Pride and Prejudice Question

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TASK APRIL 2015

IN PAIRS, ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:


1. Compare the characters below:
A) Mr. Bennet vs. Mrs. Bennet
B) Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley
C) Mr. Bingley and Mr. Collins
D) Elizabeth Bennet vs. Charlotte
E) Jane Bennet vs. Charlotte
F) Lydia Bennet vs. Georgiana
G) Darcy vs. Wickham
2. Discuss the social and economic status highlighted in the novel. Why
do you say so?
3. Compare the kinds of houses/ wealth portrayed in the novel:
Netherfield, Pemberley, Rosings, the Gardiners house in London, the
Collinses. What do you learn about each family based on their house is
described and their way of living? Are houses natural natural
extensions of the owners personalities or do owners put their stamp
on the places where thay live? Why?
4. What are kinds of social ills highlighted in the novel?
5. Discuss the status and treatment of women portrayed in the novel.
6. How would the novel be different from the movie that you have
watched in class?
7. From whose perspectives do you think the novel is written? If the novel
is written from Darcys point of view, do you think that the
fundamental messages of the novel change?
8. What kinds of parents are being portrayed in the novel? Are they any
effective parents? What do you think of parents intervention in a
childs life?
9. Based on the Bennet siblings, what do the minor character siblings
reveal about the major character they related to? What do the sibling
relationship tell us about the families in the novel.

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