Jane Austen

Jane Austen

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Mr. Collins

Mr. Collins the nephew of Mr. Bennet comes to town to visit. He is a talker meaning he never stops and only talks about Lady Catherine De Bourgh about how well her manners are and what nice furniture she has and that’s all he talk about. He is also there to look at the estate and to pick a wife. While he is there he pays compliments to everyone to the family and to their friends that visit.

Friday, April 3, 2009

Help

Adde, what am I supposed to do????????????? keeler

~*Irony*~

Was it totally ironic that Jane ended up getting sick on her way to Netherfield. Her mom and sister just planned her getting wet from the oncoming rain while riding her horse to Netherfield to visit Mr. Bingley. Jane ended up getting really sick and had to stay more than just one night because she was in Netherfield as an invalid. Was it ironic in the way that Mr. Bingley and Jane acquainted on more than one occasion?

Manners and the arts.

Why is it so important to have the women, so well practiced in music and art, and also to have the perfect manners? Elizabeth Bennet, seems to be practiced in music but her manners are not as perfect as Jane, she has a very headstrong manner about her. Which makes her so different from just about everyone in the novel except for Mr. Darcy who has the same qualities that Elizabeth has.

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Mr. Bennets

We learn that Mr. Bennet's property is entailed, meaning that it must pass to a man after Mr. Bennet's death and cannot be inherited by any of his daughters. So in order for Mr. Bennets property to go to his daughters they have to go directly to the daughter's husbands. Do you believe this is fair in the way that the daughters are directly related to Mr. Bennet but they don't get the estate and that their husbands will get it? I believe that property could be owned by women and men and that the property should be distributed throughout the family not just the men of the family do.