Mr And Mrs Bennet Flashcards
What is the role of Mr Bennett
He’s a gentleman farmer Who is the state provides an income of £2000 per year which will go to his cousin when he dies
He is clever and amusing but not easy to live with in the first chapter he pretends he won’t visit Mr Bingley but does
He is always ready mock or tease his wife in front of his daughters in later humiliates daughters Mary in public
He generally plays a role in the novel defined by what he does not do
He criticises his younger daughter is running after offices but there’s nothing to stop them
What is Mrs Bennett’s role in the novel
She’s a tradesman daughter with little money of her own, she is excited by the news that Mr Bingley is coming to Netherfield as she is desperate to find husbands for her daughters
It’s quite undiscriminating so is equally glad to welcome Mr Collins once she has got over her prejudice
She is very shallow and changeable
She’s usually seen from the point of view of Jayne or Elizabeth you find her behaviour embarrassing in public and insensitive and private
What is Mr and Mrs Bennett’s marriage like
Mr Mrs Bennett are incompatible she doesn’t understand him he understands her and despises her later withhold the marriage as a result of physical attraction which should not last
She was interested in his money
He was in tested in her looks
What does this quote “The business of her life was to get her daughters married.” Show about Mrs Bennet
Mrs. Bennet’s life is metaphorically compared to a business, one with a single purpose – to marry off each of her five daughters to wealthy husbands in order that they achieve financial stability. That is her single goal and primary occupation in life. To Mrs. Bennet marriage for a woman is less about following one’s heart and more about economic stability. Austen is satirizing this view of marriage through the character of Mrs. Bennet and her obsession with finding beaux for her daughters.
What does this quote show about the Bennett’s marriage “He left the room, fatigued with the raptures of his wife.”
Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 2. Although Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet produce five daughters together, they don’t seem to be very compatible and have little in common with each other. Here Mr. Bennet, fed up with Mrs. Bennet’s enthusiastic chatter about finding husbands for their daughters, leaves the room.
What does the quote ‘her mother attended her to the door with many cheerful prognostics” show about Mrs Bennet
Mrs. Bennet is obsessed with marrying off her daughters and has little regard for their happiness or welfare. Here she schemes for Jane to travel by horseback rather than carriage to Charles Bingley’s Netherfield home, so that she will have to stay overnight. Mrs. Bennet knows that rain is expected, and when Jane is caught our in it she falls quite ill. Parents are meant to look out for the welfare of their children, but Mrs. Bennet’s harmful parenting leaves a lot to be desired.
What does this quote show “Pray do not talk of that odious man’ about the disagreements of Mr and Mrs Bennet
Mrs. Bennet cannot bear to hear Mr. Bennet mention the name of Mr. Collins. They have five daughters but Mrs Bennet takes control over what is allowed and what is not, constantly disagreeing
