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Explain Pride and Prejudice?

  • I Am 16, and a sophmore in high school. we are reading Pride and Prejudice and I cant understand a thing!! Im so confused can someone please explain this to me? Im failing EVERY TEST!! I NEED HELP ASAP PLEASE!

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    You'll need to specify exactly what you need assistance with. I doubt anyone will write a dissertation explaining the entirety of the book for you. So let us know what you're struggling with and we'll try to help. EDIT: Instead of typing out a lot of dribble (I'm always long-winded), I found a resource that describes things even better than I would have so I'll link them in this answer for your consideration. A brief description of Characters: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/pride/characters.html Thorough Analysis of Main Characters: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/pride/canalysis.html Themes/Symbolism: http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/pride/themes.html As for romantic engagements: 1) Jane Bennet & Charles Bingley: ** They are mirror images of each other. Sweet natured, kind, non-judgmental, enthusiastic, and optimistic. Their relationship serves as a foil to Elizabeth and Darcy. A foil is a device that contrasts against main character to highlight certain aspects. Ie: Darcy and Elizabeth's Pride and their social-conscious prejudices. 2) Lydia & Wickham: ** They are the polar opposites of Elizabeth and Darcy where Lydia is foolish, conceited, and immature (forsaking propriety), and Wickham is self-entitled, deceitful, and opportunistic. This engagement served as a catalyst that propelled both Elizabeth and Darcy to confront their flaws of personal pride and prejudice. Their elopement is a direct result of Darcy paying off Wickham to protect Lydia's (and indirectly Elizabeth and family), honor. He overcomes his pride and prejudice against Wickham's past and does this for Elizabeth. Similarly, Elizabeth sees the truth of Darcy's words about Wickham and realizes that her prejudice against Darcy and her pride in her own family were misguided. 3) Mr. Collins (Lizzies cousin), & Charlotte Lucas (Lizzie's best friend): ** Again, this relationship serves as a foil to Darcy and Elizabeth's relationship. Both Mr. Collins and Charlotte married for practical reasons instead of love. But both Darcy and Elizabeth forsake practicality and allow romanticism to lead them. (It was impractical for Darcy to choose Elizabeth, who is of lower birth rank, as a wife. And it was impractical for Elizabeth to seek love outside of her social station). Hope this helped.

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You 'can't understand a thing'? OK, either you haven't read the book, or you need to be in remedial class. There is nothing in Pride & Prejudice that a normal 16-year-old couldn't understand. No, it's not written in the style of some young adult romance aimed at 12 year olds, but seriously, it's really not very difficult: it's really accessible and the plot is very simple (and archetypal, in fact). The vocabulary isn't hard. Stop panicking - if you just take the time to read the book and concentrate on it, you shouldn't have any problems at all. Read the book, and take a look at a plot summary online. That's all you should need to do, and even the plot summary will only be necessary if you're desperate. If you really have read it from cover to cover and you genuinely don't understand a single thing, then you need to talk to your teacher about being moved into a lower-level English class.

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