Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen

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She was unmarried all her life.

1. (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) 2. an English novelist .3. She was born in a mid-class

family and was brought up in a comfortable environment.

4. She was the youngest of seven children. She received her education at home.

5. She finished "Pride and Prejudice" at the age of twenty-two.

The language （ she

used in this

novel ） humorous and

ironical讽刺意味的 ,

which has made her

one of the most

beloved挚爱的 writers

in English literature英

国文学史.

The theme主题 of the novel:---to express 7 different kinds of love and marriage in a humorous way, especially between Elizabeth and Darcy.

Characters’ Relationship

Mr.Bennet Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman ,

who has five unmarried daughters .

Mrs.Bennet

Mr. Bennet’s wife.

Elizabeth Bennet

Jane Bennet

Lydia Bennet

Kitty Bennet

Mary Bennet

Fitzwilliam Darcy From a rich, well-established family.

Mr.

Bingley ， Darcy’s rich and best friend.

Charles Bingley

See the film with 2 questions:

1.Who are the characters of this part?

2.What happened?

A rich and handsome man (called Bingley ) moved to their neighbourhood. Mrs. Bennet so much expected he could marry one of her daughters that she asked her husband to visit him. But clearly, Mr. Bennet is not interested in his suggestion.

See the film with 2 questions:

1.Who are the characters of this part?

2.What happened?

See the film again.

1.What is your first impression on Mr.

/Mrs. Bennet? Can you find out some sentences to support you?

It seems that Mr. Bennet does not so care about his family. He is a little humorous.

As for Mrs. Bennet, I think she is foolish and noisy.

See the film again.

1.What is your first impression on Mr.

/Mrs. Bennet?

It is a truth well known to all the world that an unmarried man in possession of a large fortune must in need of a wife . ----------- Pride and Prejudice

Plot Summary

Elizabeth

The second daughter in the Bennet family, and the most intelligent and quick-witted (adj.机智灵敏的 ), Elizabeth is the protagonist (n.主角 ) of Pride and Prejudice and one of the most well-known female characters in English literature.

Her admirable qualities are

numerous

She is lovely, clever

she converses (vi.谈话 ) as brilliantly as anyone.

Her honesty, virtue, and lively wit enable her to rise above the nonsense and bad behavior that pervade (vt.遍及 ;弥漫 ) her class-bound and often spiteful (adj.恶意的 ) society.

Nevertheless, her sharp tongue and tendency to make hasty judgments often lead her astray (adj.误入歧途的 ).

Mr. Darcy

Darcy is Elizabeth’s male counterpart. Intelligent and forthright (adj.直率的 ), he too has a tendency to judge too hastily and harshly, and his high birth and wealth make him overly proud and overly conscious of his social status.

Indeed, his haughtiness (n.傲慢 ) makes him initially bungle (v. 把…搞糟 ) his courtship (n.求爱 ). When he proposes to her, for instance, he dwell (vi.细想 ) more on how unsuitable a match she is than on her charms, beauty, or anything else complimentary. Her rejection of his advances builds a kind of humility (n.谦卑 ) in him.

Darcy demonstrates his continued devotion (n.忠诚，热爱 ) to Elizabeth, in spite of his distaste (vt.厌恶 ) for her low connections, when he rescues Lydia and the entire Bennet family from disgrace (n.耻辱 ) , and when he goes against the wishes of his haughty (adj.傲慢的 ) aunt, Lady Catherine, by continuing to pursue Elizabeth.

Darcy proves himself

worthy of Elizabeth, and she ends up

repenting her earlier, overly

harsh judgment of him.

Mr. bennet

Mr. Bennet is the patriarch (n.家长 ;族长 ) of the Bennet household .He is a man driven to exasperation (n.恼怒 ) by his ridiculous wife and difficult daughters. He reacts by withdrawing (离开 ;变得冷漠 ) from his family and assuming a detached (adj.分开的 ;超然的 ) attitude punctuated (vt.不时打断 ) by bursts of sarcastic (adj.尖酸的 ) humor.

He is closest to

Elizabeth

because they

are the two

most intelligent

Bennets.

Initially (adv.最初 ) ， his dry wit (n.智慧 ) and self-possession in the face of his wife’s hysteria (n.歇斯底里 )make him a sympathetic figure,

Though he remains likable throughout (adv.自始至终 ) ， the reader gradually loses respect for him as it becomes clear that the price of his detachment is considerable. Detached from his family, he is a weak father and, at critical moments, fails his family. In particular, his foolish indulgence (n.放纵 )of Lydia’s immature behavior nearly leads to general disgrace (n.耻辱 ) when she elopes (vi.私奔 ) with Wickham. Further, upon her disappearance, he proves largely ineffective. It is left to Mr. Gardiner and Darcy to track Lydia down and rectify (vt.改正 ) the situation. Ultimately, Mr. Bennet would rather withdraw from the world than cope with it.

But ,

Mrs .Bennet

Mrs. Bennet is a miraculously （ adv.非凡地） tiresome character. Noisy and foolish, she is a woman consumed by the desire to see her daughters married and seems to care for nothing else in the world.

Ironically (adv.讽刺地 ), her single-minded pursuit of this goal tends to backfire (n.事与愿违 ), as her lack of social graces alienates (vt.使疏远 ) the very people (Darcy and Bingley) whom she tries desperately to attract.

Austen uses her continually to highlight the necessity of marriage for young women. Mrs. Bennet also serves as a middle-class counterpoint (n.对应物 ) to such upper-class snobs (n.势利小人 ) as Lady Catherine and Miss Bingley, demonstrating that foolishness can be found at every level of society. In the end, however, Mrs. Bennet proves such an unattractive figure, lacking redeeming (adj.弥补的 )characteristics of any kind, that some readers have accused Austen of unfairness in portraying (vt.描绘 ) her—as if Austen, like Mr. Bennet, took perverse (adj.不正当的 ) pleasure in poking fun at a woman already scorned (v.轻蔑 ,嘲笑 ) as a result of her ill breeding.

Our Opinion

is essentially the story of how Elizabeth (and her true love, Darcy) overcome all obstacles—including their own personal failings (n.缺点 ) —to find romantic happiness.

Pride and Prejudice

Elizabeth must not only cope with a hopeless mother, a distant father, two badly behaved younger siblings, and several snobbish (adj.势利的 ), antagonizing (adj.敌对的 ) females,

she must also overcome her own mistaken impressions of Darcy, which initially lead her to reject his proposals of marriage.

The book shows the writer’s idea about love and marriage:

Marriage should be regarded carefully cause it is not a game you could just enjoy without prudent (adj.谨慎的 ) consideration.

It’s wrong to get married just for property, wealth and status while neither would it be without caring about those elements .

Marriage should be based on real love between the lovers.

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