-
Pride and Prejudice
1.
主题
(Theme)
-----Theme of Love
In
Pride
and
Prejudice,
love
is
not
a
necessary
component
of
the
same
time,
it
is
shown to be a completely
special emotion that is available only for
intelligent, mature adults.
------Theme
of Marriage
The
novel
shows
us
the
miserable
marriage
of
the
Bennets
and
mercenary
marriages
of
Charlotte and Lydia, And
with the marriages of Jane and Elizabeth front and
center, the novel does
allow room for
good partnership as well.
------Theme
of Wealth
Wealth
is
crucially
important
in
Pride
and
Prejudice.
There
is
almost
no
conversation
about
potential spouses that doesn't also
calculate the annual income that the pair might
have to live on.
------Theme of Society and Class
Darcy's character arc is to become the
ultimate gentleman
–
he starts out wealthy, aristocratic,
and good-hearted. Conversely, although
Wickham seems to have the outer polish of an
aristocrat,
he is proven to be
thoroughly ungentlemanly.
------Theme of Women and Femininity
The novel is actually concerned with
the plight of the middle-class, single woman. Most
of the
women we see here are caught in
a bind.
Pride and Prejudice
offers us a look into this rather intensely
feminine world of courting, marriage
decisions, and social realities.
------Theme of Family
We all
have families that embarrass us to some extent,
but the Bennet family takes it to a whole
new level, creating endless problems
for the two eldest Bennet daughters.
the joy and pain of love, the pursuit
of happiness and the infulence of
social opinion.
The main themes of pride and prejudice:
love, reputation, class, courtship and pride. the
last part
of the paper shows that this
great novel not only attracted thousands of
readers in austen
’
s time,
but also gave a special feeling to
today
’
s people.
1. love between darcy and elizabeth
2. reputation--a
woman
’
s reputation is of the
utmost important
boundaries and prejudice
hip --those
between darcy and elizabeth and between bingley
and jane
5.
two ways of
pride: positive and negative
2.
情节
Pride
and
Prejudice
is
one
of
the
representative
works
of
Jane
Austen,
first
published
in
1813.
Though
the story's setting is characteristically turn-of-
the-19th-century, it retains a fascination for
modern readers, continuing near the top
of lists of 'most loved books.
Pride
and
Prejudice
is
Austen
’
s
masterpiece.
The
story
is
mainly
about
Mrs.
Bennet
’
s
four
daughters
’
marriage. Elizabeth, the second oldest
daughter and Darcy
’
s love is
used as the main
plotline and the other
three daughters
’
marriage as the subordinate plot. In
the story, Charlotte
and
Mr.
Collins
marry
for
material
wealth
and
social
position.
Lydia
and
Wickham
marry
for
passion. While,
Elizabeth and Darcy, Jane and Bingley marry for
true love. The gallery of woman
here is
simply glittering. It is the panorama view of the
female gender in the world of men. Austen
uses love and marriage as the subject
matter, and dedicatedly describes the middle class
and upper
class
’
s
life
during
late
18th
to
early
19th
century.
The
theme
of
the
story
is
that
maturity
is
achieved through the loss of illusions.
Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane
Austen, first published in 1813. The story follows
the main
character Elizabeth Bennet as
she deals with issues of manners, upbringing,
morality, education,
and marriage in
the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-
century England. Elizabeth is the
second
of
five
daughters
of
a
country
gentleman
living
near
the
fictional
town
of
Meryton
in
Hertfordshire, near London.
3.
文学地位
---------Pride
and
Prejudice
is
a
representative
masterpiece
written
by
Jane
Austen.
This fiction with
social scenic style not only attracted vast
readers long ago, but also
brings with
a unique artistic taste even by today.
The application of irony is one
of
characteristics in the fiction. The
author has vividly described five different kinds
of
loves and marriages by skillfully
using irony and his witty and humorous language.
Moreover, for the first time throughout
the history of English literature, Jane Austen
has
completely
researched
and
discussed
about
the
issue
of
women’s
circumstance
and
social
status.
She
proposed
and
insisted
that
women
should
fight
for
their
independent dignity and equal rights.
It represents an advanced thinking of feminine
consciousness.
Jane Austen
has displayed her marriage value by describing
five different kinds
of her eyes, a
happy marriage should be combined with material,
morality, sense and
sensibility. All of
them constitute perfect love and
marriage.
In Pride and
Prejudice, for the first time in the history of
English Literature, Jane Austen has made
a breakthrough to shout out her own
voice to the world for women. While amusing but
significant
irony being felt in the
work, helplessness and sigh were lying everywhere
in it, ringing out unique
notes
of
women.
