Literary Devices
"I placed my hand on the heart and held it there many minutes. There was no pulsation." is an example of
What is alliteration
The eldest Bennet daughter who is quite amiable
Who is Jane
How many times was Jane Austen married?
Zero, she never married.
What was the original name of Pride and Prejudice before publication?
What is First Impressions
There is a stubbornness about me that never can bear to be frightened at the will of others. My courage always rises at every attempt to intimidate me.
Elizabeth Bennett
This genre of writing criticizes the social pressures of marriage & the importance placed on wealth and status
What is social satire / the social novel
Mr. Collins' benefactor
What is Lady Catherine
The Regency era specifically refers to
What is the time when George III couldn't reign due to mental disease and his son was named regency prince
How does Mrs. Bennet respond to Darcy coming around Longbourne after the Lydia fiasco?
She's unwelcoming and rude to him
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?
Mary, Kitty, and Lydia act as ______ for Jane and Lizzie
What are foils
Mr. Darcy's estate
What is Pemberley
Jane Austen's father's occupation
What is a clergyman
Who does Caroline Bingley want her brother to marry?
Who is Georgiana Darcy?
My good opinion once lost is lost forever.
Mr. Darcy
Darcy tells Lizzie, "The world is before you and you have only to choose your path" is an example of
What is metaphor
This character says, "the late Mr. Darcy, bequeathed me the next presentations of the best living his gift. He was my godfather, and excessively attached to me. I cannot do justice to his kindness."
Who is Wickham
What were the 'accomplishments'?
Why does Lady De Burgh go to Longbourne to speak specifically to Lizzie?
What is so that she can get Lizzie to promise she will not pursue an engagment to Darcy.
We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him.
Mr. Bennett
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." is an example of this literary device.
What is irony / sarcasm?
The term used to refer to the technique of including letters to introduce different points of view in a story.
What is epistolary
The wars were occurring during the time of the novel. (Hint: France was involved, too.)
What are the Napoleonic Wars
This sister best represents the dense, talentless (her father tells her to stop playing the piano) yet delusional persona from the Regency era.
Who is Mary?
Don’t keep coughing so, Kitty, for heaven’s sake! Have a little compassion on my nerves.
Mrs. Bennett