Indoor And Outdoor Setting Essay

Hello everyone, today I will be presenting about the effects of indoor and outdoor settings on character development in Pride and Prejudice.

So What are settings? According to Merriam-Webster dictionary, settings are the time and place of the action of the literature, which helps provide the context of specific events in the novel. In Pride and Prejudice, the place of the setting especially helps develop characters. Indoor and Outdoor Setting are just two categories of settings that is based the location of the event. In the novel, the main events are taken place are mostly indoors due to the social convention of the contemporary which people could form acquaintances and eventually obtain relationships as results. The indoor settings in the

Darcy, for example, conceals his true thoughts and reveals his fidgety when he was staying indoors, as we could extrapolate from his actions during the balls. Although he gets more confident as the plot of the novels continues, he still feels uneasy. For example, in Chapter 32 of the book, a perfect ambience created by Jane austen to apply the tete a tete discourse between Darcy and Elizabeth allows Darcy to approach Elizabeth more. Darcy intrudes Elizabeth when she is writing to Jane and he drew his chair a little towards her, and said, ``You cannot have a right to such very strong local attachment. You cannot have been always at Longbourn'' (Austen)The action of Darcy reveals his attempt of being more intimate and initiative towards Elizabeth . However “The gentleman experienced some change of feeling; he drew back his chair, took a newspaper from the table.” (Austen) These exposes Darcy’s restrain on his actions. But Later on, as Darcy is exposed to more outdoor settings, he finds a more secured chance of expressing to Elizabeth. He becomes more initiative and dauntless into meeting Elizabeth. The part which he finds Elizabeth alone and offers her the letter is a great example “But the person who advanced was now near enough to see her, and stepping forward with eagerness, pronounced her name. She had turned away, but on hearing herself called, though in a voice which proved it to be Mr. Darcy, she moved again towards the gate. He had by that time reached it also, and holding out a letter, which she instinctively took, said with a look of haughty composure, ``I have been walking in the grove some time in the hope of meeting you. Will you do me the honour of reading that letter?'' -- And then, with a slight bow, turned again into the plantation, and was soon out of sight” (Austen). So basically Elizabeth being alone allowed Darcy to kick