She
cared
about
inner
world
of
women,
brought
out
and
insisted
on
women
independence. Feminine consciousness is
represented deeply in this work.
-------Pride and Prejudice
is a representative masterpiece written by Jane
Austen.
This fiction with social scenic
style not only attracted vast readers long ago,
but also
brings with
a
unique artistic taste even by today. The
application of irony is one of
characteristics in the fiction. The
author has vividly described five different kinds
of
loves and marriages by skillfully
using irony and his witty and humorous language.
Moreover, for the first time throughout
the history of English literature, Jane Austen
has
completely
researched
and
discussed
about
the
issue
of
women
’
s
circumstance
and
social
status.
She
proposed
and
insisted
that
women
should
fight
for
their
independent dignity and equal rights.
It represents an advanced thinking of feminine
consciousness.
4.
作者
Jane
Austen
(1775-1817)
is
a
famous
English
female
writer.
She
is
the
first
mature
novelist.
Although
she
was
born
in
the
romantic
period,
she
is
not
a
romantic
writer.
She
tends
to
be
realistic,
but
is
influenced
by
romanticism
in
some
ways.
Austen
came
from
a
well-cultured
country
family.
As
she
published
her
novels
anonymously,
she
was
not
famous
in
her
lifetime.
Scott
admired
her
talent
for
portraying
ordinary
life
in
a
wonderful
way.
Among
her
numerous
strengths are her
exquisite, compact prose, her moral judgment, her
wit, and her vivid character
portrayal.
She was not married in her lifetime.
Jane
Austen
，
English writer, who
first gave the novel its modern character through
the treatment of
everyday
life.
Although
Austen
was
widely
read
in
her
lifetime,
she
published
her
works
anonymously.
The
most
urgent
preoccupation
of
her
bright,
young
heroines
is
courtship
and
finally
marriage.
Austen
herself
never
married.
Her
best-known
books
include
PRIDE
AND
PREJUDICE
(1813)
and
EMMA
(1816).
Virginia
Woolf
called
Austen
most
perfect
artist
among
women.
作者的写作特点
One
thing to note about her fiction is its limited
subject. She wrote her novels for her own family
circle. Austen
’
s
writing feature is unifying the realistic and
detailed portrayal of outward manners
and behaviors combined with inward
psychological exploration. Other features of her
writing are
the
complex
and
subtle
portrayal
of
characters,
a
classic
precision
of
structure,
a
vivid
and
humorous
dialogue,
her
quiet
irony
and
her
simple
delicate
analysis
of
character.
Austen
is
the
founder of the novel dealing with
unimportant middle-class people. Her writing style
is easy and
effortless.
作者作品
Novel: Sense
and Sensibility
《理智与情感》
；
Emma
《爱玛》
Persuasion
《劝告》
The Watsons
《沃特生》
Fragment of a Novel
《小说片段》
Plan of a Novel
《小说的安排》
Pride and
Prejudice
；
《傲慢与偏见》
(the most popular)
Northanger Abbey
《诺桑觉寺》
Mansfield Park
.
《曼斯菲尔德花园》
5.
人物性格特点
(1)Mr. Bennett
Shrewd,
witty,
and
learned
and
detached
，
regrets
his
marriage
to
an
intellectual
and
social
inferior
，
holds
his wife up to subtle ridicule
，
fails his station in terms
of the 18th century
，
Fails
to provide a male heir or provision for
his daughters
，
fails to
govern his family
，
allows
others to
assume his responsibilities
and duties
(2)Mrs. Bennett
Comic
creation
，
suffers from
“
nerves
”
，
refuses to accept her role as wife or
competent mother
unintelligent, generally concerned with
superficial matters
，
Loud,
overbearing and obnoxious(
令
人
非常不快地
;
引起反感地
)
lacks
any
“
gentility
”
，
q
uesting
to
get
her
five
daughters
married
，
materialistic
(3)Elizabeth Bennett
Intelli
gent
，
lively
and <
/p>
animated
，
opinionat
ed
and
staunch
，
demonstrates
an
acceptable
revolt
against conventions of
society
，
Called
“
the most delightful a
creature that ever appeared in
print
，
sets the action in the
novel
，
personifies the
prejudice in the title of the novel
(4)Darcy
Arrogant about his
position in society
，
tied to
conventional wisdom about marriage partnerships
claims to be shy
，
Opinionated
，
Capable of
growing and adjusting his value
system
，
follows the
noblesse(
贵族阶级
)
oblige code
，
underestimated
by Elizabeth
(5)George
Wickham
，
Villian of the
novel
，
carries the
theme of appearance vs
reality-- he has all