PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Review Test March 5 Web

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE Review Test March 5 Web March 5

Jane Austin’s Style � � � Figures of speech almost absent Her prose is filled with irony, satire, wit and humor Language is simple; vocabulary is learned � Uses vocabulary with precision, with exactitude, with conciseness � Language has a musical cadence Structure is through conversations and letters.

Characters � Characters revealed through conversations � Collins and Mrs. Bennet through innane, insipid remarks � Lady Catherine through her arrogant speeches and bossy ways � Darcy through his letter � Lydia’ note to her family � Jane’s letter to her sister Focus is on the portrait of middle class country life in England

Attributes most admired in young ladies of this time � � � � An ability to draw An ability to play the piano A certain something in their and manner of walking An ability to sing An ability to be able to catch a rich husband A large dowry A dedication to surface manners and customs An ability to observe all rules of decorum and propriety

Attributes most admired in young men of this time � � � � An ability to hunt and shoot And ability to dance An ability to game and gamble at cards An ability to make polite conversation at social gatherings To be of the landed gentry with much money at their disposal An ability to set a good horse To be lively, affable, interesting

Jane Austin satirises � � � � � Greed for money Gossipy old women Parents who were irresponsible Arrogant women of wealth and position Pride of social position Giddy young girls Jealousy over men Mercenary mothers/clergymen Pomposity on men and women

Questions to consider � � � Different types of marriages How do Mrs. Bennet and Lady Catherine balance each other in their vulgarity Through Collins, we learn of how girls who ran off as Lydia had done were supposed to be treated by Christian society What role did clergymen play during his 19 th century in England List the many things you have learned concerning Jane Austen’s world

Questions to consider � � What causes a problem for the modern reader concerning this kind of world Why were lawyers, bankers, and businessmen, who are highly respected today, not respected socially acceptable then Who should be the match for Collins What character in the novel is most filled with pride