Pride and Prejudice is probably Austen's most famous and most
beloved book. This novel has one element: "the initial mutual dislike of two people
destined to love each other" (which has become a cliché of the Hollywood
romance).
However, this book has been described by scholars as a very conservative text.
Did you find it so? Why?
It has also been described as Austen's most idealistic
book. What do you suppose is meant by that?
Hello! I think it is pretty conservative for the time it was made, the way it was wrote is pretty old, the language is decadent and people always formal their manners always present. It is like as they could not demonstrate their feeling, worth more what the others will say... At this time everybody only thought about marry and with whom
ResponderEliminarWell, according with the second question, I can not said it. But I think, is something related with love and relationships, and how the people with different personalities perceives love and act according their convenience. It show different point of view, and from this era it was something very difficult. As a woman or man, you had to think about marry and well settle and then if you had lucky and love. It was worse if you had more than 25 and single.
ResponderEliminarI think it is not idealistic at all, because the characters are not perfect, they has their complexs and defects, that is something what make them more lifelike. Love is difficult and more when everybody is involved, as if you owe them something
Hello everybody!!! YES, I did! This book is very conservative because it is based on traditional values. In Pride&Prejudice we can see that it keeps some traditional aspects, among them we have: tradition in marriage, and the way people behave. I think that it makes of this book a very conservative text. Don´t you think?
ResponderEliminarI don’t agree with this, the Book is just adapted to the time that is was written, I think that is a pretty nice book because mean you are Reading it you can imagine the stage and the moment, the way that people was dressed and of course the way that they talked. We have to take into account that is a British novel, and that English at that moment was very different and polite.
EliminarClass consciousness plays a large role in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. To what extent is Austen critical of the class divisions of English society, and to what extent does she accept them as inevitable? Use specific incidents from the novel
ResponderEliminarHello, I actually do think the book is very conservative because as Angel said it is based on traditional values. by the time the book was written the behavior of the teenagers or in this case young adults was different from now, and even more in the case of "romance". of course we can see Lydia who is in fact very "modern" (thinking of her as and teenager from this century) however you did not see any inappropriate actions between the protagonist of the book/film (ignoring the parts when they were rude with each other) they kept it very formal in any point of the book they kiss or ever grab their hands.
ResponderEliminarI guess people say is idealistic because of the fact that everything went well in the story, because even when a lot of people get involve against the relationship of Jane and Bingley they could not destroy their love. on the other hand the way that Darcy and Elizabeth's relationship started it is not very realistic from my point of view.
ResponderEliminarI am here again! I think this book is idealistic because even though both Darcy and Elizabeth and Jane and Bingley were from different social classes, their love triumphed over the ideas of marriage in that time. I guess it is an idealistic ending for them and for anyone nowadays...
ResponderEliminarWell, now maybe it is a little idealistic, as a fairy tale, as I said before in that time Marry with someone who is less than you was almost impossible, if you did that maybe you could be desinherit your family could give you their back and you loss your range in society. But, as Mr. Darcy was hiper millionary this represented a problem because family's Elizabeth was poor. Maybe is The reason for idealistic in the story, two handsome millionaries guys, two poor devoted sisters ending engaged with them is incredible as engaged with royal family
ResponderEliminarI consider that is a very idealistic book, according to the idealism concept is dreaming about a perfect world, situation, concept, etc. At the end of the book, every couple ends in a very happy way no matters the social conditions and the society’s differences among each other that according to the history, it was impossible the marriage between a Rich and a Poor person.
ResponderEliminarHello everyone, in one of my favorite’s chapter 34th and 35th Mr. Darcy´s words to Eliza
ResponderEliminar“In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
After these words Mr. Darcy expresses his struggles about how they´re families were so different but that didn’t matter to him and Elizabeth was really surprise and flatter by all this, but most of all concern because she couldn’t stop thinking about Jane and how Darcy was behind Jane and Mr. Bengley´s separation they both were so conflicted!!
I feel Austen tries to reflect how different kinds of things can interfere on English society by that time being; such as money, social status, family values by this time being you had to be careful to marry not necessarily in love but with a person of a good family and well settled, and here we have, in this story, to me Austen tries to be critical about the social conventions between English society with this idealistic love story “Mr. Darcy” that stern man unfriendly, unyielding, he declares his love for her against his better judgment sends her the letter explaining everything Elizabeth had misunderstood and it turns out he is the good one, the noble, the hero, who is so in love with this girl and helps her with her family without any agenda but still hopes to be corresponded by her. Love it!
This is another part that I liked I just wanted to mention it because I think it’s a little funny….
ResponderEliminar“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters.”
To me, with this introduction Austen is making an indication of the traditions of English society by that time being, it is critical but I don’t think this author is being critical in a bad way, I think, like my others classmates have said, Austen´s story is very conservative and based on strong traditional values and I consider this is a very subtle hint about how silly sometimes this kind of things were even by the time.
This introduction is ironic, kind of funny and silly but so true for that time being that no matter what plans had our dear Mr. Bingley, when he first came to Netherfield, Mrs. Bennet was already marrying him with one of his daughters, even before they even met the poor guy