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Pride and Prejudice: Chapters 13- 24 >> Saturday, April 25, 2009

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Sometimes I believe what Mrs. Bennet is doing is evil, but she is doing it for her daighters.
Maybe Elizabeth should get to know Darcy herself instead of judging him and listening to others talk of him.
I thought Wickham would propose to Elizabeth.
I think Miss. Bingley does not want her brother to married Jane because of Elizabeth, she wants Elizabeth to suffer.
Mrs. Bennet brags so much about her daughters but they get nothing.

4 Questions

Instead of saying handsome, can't they say beautiful?
Is Mrs. Bennet doing it for her family or her daughter?
Will Jane's personality change through out the book?
Does Elizabeth knows that Darcy fancy her?

3 Vocabulary

Shire(pg. 67)- noun. one of the counties in Great Britian.
Preferment(pg. 99)- noun. promotion.
Caprice(pg. 114)- noun. a sudden, unpredictable change.

2 Literally Devices

"he was tall, heavy looking young man of five and twenty"(pg. 55)- Characteristic describing a new character.
"has her equal for beauty, elegance and accomplishments"(pg.103)-Characteristic, describing Georgiana Darcy.

Summary
More male characters appears in the plot and one of them catches Elizabeth's attention and that someone had a bad past with Darcy. Her relationship with Darcy is not improving either. And shockingly, Darcy's sister is to be web with Mr. Bingley who is the man that Jane is in love with.

Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen Chapters 1-12 >>

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Beauty seems to be the most important.
Mrs. Bennet should not judge by appearance.
Mrs. Bennet is not my favorite character so far because she seems selfish.
Pride is a good thing but also a downfall.
Elizabeth appears to be a stubborn character.

4 Questions

What if Bingley dpes not fall for any of them?
How old are the girls?
Does Miss. Bingley dislike the Bennets?
When they say plain do they meant looks or both looks and personalities?

3 Vocabulary

Scrupulous(pg. 2)- adj. having or showing strict regard for what one considers right
Pedantic(pg. 20)- adj. overly concerned with minute details.
Contempt(pg. 27)-noun.the feeling with which a person regards anything considered.

2 Literally Devices

"he is ate up with pride"(pg. 15)- Idiome, it is telling that he is full with rpride,
"to consider poetry as the food of love"(pg. 37)- Simile, it is comparing how poetry is full of love.

Summary
Starting the story off, you can see that women were thought to be a certain standard. They were judged base on looks and manners. Mr.s Bennet was one who relays on her daughters' looks to be married off. Two of them met with two men that are fit for them.

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