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ABOUT JANE AUSTEN. Jane Austen was born December 16th, 1775 at Steventon,
Hampshire, England (near Basingstoke). She was the seventh ...
jane austen. ... 6 pages in length. Typical of Jane Austen’s novels, the author strives
to portray a more equitable relationship between the genders. ...
Feminism in Jane Austen. ... It is interesting that the most explicit feminist protests
by Jane Austen in her six novels all have to do with literature. ...
jane austen. Jane Austen lived from 1775 until 1817, a span of four decades that
saw significant changes in English social, political, and economic life. ...
EMMA,(Jane Austen) Miss Bates character analysis. In the novel Emma, the author,
Jane Austen, uses many different techniques to characterize ...
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Pride and Prejudice
By: Lauren Gagnebin
Pride and Prejudice has many ways to make you laugh, but at the same time this novel makes you think. The character that I thought caused the most thoughtful laughter was Miss Bingley and her admiration of Mr. Darcy. When she was first introduced into the story she thought she was so much better than the families in the area, but it was at the second dance that she made her feelings known to Mr. Darcy, who by this time already had his eye on Elizabeth. ¡° I was never more annoyed! The insipidity and yet the noise; the nothingness and yet the self-importance of all these people!¡± (19)*. I laughed when I thought of Miss Bingley¡¯s family and how they started out as working class people, they were just more successful at it than most. Miss Bingley makes many personal attacks on Elizabeth¡¯s character, most of which are disregarded by Mr. Darcy. Elizabeth walking to Netherfield to visit Jane when she was ill gave Miss Bingley occasion to make one of her nasty comments to Darcy, ¡°I am afraid, Mr. Darcy,¡ that this adventure has rather affected your admiration of her fine eyes.¡±(26)* Darcy told Miss Bingley how wrong she was, as well as praising Elizabeth . Miss Bingley works very hard on complimenting Darcy on everything he does, she makes quite a silly fool of herself by doing so. Mr. Darcy brushes aside her attentions as frequently as she gives them. When he is writing a letter to his sister during he first stay at Netherfield, she showers him with praise and he seems most annoyed with her continuous talking. From this readers point of view she tries so hard to attain her goal of acquiring his affections, that in fact she earns his disdain. Miss Bingley continues in her assaults on Elizabeth's appearance and character, and in doing so lowers herself in Darcy...
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