pg 247 "If any young men come for Mary of Kitty, send them in, for I am quite at leisure." Mr.Bennet says this and i think it is really funny because this i think is his true personality. This was a great quote for this part of the book. You can tell he is really happy and proud.
On approaching Darcy's Pemberley House Elizabeth describes the scene: "Elizabeth was delighted. She had never seen a place where nature had done more, or where natural beauty had been so little counteracted by an awkward taste. They were all of them warm in her admiration; and at that moment she felt that to be mistress of Pemberley might be something!"
Elizabeth's trip to Pemberley is important transforming how she views Darcy. She learns more about his true character from the house keeper and when she meets him at the house he is kinder than ever. I think Darcy's house is symbolic of how his true personality is displayed at the house.
pg. 35 "'Yes indeed' cried Mrs. Bennet, offended by his manner of mentioning the country neighborhood,'I assure you there is quite as much of that going on in the country as in town'"
I'm including this quote as one of many examples of just how snappy the characters of this book are. Mr. Darcy had prompted this outcry more or less through only an observation of country life. Besides, any attack present in his tone was directed toward Elizabeth, not Mrs. Bennet. I think the plausibility of this entire scandalous storyline depends on this crazy angry (or maybe moody is a better word as the character's mange to fall completely in love in just as little time as it takes steam to rise oout of their ears) attitude of all the charater's.
pg. 5. "It is a truth universally acknowleged that a single man in possestion of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
A book is only as good as its beginning, not to sound cliche, but this is a good example of a strong first line. This one sentence sets the stage for the next four hundred or so pages, and articulates a very strong central theme masterfully. So much of the novel's plot revolves around marring into money that this opening line seems so fitting.
the quote tha ti picke dout was also the same as alyssa's quote, found at the beginning of the book, so instead of restating, it, im going ot further elaborat eon how i feel it stood and was important. aside from setting the precedent for the tone of the book, i felt as though it was almost an ironic quote. th ebook does have a huge theme where there is a hunt for marriage, but it seems to me that the women are more obgliagted to find marraige, more so than the men. sure th emen may be looking, but they could be coasting, letting hte women come to them.
ALso, it seems more to me like once again the women would be more in search of a wealthy husband, rather than a man looking fo rnayone hwo will step into his arms for the sake of his money.
pg 160 "Lord how ashamed I whoud be of not being married before three-and-twenty." When Lydia says this I think it is a great example of how the women of this age were brought up just to get married to wealthy husbands. They are told to be on the "hunt" continuously. Lydia is completely obsessed with finding a husband. So is her mother, she is pushing all her daughters to marry rich men. -Kori
"If gratitude and esteem are good foundations of affection, Elizabeth's change of sentiment will be neither improbable nor faulty. But if otherwise - if regard springing from such sources is unreasonable or unnatural, in comparison of what is so often described as arising on a first interview with its object, and even before two words have been exchanged, nothing can be said in her defence, except that she had given somewhat of a trial to the latter method in her partiality for Wickham, and that its ill success might, perhaps, authorise her to seek the other less interesting mode of attachment" (226).
I know this quote is very long, but it wouldn't have made much sense without the entire thing. I really like this quote because I think it does a pretty good job of summing up Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy's relationship. The first part of the quote describes how their relationship ends up - based off of gratitude and esteem for each other. The first half of the quote describes the beginnings of their relationship, and how their opinions of the other were formed before words were even passed between them. This quote provides a basic outline of the plot, and describes the actions of the characters and even sums up the ideas of pride and prejudice (albeit in very simple terms). The idea of forming ideas about a person before getting to know them moves the entire plot of this novel along and I really liked that this quote summed it all up.
p. 311: "She held out her hand; he kissed it with affectionate gallantry, though he hardly knew how to look, and they entered the house."
I think this passage is funny because it's basically saying that Wickham could not be a heroic gentleman, no matter how hard he tried. It might just be referring to the present situation (Elizabeth had just subtly confronted him about the real story between he and Mr. Darcy), but I found it funny to say that Mr. Wickham didn't even know how to be such a gentleman.
"'It is your turn to say something now, Mr. Darcy. I talked about the dance, and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples.'"
I laughed when I read this bit of conversation at one of the Balls. Maybe it isn't necessarily so essential to the novel's themes, but without even putting it in context, it just sums up my outer impressions of the novel. It is so funny how people think like that in this book, and even funnier to me that they would say that out loud, perfectly seriously. This happens a lot in dialogues between characters, and for me, provides much of the novel's humor. Also though, this quote exemplifies one of the frustrations I had in reading "Pride and Prejudice"-- how wordy and roundabout dialogues are. :)
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pg 247 "If any young men come for Mary of Kitty, send them in, for I am quite at leisure." Mr.Bennet says this and i think it is really funny because this i think is his true personality. This was a great quote for this part of the book. You can tell he is really happy and proud.
