We came up with these six questions for Pride and Prejudice, part one. Answer these questions and feel free to ask your own question you would like the group to answer or write about other things you found interesting throughout part one.
1.) The novel begins with one of the most famous first sentences in literature, "It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife" (pg. 5). What does this sentence mean and how does it set the tone for the novel?
2.) What are your feelings about Mr. Bennet? Is he a good father? A good husband? A good man? A positive or negative figure?
3.) First impressions of Mr. Darcy. Good? Bad?
4.) What is the role of women in the text? How are mothers represented? What about single/independent women?
5.) What does love and marriage mean to Mr. Collins?
6.) What do you think of the language Jane Austen uses throughout the novel? For example, “remember where you are, and do not run on in the wild manner that you are suffered to do at home.” (Ch. 9 pg. 43) What does this quote mean?
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