Class A-PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Pride and prejudice was written by

• Jane Austen

• William Shakespeare

• Emily Bronte

Pride and Prejudice is a story of ...................

between the spirited and lovely but poverty stricken

and prejudiced Elizabeth, and the

pompous, proud and intriguing aristocrat

Mr Darcy.

A synonym of wealthy

• rich

• pompous

• aristocrat

What does dull mean?

• lonely

• boring

• bland

Bingley has inherited a hundred thousand

pounds from his father, but for now, in spite

of his sisters’ complaints, he lives as a tenant.

His friendship with Darcy is “steady,” despite

the contrast in their characters, illustrated in

their respective reactions to the Meryton ball.

Bingley, cheerful and sociable, has an excellent

time and is taken with Jane; Darcy, cleverer but

less tactful, finds people dull and even criticizes

Jane for smiling too often.

WHAT'S THE APPROPRIATE TITLE?

• A spark is born

• Contrasting temperaments

• Cunning behaviour

Jane Austen initially titled the novel ....................

“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.“

Which two topics are revealed in the opening line?

• honesty and wealth

• marriage and social status

• marriage and relationships

How despicably I have acted! I, who have prided myself on my discernment! I, who have valued myself on my abilities! who have often disdained the generous candour of my sister, and gratified my vanity in useless or blameable mistrust! How humiliating is this discovery! Yet, how just a humiliation! Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind!

This extract shows Elizabeth's ...........

• narrow-mindedness

• loneliness

• persistence

A synonym of "get"

• obtain

• inherit

• complain

Husbands and wives are......

• spouses

• single

• stir