On approaching Darcy's Pemberley House Elizabeth describes the scene:
"Elizabeth was delighted. She had never seen a place where nature had done more, or where natural beauty had been so little counteracted by an awkward taste. They were all of them warm in her admiration; and at that moment she felt that to be mistress of Pemberley might be something!"
Elizabeth's trip to Pemberley is important transforming how she views Darcy. She learns more about his true character from the house keeper and when she meets him at the house he is kinder than ever. I think Darcy's house is symbolic of how his true personality is displayed at the house.
pg. 35
"'Yes indeed' cried Mrs. Bennet, offended by his manner of mentioning the country neighborhood,'I assure you there is quite as much of that going on in the country as in town'"
I'm including this quote as one of many examples of just how snappy the characters of this book are. Mr. Darcy had prompted this outcry more or less through only an observation of country life. Besides, any attack present in his tone was directed toward Elizabeth, not Mrs. Bennet. I think the plausibility of this entire scandalous storyline depends on this crazy angry (or maybe moody is a better word as the character's mange to fall completely in love in just as little time as it takes steam to rise oout of their ears) attitude of all the charater's.
Drew McGlincy
pg. 5. "It is a truth universally acknowleged that a single man in possestion of a good fortune must be in want of a wife."
A book is only as good as its beginning, not to sound cliche, but this is a good example of a strong first line. This one sentence sets the stage for the next four hundred or so pages, and articulates a very strong central theme masterfully. So much of the novel's plot revolves around marring into money that this opening line seems so fitting.
~Alyssa
the quote tha ti picke dout was also the same as alyssa's quote, found at the beginning of the book, so instead of restating, it, im going ot further elaborat eon how i feel it stood and was important. aside from setting the precedent for the tone of the book, i felt as though it was almost an ironic quote. th ebook does have a huge theme where there is a hunt for marriage, but it seems to me that the women are more obgliagted to find marraige, more so than the men. sure th emen may be looking, but they could be coasting, letting hte women come to them.
ALso, it seems more to me like once again the women would be more in search of a wealthy husband, rather than a man looking fo rnayone hwo will step into his arms for the sake of his money.
pg 160 "Lord how ashamed I whoud be of not being married before three-and-twenty." When Lydia says this I think it is a great example of how the women of this age were brought up just to get married to wealthy husbands. They are told to be on the "hunt" continuously. Lydia is completely obsessed with finding a husband. So is her mother, she is pushing all her daughters to marry rich men.
-Kori
"If gratitude and esteem are good foundations of affection, Elizabeth's change of sentiment will be neither improbable nor faulty. But if otherwise - if regard springing from such sources is unreasonable or unnatural, in comparison of what is so often described as arising on a first interview with its object, and even before two words have been exchanged, nothing can be said in her defence, except that she had given somewhat of a trial to the latter method in her partiality for Wickham, and that its ill success might, perhaps, authorise her to seek the other less interesting mode of attachment" (226).
I know this quote is very long, but it wouldn't have made much sense without the entire thing. I really like this quote because I think it does a pretty good job of summing up Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy's relationship. The first part of the quote describes how their relationship ends up - based off of gratitude and esteem for each other. The first half of the quote describes the beginnings of their relationship, and how their opinions of the other were formed before words were even passed between them. This quote provides a basic outline of the plot, and describes the actions of the characters and even sums up the ideas of pride and prejudice (albeit in very simple terms). The idea of forming ideas about a person before getting to know them moves the entire plot of this novel along and I really liked that this quote summed it all up.
-Victoria M
p. 311: "She held out her hand; he kissed it with affectionate gallantry, though he hardly knew how to look, and they entered the house."
I think this passage is funny because it's basically saying that Wickham could not be a heroic gentleman, no matter how hard he tried. It might just be referring to the present situation (Elizabeth had just subtly confronted him about the real story between he and Mr. Darcy), but I found it funny to say that Mr. Wickham didn't even know how to be such a gentleman.
-Kayleigh
"'It is your turn to say something now, Mr. Darcy. I talked about the dance, and you ought to make some kind of remark on the size of the room, or the number of couples.'"
I laughed when I read this bit of conversation at one of the Balls. Maybe it isn't necessarily so essential to the novel's themes, but without even putting it in context, it just sums up my outer impressions of the novel. It is so funny how people think like that in this book, and even funnier to me that they would say that out loud, perfectly seriously. This happens a lot in dialogues between characters, and for me, provides much of the novel's humor. Also though, this quote exemplifies one of the frustrations I had in reading "Pride and Prejudice"-- how wordy and roundabout dialogues are. :)
-Sarah
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