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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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