Essay on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice
Length: 1000-1300 words.
Please format your file in Times New Roman 12-point font, 1-inch margins on all sides, double-spaced. The file submitted to the SafeAssignment on Blackboard must be in
.doc or .docx format. Points will be deducted for essays that fall below the minimum length or that do not follow these formatting guidelines.
You must submit your essay on Blackboard through the SafeAssignment posted in the Course Content section. Problems with Blackboard will not serve as an excuse for
essays turned in late. If you are having problems with Blackboard, email me your paper to wbonikowski@suffolk.edu before 10:00 am on March 6.
You must also bring a hard copy of your essay to class on March 6. Once again, both hard copy and electronic copy must be submitted by 10:00 am on March 6 in order to
avoid late penalties.
General Instructions: Your essay must have a thesis stated in the opening paragraph of your essay. A thesis is an argument that needs evidence to support it. The
evidence you will provide to support your argument are quotations from the novel. As a rule, you should have at least one quotation for each paragraph, not including
the introduction or conclusion. The quotations should support the point of the paragraph and the way in which it supports the point should be adequately explained to
the reader. When quoting passages from the novel, use MLA-style parenthetical citations. Since many of us are using different editions of the novel, please list the
edition at the end of your paper as a “Work Cited”:
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Name of city of publication: Name of publisher, Year of publication.
When quoting from the novel, use this format: (Chapter number. Page number). For example, if a quotation comes from Chapter 53 on p. 313, list it like this: (53.313).
Punctuation goes after the parentheses.
Focus on Elizabeth Bennet’s development over the course of the novel. What are her first impressions of the important characters in the novel and how do her
perceptions change? What does she learn about herself from having to confront her own prejudices? How does what she learns lead to the ending of the novel? How has she
changed from the beginning to the end? Answer these questions by choosing four specific scenes in which Elizabeth’s character is revealed at different points in the
novel. Describe the importance of each scene and analyze Elizabeth’s character using quotations from the novel. Show how Elizabeth develops through the use of your
examples. The most successful essays on this topic will not simply repeat what we have already discussed in class.
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