Austen's Manipulation of the Reader's Emotions Towards Characters in Pride and Prejudice
In her novels, Jane Austen employs the timelessly effective
characterization agents of dialogue, action, and point of view to
cleverly manipulate the reader’s emotions towards the characters.
Austen successfully creates heroins in a time that it was not social
acceptable to think of women in a heroic role. She is so successful in
applying these characterization techniques in her story lines that she
molds a positive feeling towards strong females without the reader
even realizing the influence the author’s agents have had, at the same
time creating a very entertaining story. In Pride and Prejudice as
well as Mansfield Park for example, Jane Austen creates characters who
are some of the finest products of strong and intelligent women, yet
do not loose their femininity, of our civilization. She accomplishes
this feat by using the dialogue and action of the characters to
manipulate the reader’s feelings towards these women. Austen also uses
irony, satire and humor in all of her novels to show how ridiculous
conventional Victorian country life was. She had a plethera of social
commentary to make, and although women in her time period were
conventionally outspoken, she used her novels as a means to show women
could be intelligent, humorous, and strong without loosing their
femininity.
Jane Austen was a child of the Enlightenment, an age when reason was
valued while many romantic traditions were slowly coming to light in
society. As one of the educated and intelligent women emerging from
this era, Austen used the character of Elizabeth Bennet, in Pride and
Prejudice, to epitomize the harmonious balance between reason and...
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...he more valuable when contrasted with
that of Kitty and Lydia, where Lydia simply encourages Kitty in
foolishness and is insensitive to her when she is upset. Her high
spirits,which can be construed as flirtatious, also attract Darcy to
her, as illustrated by her demand that he help to sustain a
conversation between them when they dance together at the Netherfield
ball. Her character is in no way unfeminine, and it is no wonder that
Darcy is attracted to her after he comes to know and understand her.
From this, we can see that Austen has managed to create her ideal
woman in Elizabeth. Her strength and intelligence are qualities that
make her respectable and admirable to any man or woman, but the fact
that she possesses a softer, feminine side makes her genuinely
attractive in the eyes of the reader, and helps us to better
appreciate her other qualities.
In her novel, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen used the character of Elizabeth Bennet to epitomize the harmonious balance between reason and emotion in a woman, making her a truly admirable and attractive character.
Throughout Jane Austen’s, Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennett faces many challenges to realize that she was in the wrong and her prejudice against Mr. Darcy was misguided. Austen emphasizes the importance of wisdom through Elizabeth who faces the challenge of overcoming her prejudiced judgement to reach maturity and recognize the man she loves.
Pride and Prejudice is a story that addresses a collective reality in early 19th century England, that a woman lacking a good fortune needed to marry well. This novel focuses on Mr. & Mrs. Bennet and their five daughters (all of whom are of marriageable age): Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia. The Bennets live on the Long bourn estate, in England. It has become Mrs. Bennet’s sole purpose to help each of her daughters marry a wealthy man with high social status. This seem to be of particular importance to Mrs. Bennet as there is an entailment on their estate and, with no male heirs, she and her daughters will be evicted from their home upon her husbands death. When a nearby Nether field estate is rented by Mr. Bingley, a man who is handsome,
Pride and Prejudice is a story about two married couples who do not respect each other. Mrs. Bennet business is to get her five daughter's to marry the most richest man in England. She is willing to take on any obstacles that get in her way. Mr. Bennet is a very outspoken and sardonic person. If there is anything he dislikes about mrs. Bennet or about what she is doing, he let her know. He love to criticize his wife. "I see no occasion for that. You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves, which perhaps will be still better, for as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr. Bingley might like you the best of the party." I chose this quote because it shows how Mr. Bennet criticize his wife. Mr bennet plays around with Miss Bennet not
...ews of these ideologies. While Elizabeth does accept many of the norms of the period she also challenges the purpose for marriage and has an outspoken mind. Her confident personality doesn’t allow the fact that she has less wealth than many others and is constantly being scorned at to interfere with her happiness. She doesn’t permit the social expectations of her times to hinder her strong beliefs and fate in life. Pride and Prejudice is so vastly different to most other novels during the early 19th century that Jane Austen must have held some very alternative views. The heroine Elizabeth challenges the most social expectations of that time and she ends up the happiest of all the characters. This theme must have opened Romantic readers minds, perhaps to the way society should be and this I believe is why this novel is one of the great classics of English literature.
