Pride and Prejudice questions
Jane Austin
What does Darcy learn about pride and prejudice?
What does Elizabeth learn about pride and prejudice?
Compare/contrast Darcy, Wycoff, Mr. Collins.
Discuss women’s role in society--Lady Catherine, Caroline Bingley, Mrs. Bennet, Elizabeth.
Charlotte: “Not all of us have the luxury of romance.”
Mrs. Bennet about Jane: “I knew she couldn’t be beautiful for nothing.”
What obstacles to love does the novel illustrate?
What conclusions about love does Austin seem to reach?
Discuss the metaphor of landscape--estate, weather, nature.
Discuss the metaphor of dance.
Topics: love, class, manners, pride, family, individual vs society.
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Pride_and_PrejudiceMajor_ThemesPride.pdf
1. Make a list of who’s prideful and who’s prejudiced in the film. How do these character traits affect their relationships? How do they change these attitudes throughout the course of the movie? How do pride or prejudice affect your relationships?
2. How are shyer or more introverted characters misunderstood in the film?
3. After Charlotte gets engaged, she tells Lizzie she’s a burden to her parents and says, “Not all of us have the luxury of romance.” Do you think she was wise or foolish to accept the proposal? Why? What role should things such as need and romance play in choosing a mate?
4. After Jane makes an agreeable match, her mother says, “I knew she couldn’t be so beautiful for nothing.” In what ways has the role of beauty as currency for women changed over the years, and in what ways is it still the same?
5. In what ways do the presence of birds, spinning, storms, veiled faces or other visual elements mirror the plot? What do these visual devices underscore or communicate?
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