Characters
Which character acts as a foil to Elizabeth by embodying rational, pragmatic acceptance of social norms?
Charlotte Lucas.
Which theme is explored through the tension between individual desire and collective social expectation?
Autonomy vs. Social Conformity.
Darcy’s letter performs what structural function in the narrative?
A pivotal anagnorisis (the critical moment in a drama or story when a character makes a sudden, profound discovery or recognition) moment initiating Elizabeth's character development.
What term describes Austen’s use of humour to expose folly, as seen in characters like Mr Collins and Mrs Bennet?
Satire.
Who originally wrote the line: "Not all those who wander are lost"?
Who is J.R.R. Tolkien
Which character is most shaped by narrative focalisation, influencing the reader’s biases early in the novel?
Mr Darcy (filtered predominantly through Elizabeth’s perspective).
Darcy’s emotional arc exemplifies which theme that demands introspection, humility, and moral responsibility?
Self‑knowledge / Moral Growth.
What is the structural significance of Elizabeth’s visit to Pemberley?
A narrative turning point where setting reflects Darcy’s true character (symbolic setting).
Reported speech (elays what someone said without using their exact words or quotation marks) and Direct Speech (repeats the exact words spoken, enclosed in quotation marks).
In Ride Monologue, Lana says: "I believe in the kindness of strangers." This is a reference to what text?
What is A Streetcar Named Desire
Which character functions as a satirical device critiquing obsequiousness and clerical hypocrisy?
Mr Collins.
The Bennet parents’ marriage serves as Austen’s critique of what broader thematic idea about partnership?
The consequences of unequal or imprudent marriages.
Austen’s frequent use of free indirect discourse results in what effect on reader interpretation?
It blurs character voice and narrator voice, shaping reader bias.
What term refers to the reader knowing only what one character perceives, affecting our understanding of Darcy early in the novel?
Limited perspective / Limited third-person narration.
The album "Ultraviolence" takes its name from what text?
What is A Clockwork Orange
Which character demonstrates the theme of performative politeness, masking self‑interest beneath civility?
Caroline Bingley.
Austen uses Elizabeth’s scepticism and irony to interrogate what theme related to reading people?
Misjudgment / Prejudice / Reliability of first impressions.
The novel’s ending exemplifies which structural convention typical of comedy, restoring order and social harmony?
A comedic dénouement.
What structural device describes a setting that reflects a character’s inner qualities or moral worth, such as Pemberley?
Pathetic fallacy or Symbolic setting (both acceptable depending on argument).
In the song "Off to The Races", which famous author does Lana quote and then paraphrase in the pre-choruses, and from what novel does this line come from?
Who is Vladimir Nabokov; what is Lolita.
Which character’s worldview most clearly illustrates the intersection of gender, economics, and personal agency, making her a socially constrained yet morally insightful figure?
Jane Bennet.
Which theme is revealed through Austen’s suggestion that love must balance reason with emotion — neither sentiment nor logic alone is sufficient?
Rational vs. Romantic Ideals in Love.
Austen structures Pride and Prejudice around a series of “revelatory reversals” that progressively undermine both Elizabeth’s and the reader’s interpretive assumptions. Identify one specific moment where such a reversal occurs after Darcy’s letter, and explain how this structural pattern functions as a meta‑commentary on the act of reading itself.
Austen’s tendency to “merge” the narrator’s voice with Elizabeth’s thoughts is known as what technique?
Free Indirect Discourse.
"I've been tearing around in my f**king nightgown, 24/7 Sylvia Plath" is a reference to what two Sylvia Plath texts?
Bonus points for what specific elements of the texts she's referencing.
What are the Bell Jar and Morning Star.
Bonus: In Bell Jar, Esther's depression causes her to not change her clothes for three weeks or sleep for seven days. In Morning Star, Plath writes "One cry, and I stumble from bed, cow-heavy and floral
In my Victorian nightgown."