Family Dynamics
Name of the main family in Pride and Prejudice
The Bennets
"She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me."
Darcy
The town near the Bennets' home where the ball is held and where the militia is stationed
Meryton
Bingley dances with this character twice at the ball
Jane
Saying one thing while meaning another for effect
Irony
This specific group of men arrives in Meryton in Chapter 7, instantly capturing the obsession of Lydia and Kitty
The militia regiment / the officers
"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading!"
Caroline Bingley
The estate Bingley rents
Netherfield Park
Mrs. Bennet begs her husband to do this in Chapter 1
Visit Netherfield
The literary technique of writing a character's first-person thoughts in the voice of the third-person narrator
Free Indirect Discourse
"Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance."
Charlotte Lucas
The name of Darcy's estate
Pemberley
The immediate reaction of Miss Bingley and Mrs. Hurst when Elizabeth arrives at Netherfield with muddy stockings
they mock and criticize her manners/appearance
Hints about later events
Foreshadowing
The daughter said to be most intelligent and sensible
Elizabeth
"I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine."
Elizabeth
The legal arrangement that keeps Longbourn from passing to the Bennet daughters
Entailment
Jane travels to Netherfield on horseback rather than by carriage, resulting in this consequence that extends her stay
She gets caught in the rain and falls ill
The distinction discussed by Elizabeth and Charlotte in Chapter 6 regarding pride versus this other trait, which involves caring too much about what others think
Vanity
Newly commissioned officer that four of the Bennet sisters meet while walking in Meryton
Mr. Wickham
"You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves."
Mrs. Bennet
A reason marriage is so urgent for the Bennet girls
Little Inheritance/few ways for women to earn a living/Entailment
Elizabeth does this when Sir William urges Darcy to dance with her
Refuses him
The famous opening line of the novel states that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of one of these
A wife
Mr. Bennet’s cousin and whom Longbourn will be entailed to
Mr. Collins
"My good opinion once lost is lost forever"
Darcy
Mr. Darcy claims a woman must have a thorough knowledge of these subjects to be truly accomplished (2 of 5)
music, singing, drawing, dancing, modern languages
Mr. Collins says he comes to heal a family quarrel, but his real purpose is to find this
Lady Catherine de Bourgh is this to Mr. Collins
his patroness