-
Looking for HSC notes and resources? Check out our Notes & Resources page
pride and prejudice (english advanced) (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter meryn
- Start date
greycats
Mister Monday
Tried reading it? 
First chapters usually introduce setting and characters.. but i've never read it, so i have no idea I'm sure you'll figure it out.
First chapters usually introduce setting and characters.. but i've never read it, so i have no idea
I'm sure you'll figure it out.
BronwynKate
Member
The purpose of chapter 1 is to introduce the characters
initiate us into Austen's (or the narrator's) moral view - the narrator is ironic, and different from Austen.
and also to establish the setting and where the plot is going.
Can't name any specific techniques without reading and re-reading, and I could be wrong here.
You might have to have quotes with evidence. In that case, I'll provide you some.
Good luck with Pride and Prejudice and I hope you enjoy it.
initiate us into Austen's (or the narrator's) moral view - the narrator is ironic, and different from Austen.
and also to establish the setting and where the plot is going.
Can't name any specific techniques without reading and re-reading, and I could be wrong here.
You might have to have quotes with evidence. In that case, I'll provide you some.
Good luck with Pride and Prejudice and I hope you enjoy it.
hey,
you seem very good about this pride and prejudice stuff, so i was wondering if u studied it in yr 11? we have our half yearly's cumin up and i just wanted to ask you about the composer's purpose and issues/themes in the text. cause i am just finding it a bit difficult studying for it.
thankyou
you seem very good about this pride and prejudice stuff, so i was wondering if u studied it in yr 11? we have our half yearly's cumin up and i just wanted to ask you about the composer's purpose and issues/themes in the text. cause i am just finding it a bit difficult studying for it.
thankyou
BronwynKate
Member
I first tried to read it in Grade 6 when the Pride and Prejudice and Jane Austen more generally became a fashion. This was back in 1995.
In Victoria, this text is more frequently studied in Literature.
Jane Austen's purpose in writing Pride and Prejudice was to satirise marriage and look at the social situation of a bright and intelligent young woman who is not particularly rich. Jane Austen's fiction tends to emphasise choices and empowerment and there are several characters you can look at, like Jane Bennett, Charlotte Lucas (one of my favourite people in the book), Bingley (a very nice guy) and Wickham. Especially Wickham.
An issue is marriage.
Another issue is money.
Another is judging by appearance and other things that you can't help.
Another one is maturity. And there is love and trust - how the characters relate to each other.
You might have fun with the Republic of Pemberley which has some well-written commentaries on Pride and Prejudice, as well as all Jane Austen's work.
http://www.pemberley.com/
What sort of journies do you think the characters are on?
And yet another issue is property and primogeniture.
It would be good to look at Marxist/feminist perspectives of the text.
I did promise quotes, but I'll give you something even better!
http://librivox.org/pride-and-prejudice-by-jane-austen/
http://librivox.org/pride-and-prejudice-by-jane-austen-solo-project/
Choose which one you prefer to listen to and write down the quotes that way. This is especially good if you're an auditory learner!
Here are two more links you might learn something from:
http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janeinfo.html
http://www.pemberley.com/pemb/adaptations/pp2/ppfaq.html
It's a long time since I've been travelling around the Republic, so I'd forgotten they were actually part of the site.
Have a look for the ANNOTATED VERSION of Pride and Prejudice which may answer all or most of your questions.
In Victoria, this text is more frequently studied in Literature.
Jane Austen's purpose in writing Pride and Prejudice was to satirise marriage and look at the social situation of a bright and intelligent young woman who is not particularly rich. Jane Austen's fiction tends to emphasise choices and empowerment and there are several characters you can look at, like Jane Bennett, Charlotte Lucas (one of my favourite people in the book), Bingley (a very nice guy) and Wickham. Especially Wickham.
An issue is marriage.
Another issue is money.
Another is judging by appearance and other things that you can't help.
Another one is maturity. And there is love and trust - how the characters relate to each other.
You might have fun with the Republic of Pemberley which has some well-written commentaries on Pride and Prejudice, as well as all Jane Austen's work.
http://www.pemberley.com/
What sort of journies do you think the characters are on?
And yet another issue is property and primogeniture.
It would be good to look at Marxist/feminist perspectives of the text.
I did promise quotes, but I'll give you something even better!
http://librivox.org/pride-and-prejudice-by-jane-austen/
http://librivox.org/pride-and-prejudice-by-jane-austen-solo-project/
Choose which one you prefer to listen to and write down the quotes that way. This is especially good if you're an auditory learner!
Here are two more links you might learn something from:
http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/janeinfo.html
http://www.pemberley.com/pemb/adaptations/pp2/ppfaq.html
It's a long time since I've been travelling around the Republic, so I'd forgotten they were actually part of the site.
Have a look for the ANNOTATED VERSION of Pride and Prejudice which may answer all or most of your questions.
Last edited:
shinji
Is in A State Of Trance
if its the same as emma, it's the exposition of the characters while in a "still-frame" time. also describes the context so that the author (Austen) is able to build off it constantly (both context and characater)
we have an assesment coming up - the teacher will give us an extract of pride and prejudice, and we have to say how she develops the characters. i just need some techniques that i can branch off from. any help would be greatly appreciated.
thankyou
thankyou