls in love.
They are compatible because they are both in love with each other. Benedick even says to Margaret “Pray thee, sweet Mistress Margaret, deserve well at my/ hands by helping me to the speech of Beatrice.” (5.2.1-2). Benedick is in love, and is willing to try and write a poem for her. Later, Hero proclaims that she has taken a “Writ in my cousin’s hand, stol'n from her pocket,/ Containing her affection unto Benedick” (5.4.93-94).
It was her quick wit and intelligence which separated her from the rest of the daughters. She was never like her younger sisters, Kitty and Lydia, who would run around chasing boys and did not have the appealing looks of Jane, the oldest daughter. Everything in Elizabeth’s life changed when Charles Bingley decided to rent out Netherfield. The Bennet family
Pride and Prejudice: Then versus Now Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen in the early nineteenth century portrays the life of women and their attitudes toward marriage. Marriage, the major theme in the novel, is depicted as a way of social verification. The only way women could have a standing in their class was through their husband’s finances. Men were the owners of any type of property, which means that women could only obtain anything through their husbands. Thus, women tended to marry based on the ideas of wealth and social gratification.
In the same time, these literary works have differences, for the most part because the latter underlines the evolution in Jane’s writing style and ideas determined by satirical images of the high-class, and appoints a novel, typical for the mature stage of her career, while Pride and Prejudice is a model of her beginning as a writer. The first novel shapes the middle-class society (the Bennet family, their relatives, and neighbors), in an accurate way, especially because the author belonged to it; she spend her entire life in this social circle, and her continually encounters with its members provided her, those well painted details. Thus, Austen is perfectly aware of the desires and aspirations of the women and men in this class. Those people were craving to overcome their social status, they were in constant search of means which could endow them, and so they were capable of many things to achieve their purposes. Therefore, the main characters of this novel, the Bennet family, who were having five unmarried daughters, were struggling to assure their future, by marrying them in the upper-class: A single man of large fortune; four of five thousand a year.
The Bennet family is a middle class family, this is a very important part of the problems, arguments, and rumors which why the Bennet’s can’t find a rich man. Until the Bingley family was moved to Netherfield this gave the oldest Miss Bennet Jane (Rosamud Pike) a chance to meet Mr. Bingley (Simon Wood). Once these twos meet they fall in love but get separated by Mr. Darcy (Mathew McFadden). Mr. Darcy splits them up and he falls in love with Miss Elizabeth. With ups and downs at the end Jane become Mrs. Bingley and Elizabeth Mrs. Darcy.
Jonson vs Shakespeare The works of William Shakespeare and Ben Jonson are known around the world. They knew each other personally and they were friends as well as rivals. William Shakespeare is regarded as the greatest English writer. Ben Jonson wrote of Shakespeare, “He was not of an age, but for all time.” He was baptized on April 26, 1564 and died on April 23, 1616.
The novel Pride and Prejudice can easily be picked apart through a feminist lens. The farther into the book one goes, the more there is to critique and analyze through a feminist lens. The book is about Elizabeth Bennet and her relationship with her eventual fiance Mr. Darcy, the ups and the downs of their relationship. Elizabeth was never a woman who only craved the attention and approval of men, she was her own person with her own complex emotions.
