Pride-and-Prejudice傲慢与偏见英文教学内容

Lydia Bennet
Lydia Bennet is the youngest of the Bennet sisters. Lydia is extremely flirtatious, naive, and reckless. Her main activity in life is socializing, especially flirting with the officers of the militia. This leads to her elopement with George Wickham without much thought for the consequences to her family.
Mrs. Bennet
Mrs. Bennet is overbearing, obnoxious and narrow-minded. Her public manners and social climbing are embarrassing to Jane and Elizabeth. Her favourite daughter is the youngest, Lydia and she values the beauty of the eldest, Jane. Her main ambition in life is to marry her daughters to wealthy men; whether or not any such matches will give her daughters happiness is of little concern to her.
And through his influence, the former tie between Bingley and Jane is renewed, which leads to their engagement.
Darcy and Elizabeth also become engaged despite the intervention of Lady Catherine de Bourgh. The story then ends happily with the marriages of Jane and Elizabeth.
However, Darcy continues to be attracted to her, in spite of himself, till he proposes to her but is rejected indignantly. Later on, on a trip to north of England with her uncle and aunt, Elizabeth chances to meet Darcy, who receives them very warmly and shows greatly improved manners. Thus pride and prejudice is removed.
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another two daughters
Plot Summary
Mr and Mrs Bennet live with their five daughters at Longbourn near London. Because they have no son, their property will have to pass, according to the law at that time, to a cousin, William Collins. Hoping to secure their daughters’ position in society, they both want to marry them to some wealthy gentlemen.
Mr. Bennet is the father of Elizabeth Bennet and head of the Bennet family. Mr. Bennet is shrewd, witty, learned and detached. He has a bitingly sarcastic humour and can only derive amusement from his "nervous" wife and three "silly" daughters--Mary, Kitty and Lydia. He is closest to his daughter, Elizabeth, and is also attached to his eldest daughter, Jane.
It so happens that Charles Bingley, a single man in possession of a good fortune, comes to settle in the neighborhood with his two sisters and his friend Fitzwilliam Darcy, who is also rich and unmarried.
Themes
OTheme of Marriage
OCharlotte Lucas, Lydia Bennet, Jane Bennet and Elizabeth Bennet get married to men who are sufficiently appropriate for each of them. Marriage becomes an economic rather than social activity. In the case of Charlotte, the seeming success of the marriage lies in the comfortable economy of their household. The relationship of Mr and Mrs Bennet serves to illustrate all that a marriage relationship should not be. Elizabeth and Darcy marry each other on equal terms after breaking each other's 'pride' and 'prejudice' and Austen clearly leaves the reader with the impression that the two will be the happiest.
Charles Bingley
Charles Bingley is a handsome, good-natured, and wealthy young gentleman, who rents Netherfield Park near Longbourn. He is contrasted with his friend Mr Darcy as being more kind and more charming and having more generally pleasing manners, although not quite so clever. He lacks resolve and is easily influenced by others.
Bingley and Jane fall in love with each other almost at first sight. And Darcy is attracted to Jane’s sister Elizabeth, but he offends her by his insolent behavior and rude remarks at a ball. The dislike and repulsion(反感) is increased by the pride of the one and the prejudice of the other.
Just at this point, news reaches Elizabeth that her youngest sister Lydia has eloped with Wickham. By Darcy’s help, their marriage is finally brought about.
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Themes
OTheme of Wealth
OMoney plays a key role in the marriage market, not only for the young ladies seeking a well-off husband, but also for men who wish to marry a woman of means. Inheritance was governed by laws of entailment. When there was no heir to the estate, the family had to entail its fortune to a distant cousin. Inheritance laws benefited males because most women did not have independent legal rights. As a consequence, women's financial security at the time the novel is set depended on men. For the upper middle class, marriage to a man with a reliable income was almost the only road to security for the woman and her future children.
骄傲多数情况下无非是我们对自己的看法但虚荣却指的是我们过于看重其他人对我们的评价
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen
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Main Characters Plot Summary
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CONTENTS
目 录
Mr. Bennet
George Wickham
George Wickham an officer in the militia, is superficially charming and rapidly forms an attachment with Elizabeth Bennet. He spreads rumors about the wrongs Mr Darcy has done him, adding to the local society's prejudice, but eventually he is found to have been the wrongdoer himself.
William Collins
William Collins is Mr Bennet's clergyman cousin and heir to his estate. Mr. Collins is a conceited, narrow-minded sycophant(马屁精) Advised by Lady Catherine, his patroness(女资助人), to find a wife, he initially takes a fancy to Jane, and instantly transfers his affections to Elizabeth upon learning of Jane's impending match with Mr. Bingley. After being rejected by his second choice, he proposes to Charlotte Lucas, who accepts him.
Jane Bennet
Jane Bennet is the eldest Bennet sister. She is generally considered to be the most beautiful of her sisters. Her character is contrasted with Elizabeth's as sweeter, shyer, and equally sensible, but not as clever; her most notable trait is a desire to see only the good in others.