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…of being Ernest" Lady Bracknell does not like Jack because he does not have any money and does not live up to her standards, but little does she know. In "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen, Elizabeth thinks Mr. Darcy is a very rude and self…

…Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen The title of the novel Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, can be interpreted as a theme running through the novel. Pride, observed Mary, . . . is a very common failing, I believe. By all that I have…

…Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is the story of an English family in the early 1800's. The central theme in the story is the necessity of making a good marriage for each of the five daughters in the Bennet family. Elizabeth Bennet is the central…

…Mansfield Park is an enormously complicated novel, even by the standards of Jane Austen, who creates characters and situations of unusual difficulty in all her novels. Like other Austen novels, this one is concerned with a young woman trying to find her…

…teenager. He wears glasses, hangs out with his best friend, Harry Osborn (James Franco), and has a serious crush on Mary Jane Watson (Kirsten Dunst), the girl who has lived next door to him since he was six. She, of course, doesn't even know he exists. Things…

…(a treasonous charge in the king's consort) in May 1536. He married Jane Seymour by the end of the same month, who died giving birth to Henry's lone male heir, Edward, in October 1536. Early in 1540, Henry arranged a marriage with Anne of Cleves, after viewing Hans…

…Appearance vs. Reality In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice the theme of appearance versus reality is a recurring one. Austen seeks to prove that often one’s appearance hides one’s true character. This concept is clearly evident in the case of Mr…

…In Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice, Austen does a magnificent job at poking fun of the society in which the novel takes place through sarcastic remarks and witty satire. The title of Jane Austen’s novel plays a great role in the plot…

…Jane because of parallels between characters. Ricky's attitude to life convinces Lester to quit his job and is the main inspiration for Lester finally speaking his mind, which consists mostly of immature posturing. Basically, Lester has got the information…

…separate from the other immigrants. There were not too many attempts made to bring the people from various lands together either. Jane Addams’ Hull House allowed different ethnic groups use of its facilities at different times. This was done to keep any…