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Elizabeth Bennett Pride And Prejudice Chapter Analysis

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Summer Reading Assignment Olivia Grounds How to Read Literature like a Professor Introduction When it comes to literature, many things affect a reader’s comprehension of the story that is being told. Memory, symbol, and pattern give works of literature a deeper, more insightful meaning rather than a superficial one. When one finds a pattern in literature, it is able to give an understanding to the motives or personalities of characters. The patterns found in a work could also be giving insight into an author’s personality. In Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennett is a strong willed, opinionated female in a time where women were supposed to be docile beings. She is not the only female throughout the literary work that is more outspoken than what would have been common practice of the time. Mrs. Bennett, Caroline Bingley, and Lady Catherine were all women who had their own views on how their life should have been run throughout Pride and Prejudice. This says a lot about what Jane Austin was like. She, in her own right, was more ambitious than women of her time because she was an author. The pattern of a strong female portrayed in Austin’s books shows Austin’s own belief on how women should be. Chapter 1 There are five aspects to a quest. These include a quester, a place to go, a stated reason to go, challenges that …show more content…

On her wedding day, Pandora is given a box and is told not to open it. Pandora ends up opening her box due to her curiosity, and unleashes bad things into the world. In the story of Adam and Eve, Eve does the one thing that she was told not and eats the forbidden apple. After going against orders, both Adam and Eve are removed from their perfect paradise and put into the cruel world. This is an allusion to Pandora and her box due to the fact that Eve did something that she was told not to do and then the evils of the world become known to her after she was kicked out of

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