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Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice Questions
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- Famous first line: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Is this still true? What about single women in possession of a good fortune?
- What’s up with breaking the book into three parts? What does each part demarcate? What are some plausible titles for the three parts?
- How is Pride and Prejudice different from a fairy tale romance like, say, Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty?
- At what point was it inevitable that Elizabeth and Darcy would get together?
- Is it true that Austen doesn’t include any philosophical arguments in her work? Or is she operating from a set of moral codes and beliefs? If so, what are they?
- How would the novel be different if it ended at Part Three, Chapter Eight, with Lydia and Wickham being married? In other words, what if Elizabeth/Darcy and Jane/Bingley never got together? How would the net effect of the novel change?
- Is the novel sending us a message? Don’t judge at first sight, don’t be disagreeable, don’t ride your horse in the rain? What about: love will conquer all? Or, love will conquer all if one of you is rich?
- What would the novel look like if written from Mr. Darcy’s point of view? Would any of the fundamental messages change?
- How plausible is this love story? Are we supposed to believe that Darcy is now A-OK with being related to Wickham? More broadly, are we supposed to swallow that Darcy got over his aversion to the lower classes after a few months?
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