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Character Analysis of Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice
The document is a character analysis of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy from Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice', highlighting his transformation from arrogance to politeness and the themes of pride and prejudice within the novel. It discusses Austen's background as a pioneering female novelist, her portrayal of social norms, and the character's development throughout the story. Additionally, it provides comparisons between Darcy and other characters, as well as references for further study.
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Character Analysis of Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice
- 1. Character analysis of Mr.Fitzwilliam Darcy
- 2. Name : AnjaliRathod Sem : 1 Roll No : 2 Enrollment No : 4069206420220024 Subject : Character Analysis of Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice Subject code : 22394 Contact Info : rathodanjali20022002ui@gmail.com Submitted to : S. B. Gardi Department of English , MK Bhavnagar University
- 3. About the Author 3 ❏Born : December 17 , 1775 ❏ Died : July 18 , 1817 ❏ Occupation : Greatest novelist and English writer ❏ In those time , no woman writer published her work but Jane Austen published her work and also wrote Domestic type of Novel .
- 4. Her Life 4 ❏ JaneAusten , the daughter of the rector of stevenson , she lived in quiet village in its quiet. Hampshire landscape until she was twenty years old . She was one of seven children , five brother and a sister , cassandra . Her father was a bookish man who precised amiably over this unusually devoted family . ❏ Their pleasures derived from activities of a sharply circumscribed society , local - gossip , their over conversation ,letter writing and a good deal of reading. ❏ The literary composition , in kind that it is , should have proved to be among the greater achievements of the English novel , is not entirely the accident of genius.
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- 6. Pride and Prejudice ➢The usual interpretation is that the title is a reference to Darcy’s Pride , which causes him to reject Elizabeth and her family and Elizabeth’s resulting Prejudice , which is reinforced by Wickham’s false story about Darcy. ➢ Pride and Prejudice is a classic novel from Jane Austen, a prominent female British writer, which has attracted considerable attention from the perspective of language, content, feminism, and marriage view but without the plot organization. ➢ I want to consider the different hues of the meaning of the word "pride" both in terms of the way Austen used it two hundred years ago and the way we use it today
- 7. 7 ➢ Pride asa challenge to social norms, in fact, correlates directly with the novel's central theme of liberation through self-reflection on one's own prejudice. ➢ The novel, which follows the romantic entanglements of the Bennet sisters, includes themes of love, class, and, as one might guess, pride and prejudice. ➢ The novel starts with Mrs. Bennet pestering her husband, Mr. Bennet, about visiting the newly arrived wealthy bachelor, Mr. Bingley.
- 8. Character sketch ofMr Darcy ❏ In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, Fitzwilliam Darcy is a wealthy English aristocrat and the owner of Pemberley, a country estate. He inherited Pemberley, ''ten thousand a-year,'' and other wealth from his father, who passed numerous years prior. At the beginning of the novel, Darcy is staying with his close friend, Mr. Bingley, who is ''letting'' or renting Netherfield Park. ❏ One of the features of pride and prejudice to which exception has been taken is Jane Austen’s treatment of the character of her Mr. Darcy. ❏ It is said that the transition between the arrogant young man of the early chapters of the novel and the polite gentleman whom Elizabeth Bennet marries is too great and abrupt to be completely credible.
- 9. 9 ❏ Pride andPrejudice Elizabeth Bennet’s forceful and engaging individualism is pitted against Darcy’s not indefensible respect for the social order and his class pride. ❏ Darcy may not be a perfect person but his character development reveals Jane Austen’s strong art of characterization ❏ We know real Darcy when his tenant defends him or when we know that he saved Bennet family from disgrace. “Bingley was sure of being liked wherever he appeared, Darcy was continually giving offence.” -Comparison of Mr. Darcy and Mr Bingley in Pride and Prejudice
- 10. 10 “Nothing is moredeceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast.” Darcy ”
- 11. 11 Zimmerman, Everett. “Prideand Prejudice in Pride and Prejudice.” Nineteenth-Century Fiction, vol. 23, no. 1, 1968, pp. 64–73. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/2932317. Accessed 17 Oct. 2022. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339583973_An_Analysis_of_Pride_and_Prejudice_from_Structuralist_Per spective/citation/download https://scholarship.law.umn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1276&context=faculty_articles Schorer, Mark. “Pride Unprejudiced.” The Kenyon Review, vol. 18, no. 1, 1956, pp. 72–91. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4333636. Accessed 17 Oct. 2022. https://www.thoughtco.com/pride-and-prejudice-themes-literary-devices-417765 (austen) References
- 12. 12 Moler, Kenneth L.“Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen’s ‘Patrician Hero.’” Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, vol. 7, no. 3, 1967, pp. 491–508. JSTOR, https://doi.org/10.2307/449604. Accessed 17 Oct. 2022. Bacon, Sir Francis. “Mr. Darcy in "Pride and Prejudice" | Jane Austen's Characters.” ASK LITERATURE, 18 November 2021, https://askliterature.com/novel/jane-austen/pride-and-prejudice/mr-darcy-in-pride-and-p rejudice/. Accessed 17 October 2022.
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