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The Curse Of Pride And Prejudice Analysis

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A curse is a solemn utterance intended to invoke a supernatural power to inflict harm or punishment on someone or something. Luck is success or failure apparently brought by chance rather than through one's own actions. The difference between the two is that one is intended, while the other is brought by chance. With the events below, do you think Curse or bad luck? Back in Puritan times, in the early days of Massachusetts, there was a rich, powerful man named Colonel Pyncheon. Colonel Pyncheon wants to build a house to leave to his descendants. He finds the perfect spot for his house right next to a lovely spring of fresh water. The one problem with this place is that it's already owned by a poor man named Matthew Maule. Short 1 Matthew Maule …show more content…

They all decide to leave the House of the Seven Gables and move to Judge Pyncheon's lovely country home. Mr. Holgrave will go with them. Mr. Holgrave also shows them the last secret of the House of the Seven Gables: there is a secret compartment in the wall, which contains the ancient Pyncheon family deed to huge chunks of land in Maine. This deed was very precious to Colonel Pyncheon, but it's completely worthless now that the land has been settled by other people. The deed was hidden by Thomas Maule, the builder of the House of the Seven Gables and Matthew Maule's son. Mr. Holgrave knows the secret of the hidden compartment because he is a descendant of Matthew Maule. Thus, with Phoebe and Mr. Holgrave's love, the bad blood between the Maule and Pyncheon families has come to an end. In my opinion, this story was both, a curse and unfortunate events. At the beginning Colonel Pyncheon is cursed; he happens to die the night of the house warming party. Hepzibah becomes so poor she must open a shop, while judge is flourishing. Clifford is in jail because of a crime he did not commit, most would think it was the curse. Later on we come to find out it was a hereditary disease. In the end all the unfortunate events are solved and the bad love becomes Love and

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