Literary Lens
This literary theory examines how history and culture shape a text’s meaning and how a work reflects the time it was written in.
What is New Historicism?
This global issue focuses on unfair differences in income and access to opportunity.
What is wealth inequality?
The author of Pride and Prejudice is this English novelist.
Who is Jane Austen?
This theory focuses on how literature represents power relationships between men and women.
What is Feminist Theory?
When women’s roles and freedoms are limited by cultural expectations, this inequality is at work.
What is gender inequality?
The two main characters who fall in love after overcoming pride and prejudice are these.
Who are Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy?
This theory analyzes how class struggle and economic inequality influence characters and conflicts in a story.
What is Marxist Theory?
The pressure to conform to social norms, appearances, or expectations describes this global issue.
What is societal pressure?
This friend of Elizabeth marries Mr. Collins for security.
Who is Charlotte Lucas?
This term describes the hatred of women
What is Misogyny?
When a society values wealth and status over personal happiness, characters may experience this moral or emotional conflict.
What is materialism?
This character runs away with Wickham, causing a family scandal.
Who is Lydia Bennet?
New Historicism suggests that texts and readers are both shaped by this ______ the complex web of social, cultural, and political forces of their time.
What is historical context?
In Pride and Prejudice, marriage functioning as a financial transaction reflects this global issue connecting class and gender.
What is the intersection of wealth inequality?
The novel takes place in this country during the early 19th century.
What is England?