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1. PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
BY: JANE AUSTEN
Presented by:
ESTATE, MIDIAM S.
BSED ENGLISH III

2. THINK OF THIS QUESTION...
What would you choose LOVE or MONEY?

3. Jane Austen
1775-1817
Grew up in an upper class
family
Supported by her family
in writing
Writes:
6 novels
27 short stories

4. Pride and Prejudice Background.
-In the early 1800's - few middle class women could choose
not to marry or marry simply for love.
-Women could not enter occupations and earn their own
living.
•Governess- males
•Inheritance - males

5. Marriage
•Path to financial security for women
•Attracting a husband was a big priority
•Education outside of the domestic sphere was of little importance
A few things that were of big importance:
• Singing, playing an instrument, reciting poetry, drawing, painting,
embroidery = a "well rounded education for women.

6. Theme of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
Marriage
Money
Class
Self Knowledge and awareness

7. Characters of Pride and Prejudice

8. Mr. Bennet - modest gentleman with a
sarcastic sense of humor
Mrs. Bennet - foolish, noisy woman whose
only goal in life is to get all her daughters
married
The Bennet Family

9. Jane Bennet - oldest Bennet daughter Elizabeth Bennet - Second daughter of
Mr. Bennet; very smart and outspoken

10. • Mary Bennet - Middle Bennet sister;
bookish
Catharine Bennet - fourth sister; like
Lydia

11. Lydia Bennet - youngest Bennet sister; gossipy, immature and self involved

12. Fitzwilliam Darcy - condescending
gentlemen; best friend to Charles
Bingley
Charles Bingley - Rich neighbor of the
Bennets; Darcy's best friend

13. • George Wickham - handsome, greedy
militia officer Mr. Collins - clergyman who will
inherit Bennet property

14. Charlotte Lucas - Elizabeth's friend Georgiana Darcy - Darcy's little sister

15. Lady Catherine De Borough- Mr. Darcy's aunt.

16. SUMMARY OF PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

17. Bennet's House
Living in Longbourne Estate in a Fictional English Village of
Meryton Hertfordshire

18. Mrs. Bennet is
determined to marry
her daughters off to
wealthy man, no matter
what.

19. The entire family attends a
welcome ball organized by Mr.
Bingley.

20. There, one of the Bennet's
siblings, Jane becomes a
quiet taken by the wealthy
man's manners.

21. • Mr. Darcy. A wealthy but
somewhat reserved and
introverted aristocrat who
feels uncomfortable in social
gathering.

22. Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth
meets in several times ate
social events over the
following weeks and he
slowly becomes attracted to
Elizabeth Bennet's charm.

23. During this time Jane's
relationship with Mr.
Bingley also develops.

24. Netherfield Park
But one day, as she's on her way to Netherfield park(Mr. Bingley residence).

25. Jane is caught in the rain and
becomes ill which forces her to stay
at Mr. Bingley Home while's she
recuperates.

26. Elizabeth learns her sister's
illness which prompts her to
take a long and gruelling hike
to Netherfield Park.

27. The hike takes her through several
fields which wet and muddy after the
recent rain, ruin her garments.

28. -snobbish Miss Bingley
-Single-ton
-instant dislike to
Elizabeth

29. Jane recovers, and
both she and
Elizabeth return to
Longbourn.

30. -Mr. Colins whose in
line to inherit the
house.
- Proposes to
Elizabeth
He is the distant cousin of Mr Bennet

31. -all the Bennet's siblings
become friendly with a
group of military men
stationed nearby.

32. Elizabeth is quite
taken by one of the
soldiers George
Wickham
warns her to be wary of Mr. Darcy

33. As winter arrives, Mr. Bingley
and Mr. Darcy return to
London

34. Around the same time,
- Mr. Collins has become
engaged to a local girl
- friend of Elizabeth's,
Charlotte Lucas.

35. - Charlotte plainly admits to
that she does not love Mr.
Collins
-she's only marrying the for
financial reasons
-secure a home for herself.

36. -The marriage of convenience
does come to pass.
-With winter well underway and
most of the men gone
-Bennet siblings remain single,
much to their mother's chagrin.

37. Spring comes, and
Elizabeth visits
Charlotte
-who claims to be well
- happy with her choice of a loveless but financially
secured marriage.
-Charlotte now lives near the home of mr. Collins
Patron.

38. -Lady Catherine De Borough
-Mr. Darcy's aunt.
-Elizabeth Mr. Darcy meet by
chance, and he surprises her
by proposing in marriage,

39. -she refuses
-he's so arrogant and not a very
nice person to be around
-he wronged Wickham by
preventing him from receiving his
due inheritance.

40. - Mr. Darcy writes a letter of explanation
-Wickham is a pathological liar
- he grudge on Wickham's part stems from
the fact that Mr. Darcy prohibited his
younger sister, Georgiana, from getting
close to Wickham.
This letter changes
Elizabeth's view on Mr.
Darcy but she's still not
fully convinced about him.

41. -plan to visit
- Pemberley the Darcys'
estate in northern
England, first making sure
that Mr. Darcy will not be
there
Pemberley is the fictional country
estate owned by Fitzwilliam Darcy

42. A letter from home, speaks
that one of the Bennet's
siblings Lydia, having
disappeared with Wickham,
which becomes an urgent
matter.

43. - Wickham will marry Lydia, with
one condition: He must get an
annual income for the marriage.
-This is agreed upon it transpires
that the provider of such alimony is
non other than Mr. Darcy.

44. -Mr. Bingley return to
Netherfield to rekindle his
relationship with Jane.
Mr. Bingley and Jane get
married.

45. Lady Catherine, comes to
Longbourn after learning
that Mr. Darcy, is
planning to marry
Elizabeth.
Lady Catherine corners Elizabeth and demands
her not to accept Mr. Darcy's proposal.

46. The story ends with Mr. Darcy
and Elizabeth going for a walk
together.
He confesses that his feelings
towards her have not changed
since his earlier proposal.
This time, Elizabeth accepts
him in marriage.