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Number: 2010051614
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Style Comparison between Book and
Movie on Pride and Prejudice
Most
people hold the view that a film based on a famous
novel should be the
same as the
original work. However, the film, another form of
new literature creating,
just as
translation, must have some differences from the
book. A French writer Marcel
states
that
the
film
version
is
not
restricted
by
loyalty
to
the
original
story,
nor
the
simple
repeat
of the content as a literature
creating
activity (2005, p.22).This
thesis
aims
at
comparing
the
style
between
the
well-known
novel
pride
and
prejudice
by
Jane Austen with the 2005 film
adaptation by
Joe Wright to
discover that the movie
adaptation has
its own profound meaning and understanding as a
new work creation
without entire copy
of original work.
The original work
takes on an irony and realistic style. Jane Austen
lived her life
among
the
landed
gentry.
Her
realism,
biting
irony
and
social
commentary
have
gained
her
historical
importance
among
scholars
and
critics.
The
novel
Pride
and
prejudice
deals
with
Mr.
Darcy’
s
pride
leads
to
Elizabeth
’
s
prejudice,
and
how
the
prejudice
and misunderstanding are removed as they learn
more about each other. As
we know,
Austen’s work
s have little
narrative or scenic description and contain much
more dialogues.
Take the
marriage of William
Collins
and charlotte
Lucas to
analyze the irony
style.
The
reasons
why
Mr.
Collins
wants
to
marry
are:
first,
“
a
single
man
in
possession of a good fortune must be in
want of a wife
” (
Austen,
2001, p.3).Second,
he thought that it
is a right thing to set the example for matrimony
in his parish. Third,
he
gets
advice
and
recommendation
from
his
patroness.
This
is
a
humorous
and
piercing
description.
Obviously,
there
is
not
love
in
this
married
couple.
Charlotte
clear knows that she is at the age of
27, without a good fortune. She clearly knows
that she has no other way to improve
her social position except to marry a husband
with
a
good
fortune.
In
her
eye,
marriage
has
been
her
object,
without
considering
either man or matrimony. It is clear
that they get married for duty, for consideration
of
life guarantee, not for love.
Through the descriptions of Mr. Collins and
Charlotte
’
s
marriage, the novel perfectly shows an
irony style.
Furthermore, we can find
the realistic style in the book, because money is
an
unavoidable topic to the theme of
marriage in it. At that time, Britain is at the
period
of
transition
from
Capitalism
to
Capitalist
Industrialization.
Money
is
getting
more
and
more
important
in
people
’
s
mind
about
social
value.
A
western
literature
critic
shows
that
“even
David
Ricardo
had
an
unlikely
clearer
understanding
about
the
function of money in
daily life as Jane
Austen.
”
(Zhu, 1985, p.178)
Women have to
rely on marrying a rich
man to improve their social status. Mrs.
Bennett’s
eager to get
her daughters married is a good example
to support this idea.
Her daughters
cannot
guarantee their life, when Mr.
Bonnet passes away. And also in the novel, there
are
many times mentioned about
one
’
s property, such as
“
four or five thousand a
year
”
“
ten thousand a
year
”
, which implies people
will judge others not by quality but by
money.
In
short,
the
novel
reflexes
how
great
the
money
affects
on
people
’
s
life,
people
’
s
marriage, people
’
s value.
Through it, the novel successfully creates a
realistic
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