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作者：佚名 文章来源：不详 点击数： 更新时间：2006-7-7 6:54:42  |
abeth, followed by his successful wooing of Charlotte Lucas; Miss Bingley’s unsuccessful attempt to attract Darcy; Wickham’s pursuit first of Elizabeth, then of the never-seen Miss King, and finally of Lydia. Courtship therefore takes on a profound, if often unspoken, importance in the novel. Marriage is the ultimate goal, courtship constitutes the real working-out of love. Courtship becomes a sort of forge of a person’s personality, and each courtship becomes a microcosm for different sorts of love (or different ways to abuse love as a means to social advancement).
> 2.5. Two Ways of Pride: Positive and Negative
> The two major themes of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice are summed up in the title. The first aspect can be traced in the actions and statements of all of the work's major and many of its minor characters. Pride is the character flaw that causes Elizabeth Bennet to dislike Fitzwilliam Darcy upon their first meeting. She perceives in him a cold aloofness that she attributes to his own inflated opinion of himself. Yet Elizabeth herself also suffers from the same flaw; her pride in her own ability to analyze character is such that she refuses to reevaluate Darcy in the face of evidence in his favor.
> The concept of pride can be defined in two ways: positive and negative. Possessing positive or right pride is to have self-respect, honor, and integrity. On the other hand, wrong or negative pride is defined as showing arrogant or disdainful conduct and haughtiness. Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy displays the positive side of pride while Mr. Bennet possesses wrong or negative pride, and a lack of pride itself in some cases. Darcy is responsible for his sister, himself, his estate, and his family name. He takes pride in these things and does anything he can in order to protect them. But Mr. Bennet who is responsible as a father of five daughters, a husband, and the holder of reputable conduct in the family, does not take pride in his family or his responsibility; Mr. Bennet instead ridicules the members of his family and in turn does not control their unruly actions.
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> 3.conclusion
> Pride and Prejudice was the representative work of Jane Austen. It gave a vivid expression of the reactionary and traditional country life and people’s minds during 18th Centuries and 19th Centuries in Britain to us. This great novel not only attracted thousands of readers in Austen’s time, but also gave a special feeling to today’s people. In order to make much more people know the book, the paper shows the main idea of the pride and prejudice.
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> Bibliography:
> [1]: 徐葆耕 <<西方文学十五讲>> 北大出版社
> [2]: 魏立婷 <<傲慢与偏见>> 作品赏析
> [3]: <<外国文学研究>> 中国人大出版社
> [4]: http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/
> [5]: Adams.oscarFay[1855-1919] The story of Jane Austen’s life.A.C.Mcclury and as1891
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