The function and importance of letters in Pride and Prejudice
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Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is commonly accredited
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Austen employs the omniscient narrative voice which is further improved by character correspondence and dialogue that makes the work a classic. According to Lenckos (2005), Austen matured as a writer immediately after the recognition of the epistolary,
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Pride and Prejudice was first written in a letter form titled First Impressions and therefore letters serves a vital function in the novel (Leckos,2005). This study analyzes the functions and importance of letters in Pride and Prejudice
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by looking at how they contribute to plot development, character development and construction of the social setting of the novel. Jane Austen uses letters exchange
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the exchange of letters
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which makes up the social context on
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the novel. The writer includes twenty letters in her novel, indicating the magnitude of letters in a small circle of acquaintances.
Austen employs letters in Pride and Prejudice to develop her characters. The author reveals much about the characters through letters.
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Austen uses letters which enables
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her characters to converse beyond the limits of the dialogue used in the novel and in so doing the characters differentiate themselves from the others. The author employs each letter to offer a glimpse into its writer’s character and stream of thoughts
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and aspirations. For example, Caroline Bingley in her first letter to Jane shows her frivolous nature and lighthearted
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character. In her letter, Bingley uses hyperbole and a playful tone to make the dinner invitation: “If you are not so compassionate as to dine today with Louisa and me, we shall be in danger of hating each other for the rest of our lives, for a whole day’s tete-a-tete between two women can never end without a quarrel.”(Austen 2001)
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Secondly, Mr. Collin’s long letter sent to Mr Bennet reveals the clergyman’s character to the readers. When Mr. Bennet receives and reads the letter, he can tell that the man he is about to meet would definitely be full of amusement and comic.
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He anticipates that the writer of the letter would provide the needed comic
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to the company given that he learns from the letter that Mr. Collin possesses
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numerous self compliments and self praise. In the same manner, the other entire letter in the novel reveals to the reader a glimpse of the character trait of its writer. Mr. Darcy
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letters, tell a lot about him as they reveal him to be reserved and warm to others.
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his compassion and pride are exposed to the reader in his letter where he explains his involvement in the Bingely affairs. Jane Bennett’s letters are discreet and lack judgment; Lydia writes while paying no attention to what she is writing. In his letters, Mr. Gardiner aims to be the holder and giver of solutions and good news (Austen, 2001). On the other hand, Mr. Collins writes of his intent to marry Bennett’s daughters in a manner to suggest that what he is doing amounts into
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a big favor to the family (Austen, 2001) The letter written by Darcy to Elizabeth reveals that he respects her and desires that Elizabeth prospers
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this is despite Darcy’s proposal that was insulting. Surprisingly, Darcy’s sole letter is seen to contain more matter than Mr. Collins’ many letters,
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therefore, through the letter Darcy emerges to the reader as being a romantic hero.
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Apart from the development of character traits, Austen uses letters in Pride and Prejudice to develop the plot of the novel. The author uses letter
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as a vehicle through which the much awaited news and invitations are sent. Austen (2001) says that in any given day, the time at which letters were expected formed the most anxious time of the day. The anticipation of what the letters held made sure that the time was awaited eagerly.
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She uses letter to advance the events in the novel by moving the reader though the journey of the society way
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of life and love (Nixon and Penner, 2005). When the invitation to Netherfield arrives to announce the coming of Mr. Collins, the whole of the household is in a flurry caused by the pack
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of unmarried daughters and their mother. Later, letters poison the excitement when information arrives saying that the Bingleys are supposed to leave for England. In developing the plot of the novel, Austen uses letters to introduce almost all the major points that develop the plot. The most eminent of letter
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doing this is Mr. Darcy’s letter sent to Elizabeth, in which he confesses his involvement in the separating of Bingley and Jane and relationship with
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.After reading Darcy’s letter the reader knows its writers
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character and it is clear why he chose a letter rather than face to face confrontation to reveal such an important clue in the story.
Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is a love a story
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that is set alongside a tradition-driven nineteenth century society that experienced the clash in which the middle class struggled to secure the future of their unmarried daughters. Letter writing was an essential ingredient that characterized the period (Nixon and Penner, 2005). By using letters in her novel, Austen intended aimed
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to produce a work of literature that mirrored the genuine state of the existing society. In addition to this,
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an intimate expression in which humans can express their inner thoughts.
In Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, letters function on several levels. They create real and vivid characters whose traits become believable to the readers by forming a vehicle for insightful characterization. Letters also ensure that the plot of the novel develops as the main events are revealed through letters. When viewed as a whole, the letters used by the author points
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s out much about the existing social conventions, setting and the societal preoccupation with small details that make up the
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