Pride and Prejudice — Quotes

11 quotes — Moral Growth with full 6-part analysis

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PROGRESS

“Your pride... his pride... for you are really proud of your defects in understan…”

LEXICAL REPETITION / SEMANTIC REFRAMINGSUBVERSION OF PATERNAL AUTHORITY

Elizabeth Bennet · Volume 3, Chapter 15

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PROGRESS

“Till this moment I never knew myself”

ANAGNORISIS / EPIPHANIC MONOSYLLABLESBREVITY AS STRUCTURAL VOLTA

Elizabeth Bennet · Volume 2, Chapter 13 (After Darcy's letter)

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STAGNATE

“My good opinion once lost is lost for ever”

EPIGRAM WITH ABSOLUTIST DICTIONDRAMATIC IRONY / PROLEPTIC REVERSAL

Mr Darcy · Volume 1, Chapter 11

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PROGRESS

“You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous. By you, I w…”

SEMANTIC FIELD OF EDUCATIONPASSIVE VOICE AS SURRENDER

Mr Darcy · Chapter 58 (Second Proposal)

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STAGNATE

“I am sure I cried for two days together when Colonel Miller's regiment went away…”

HYPERBOLE & ARRESTED DEVELOPMENTAUSTEN'S INDIRECT FORESHADOWING

Mrs Bennet · Chapter 7

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STAGNATE

“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in …”

RHETORICAL QUESTION AS PHILOSOPHYIRONY AS EVASION

Mr Bennet · Chapter 57

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REGRESS

“I am heartily ashamed of myself, Lizzy. But don't despair — it will pass, and no…”

SELF-AWARE BATHOSTRAGIC IRONY BENEATH COMEDY

Mr Bennet · Chapter 48 (After Lydia's Elopement)

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STAGNATE

“You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in y…”

OXYMORONIC MORAL LOGICEPISTOLARY SATIRE

Mr Collins · Chapter 48 (Letter about Lydia)

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STAGNATE

“A military life is not what I was intended for, but circumstances have now made …”

PASSIVE CONSTRUCTION AS SELF-EXCULPATIONVICTIM NARRATIVE

Wickham · Chapter 16

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STAGNATE

“I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle”

THE EXCUSE WITHIN THE ADMISSIONCONTRAST WITH DARCY'S CONFESSION

Wickham · Chapter 52 (via Lydia's account)

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PROGRESS

“I am certainly the most fortunate creature that ever existed!”

THE LANGUAGE OF FORTUNE, NOT MERITCONTRAST WITH ELIZABETH'S JOY

Jane Bennet · Chapter 55