Exploration of the ways that Shakespeare and Austen present us with different aspects of love or the theme of love looking at similarities and differences in the two texts and bearing in mind the different times they were written in.

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Exploration of the ways that Shakespeare and Austen present us with – different aspects of love or – the theme of love looking at similarities and differences in the two texts and bearing in mind the different times they were written in.                                                                                                                                                    

In this essay, I am going to look two texts, Shakespeare's ‘A Midsummer's Night Dream’ and Jane Austen's ‘Pride and Prejudice.’ The theme I am fascinated to write about is love and this is very significant in both books. In ‘A Midsummer's Night dream’, love is displayed in a more light-hearted way and not absolutely serious, yet, ‘Pride and Prejudice’ is introduced more meaningful and formal.

I will additionally investigate the first impressions of both books. ‘Pride and Prejudice’s' first title was ‘First Impressions’. I will not only be investigating how the characters’ first impressions effect one another but moreover the first impression of the reader and how they are affected by passion.

Pride and Prejudice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream are, as a matter of first importance, two texts about getting through difficulties and accomplishing emotional fulfilment and those problems. In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth, the courageous person, and Darcy, her resulting husband, the main difficulty lies in the book's first title: First Impressions. Darcy, the proud, noble nephew, should break from his initial thought of Elizabeth as “not handsome enough to tempt me’ and from his prejudice in opposition to her lack of money and the way her family live. Elizabeth's first impressions, however, shows Darcy as arrogant and vain; as an outcome, she later receives offensive accusations in disapproval to him as right.

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The marriage between Darcy and Elizabeth uncovers the qualities that create a successful marriage. One of these qualities is that the feeling cannot be carried on by look, and should continuously improve as individuals as they get to know each other. At first, Elizabeth and Darcy were far off from one another because of how prejudice they were towards one another. The succession of occasions and bumping into each other which they have both encountered gave them the chance to understand each other and the chance to reveal their true emotions for one another. They discussed and shared that their ...

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*** 3 Stars This is a perceptive and well organised essay which clearly shows an understanding and knowledge of the play and novel. At times quotes are needed and the writer was in danger of merely narrating the plot rather than answering the question. Some lapses in expression make meaning unclear. Conclusion needed.