When one's accomplishments are held under scrutiny, there are varying standards that they may be considered against, depending on the judge. However, the criteria that one evaluates others with speak volumes to the critic's own character. In the passage of Pride and Prejudice, where Darcy, Caroline, Elizabeth, and Bingley discuss the definition of an "accomplished woman", the requirements that each character considers ideal reveal the stark contrast between their personalities; Jane Austen's variation in each characters' tone, irony, and diction suggests that the way one critiques others is a reflection of their own innate nature.
In her novel, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen portrays Elizabeth Bennet as "strong and intelligent, yet bewitching in a completely feminine way". Elizabeth's possession of these attributes: strength of character and moral integrity, great intelligence, and an attractive personality, make her an admirable person. Yet Elizabeth has faults, which makes her more human. Austen's portrayal of Elizabeth is realistic and masterful, often juxtaposing her with characters lacking her attributes to heighten our appreciation of her.
Main female characters always have a distinct personality that affects their choices and the outcome of their lives. Strong, independent, sarcastic, and witty are all what comes to mind when having to describe Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice, the second of five daughters in a middle class family. She is a very intellectual individual who attempts to find romance, although surrounded by the limitations and prejudice of social classes. Being raised in a narcissistic society that looks down upon her and family's status, she grew up to have a natural defensive remark to any insults. Her natural defensiveness led to her prejudice towards a very wealthy Mr. Darcy who shared the same impression of Elizabeth.
Therefore, although Austen can be seen to conform to the view of gender stereotyping, it is possible to see the emergence of feminist attitudes in the way Austen presents strong female protagonists. In Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice ’ there are no less than thirteen female characters, in contrast to the seven male characters that appear throughout, suggesting that Austen does challenge traditional female roles by writing a female centric novel. To a certain extent the males in this novel are controlled by the females. Caroline Bingley’s controlling attitude towards her brother in his affections to Jane seen in volume 3, chapter 18 where ‘Miss Bingley's congratulations to her brother, on approaching marriage, were all that were affectionate and insincere’ suggesting with the word ‘insincere’ that her brother has gone against her wishes, her behaviour reflecting this.
In one of Jane Austen’s most acclaimed novel, Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth is her sassy independent protagonist. However, is she the ideal woman? Feminism in the Regency Era was defined by women wanting education and an equal position in family and homes. In this era, the ideal lady had to be modest, dutiful, beautiful, and rich, especially to gain a wealthy husband. With this narrow, cookie cut definition, not many women fit this criteria. This is greatly highlighted in this satirical novel of the upper class. Elizabeth Bennet is a feminist wanting equal positioning in society, but does not fit the mold of the ideal woman according to the Regency Era.
Jane Austen uses derisive irony and caustic diction to criticize how gender has a negative impact on society and how it makes one group feel and act lesser than the other group while the other group feel haughty.Women weren’t allowed to take over their father’s estate so their only option was to marry rich.The Bennet girls are an example of females who are preoccupied with getting married to a rich and single guy. Since they are all girls, they will not be able to inherit their father’s estate after his death. Mr Bennet estate will be entailed to his cousin Mr Collins since he didn’t have no son so getting married to a rich guy will be the girls only way for a better future.
Literary Analysis of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The novel Pride and Prejudice, is a romantic comedy, by Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice is a story about an unlikely pair who go through many obstacles before finally coming together. Pride is the opinion of oneself, and prejudice is how one person feels others perceive them. The novel, Pride and Prejudice, uses plot, the characters of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy and Miss Elizabeth Bennet, and the status of women and social standing, to portray the theme of the novel - pride and prejudice.
... middle of paper ... ... Jane Austen’s famous novel Pride and Prejudice promotes change in the way the English society during the 19th century viewed marriage. Through the use of conservative characters that were socially accepted in England during this time, Austen provides the reader with necessary details that show how insane these people were.
The significance of having this balance is portrayed through the inability of the other couples in the story to reach an equal amount of happiness as Elizabeth and Darcy because of their pursuit of either reason or passion. Austen's view of true love is clearly evident in the relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth. Elizabeth Bennet is an unfailingly attractive character, but what everybody notices about her is her spirited wit and good sense of humor. She has a keen, critical mind when expressing her opinions and is unwilling to believe in the best of everyone. It is this intelligence that brings Mr. Darcy's admiration of her and her sense that she can rely on both mind and heart.
Austen used her sharp and sarcastic wit in all of her writing, including in one of her most famous works, Pride and Prejudice. She could create a powerful and dramatic scene and immediately lead it into a satirical, cathartic scene. We see these in various locations in Pride and Prejudice. She was able to use her experiences as well as her intense knowledge to create meaningful insights into her words, regardless of what topic she would be discussing. She often talks about marriage, or breaking the rules of what a person should be.