Pride
& Prejudice pages 201 - 235 |
| Identify the speaker and the context of each of the following quotations. Then choose 2 or 3 to reflect on in detail. Be sure to give a close reading and to connect the quotation to the novel as a whole. Discuss any relevant literary terms as well. |
| 1. “Wickham’s a fool, if he takes her
with a farthing less than ten thousand pounds. I should be sorry to think
so ill of him, in the very beginning of our relationship.” 4. "A man who has once been refused! How could I ever be foolish enough to expect a renewal of his love? Is there one among the sex who would not protest against such a weakness as a second proposal to the same woman?" 5. "I have not a doubt of your doing doing very well together. Your tempers are by no means unlike. You are each of you so complying that nothing will ever be resolved on; so easy that every servant will cheat you; and so generous that you will always exceed your income." |