Pride & Prejudice - V2

Question 1

• Chapter 24 - letter for Jane from Miss Bingley
• Mr Bingley values his friends opinions so much that he is easily persuaded by them.
• He is led to believe Jane doesn’t love him becuase others said so.
• Highlights how he is easily manipulated.

Answer 1

“which made him the slave of his designing friends”


Question 2

• Chapter 43 - Lizzy visits Pemberley
• This shows how Darcy is grappling with his attraction to Lizzy, but his pride and social class make her lower rank seem as ‘degrading.’
• this language is very insulting and harsh which makes Lizzy offended by his proposal.
• It also shows Darcy’s internal struggle with the societal pressures of class distinction

Answer 2

“His sense of her inferiority - of its being a degradation … were dwelt on”