Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Homework: Read "Pride & Prejudice" by Jane Austen, Chs. IX - XII

Please read Chapters 9-12 and respond to the reading.  Please use the questions below as a guide for our discussion.  Use 2-3 direct quotations in your responses.  Engage with the text.  Engage with each other.



Darcy says, "You looking at me and my fine eyes?"


CHAPTERS 3 -6

      1.     Despite Bingley’s appearance as a most eligible bachelor, what is revealed about his family, his age, and his inexperience?

      2.     How is Elizabeth’s fun at Darcy’s expense different from his own behavior toward her and her friends and family?

      3.     Do you agree with Mrs. Lucas’s distinction between pride and vanity and her conclusion that Darcy has a right to feel proud?

      4.     Why might Miss Bingley be eager to criticize the Bennet girls and their mother?

      5.     What is revealed about the characters of Mary and Elizabeth by their piano performance?

      6.     What effect does Elizabeth’s teasing have on Darcy? Is Elizabeth intentionally trying to provoke Darcy’s attention? Note his continued attraction, despite her “inferiority.”


CHAPTERS 7 -13

      7.     What influences Elizabeth’s opinion of the Bingleys?

      8.     What does Darcy consider an accomplished woman? What does this reveal about him?

      9.     How does Darcy react to Miss Bingley’s comments about the Bennets? 

     10. How does Darcy characterize his own faults? (How does he reveal more about himself?)




      Lizzy says, "Fine eyes indeed!"