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    It is universally acknowledged that in every Austenian novel “irony” is present. In fact, Jane Austen’s works are referred to as “romantic comedies written in an ironic voice and realistic style”. Particularly in Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice, where throughout she allows her heroine to share her own unique reaction to the world. Thus the main aim of this paper is to observe Jane Austen’s use of irony in her novel Pride and Prejudice, by taking particular notice to the 19th Century

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    On December 16, 1775, Jane Austen was born in Steventon, Hampshire, England. She was born into a middle-class family. Her father was Reverend George Austen, a member of the clergy, and her mother was Cassandra Leigh who came from a higher social rank. Jane was the second daughter of a family of eight, and she was closest to the eldest sister Cassandra. From this information alone, there is a pattern present in Jane’s work. She tends to write romance fiction novels about middle-class England. Her

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    In Jane Austen’s romantic novel, Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennett displays both of these characteristics. Elizabeth also makes assumptions about people’s personality before fully knowing them or their history. These emotions are what cause Elizabeth’s quick judgment of her peers. Elizabeth also persuades her sisters so that they will agree with her unfair opinions of people. Elizabeth’s conversations with Jane and Darcy show that she treats her friends and family unfairly because of her pride

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    Women and Marriage in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice And they lived happily ever after... Or did they? Pride and Prejudice, a captivating novel written by Jane Austen, is the story of Elizabeth and her adventure challenging society and ending up deep in true love. Pride and Prejudice takes place in a town outside of London called Hertfordshire, where the reader follows Elizabeth, her friends, and her family as they search for love in the nineteenth century. The author writes of Elizabeth's

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    Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

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    novelist Jane Austen satirizes her society and those who follow it. One of her most famous works, Pride and Prejudice, is a great example of this satire. Throughout the novel she explores the effects of society through her characters. In Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice, she divulges the central theme of society and social class through the characters Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Darcy, and Lady Catherine. The first character that Austen uses to analyze this theme is Elizabeth Bennet. Austen describes

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    Social hierarchy and the patriarchal society are explored in Jane Austen’s novels. She shows us how society and class order affected women in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Men were deemed superior over women. There were many differences that reflect the members of a particular social class and gender modes of conduct, upbringing, manner, education, and morality. Austen shows the injustice of inheritance laws and the psychological vulnerability of the women in her novels. Northanger

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    aspect of life. Jane Austen’s, Pride and Prejudice, tells the stories of marriages amongst English aristocrats struggling for reputation, fortune, and happiness. The novel conveys the significance of being wed, the effects of pride and prejudice, and the social standards and gender roles in a sexist, power-driven world. To live and prosper in such a time required the maintenance of one’s family name through wealth and mannerisms, with a hope of one day finding happiness. Jane Austen develops her views

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    Pride and Prejudice In the well known novel Pride and Prejudice composed by Jane Austen  satire is immensely used to attack the characters and bring a change about them. They are utilized to create humour and various other elements that enrich the story. The characters human conduct and shortcomings are being derided of.     Among the many characters that Austen disapproves of, Mr.Collins is one to focus on to explain satire. As the reader continues on with the novel it becomes apparent that Mr

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    1815, Jane Austen published Emma in a time where social, gender and economic inequality was the norm. Jane Austen novel has a notion that is written in a satire context in the term of how women in a society should be less than men.However, the protagonist Emma goes against what society tells her to be, she is a character that goes against the grain. Emma is a strong female character that advocates for other women to better themselves, and this is why there’s a case to classified Emma as a feminist

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    I:Pride and Prejudice by, Jane Austen II: The setting of the story in Pride and Prejudice is 19th century Longbourn, England. It starts out close around winter time and proceeds from there. If the setting were different and it wasn’t around winter time, the course of the story would change. It would cause ripple effects and the whole plotline would be different. III: Here are some main characters from the novel Pride and Prejudice: First we have the protagonist of the story, Elizabeth “Lizzy”

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