Pride and Prejudice

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This essay is about  how Jane Austen uses different techniques to create negative feelings towards Mr Darcy. In chapter 3 when everybody is at the meryton assembly the first description of him is given to us by the omniscient narrator he is described as tall proud and handsome but our interpretation of him quickly changes when Mr Bingley asks him to join in with the dance. Mr Darcy bluntly refuses and says “at such assembly is this, it would be insupportable”. This gives the impression that he is a stuck up and proud man. He seems to come across like this because he says it would be insupportable to dance with people that do not have as high profile as he does.

Mr Darcy is a very useful character because if one of the girls is to inherit the fathers equities she m,ust marry a man so with society being that way for one man to come along all of the single girls will be competing for him as he may be the key to their future.

Austen withholds Darcy’s character until we read chapter 3. The writer introduces Darcy in a positive way by describing him, telling us about  his appearance. I believe she does this because with Austen being the omniscient narrator she can easily influence the way we feel towards characters and their reactions. She then goes on to show Darcy in a seemingly negative way.

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In my opinion if you look at the way Mr and Mrs. Bennet act around and towards each other, it has a strong connection to the statement “ All men in possession of a small fortune must be in want of a wife”. If we look closely at what Mr Bennet says to Mrs Bennet we can detect that not only is there a hint of sarcasm and mockery in the way he speaks to Mrs Bennet we can sense that there could be some weariness in the way he speaks to her, almost as though he wishes that ...

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