Movie Week 1

Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

by Marlene Azar -
Number of replies: 6

TITLE:Pride and Prejudice

AUTHOR: Jane Austen

  • Born: December 16, 1775
  • Died: July 18, 1817
  • Lived in England

BOOK'S PUBLICATION DATE: 1813

SETTING: 1800's

  • Various parts of England
  • Bennet Family House
  • Darcy's House
  • Various Balls (one at Mr. Bingley's house)
  • Atmosphere: strong family ties, love, hate

THEME:

The themes of this movie were making wrong judgements and marriage.

PLOT:

The mother, Mrs. Bennet, was trying to get all of her five daughters married to rich men.  The movie showed the various relationships of each sister (especially that of Elizabeth and Darcy, and Jane and Mr. Bingley).

MAIN CHARACTERS:

PROTAGONISTS:

  • Elizabeth Bennet- 2nd oldest sister, independent, quick to judge, stubborn
  • Mr.Darcy- rich, proud, quiet, also quick to judge
  • Jane Bennet- oldest sister
  • Mary Bennet- plays piano
  • Kitty Bennet-fooslish, giggly
  • Lydia Bennet- giggly, eloped with Wickham
  • Mr. Bingley- rich, wants to marry Jane
  • Mrs. Bennet- Mother, wants her daughters to marry
  • Mr. Bennet- Father, does not seem to care if daughters marry

ANTAGONISTS:

  • Lady Catherine-proud of status, does not want Darcy to marry Elizabeth
  • Mr. Wickham- soldier, lied about his inheritance, was liked by Elizabeth for a while

SYMBOLS:

Either I'm not good at finding symbols or there was not very much symbolism included in the movie.  One thing I found symbolic in the movie was when the father was holding the dragonfly as he was talking to Elizabeth.  It looked so fragile, it might have symbolized the delicateness of certain situations.  Each of the sisters' relationships represented the different reasons why people marry.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:

This movie/book is different from other love stories because it shows all different types of marriages: ones for money (Charlette and Mr.Collins), ones for love (Jane and Mr. Bingley), ones that evolved into love after misunderstandings (Elizabeth and Mr.Darcy) and ones that are done on the spur of the moment (Lydia and Mr. Wickham).  Also, the main character, Elizabeth, was a lot more independent than most women back then were.

RESPONSE:

I liked the idea and the themes of the movie, but I do not think that this particular story should have been made into a movie.  I would have perferred to read it as a book so I could get more of an insight into the character's thoughts.  Without that insight, I feel the movie probably lost some of the impact that the book would have had.  Overall though, I think Austen created a realistic tale with intricate details.

In reply to Marlene Azar

Re: Pride and Prejudice

by Marlene Azar -
Oh yeah, I forgot to add that most of the plot and character development occured through conversations, rather than actions.  I'm not really sure if I like that type of writting.
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Re: Pride and Prejudice

by Megan Tallman -

did you like the movie??

 i love it!!! big grin

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Re: Pride and Prejudice

by Marlene Azar -

Yeah.  Suprisingly, I liked it.  At first I thought it might be kind of boring, but once I started watching it, I thought it was ok.  Can't say I loved it though.

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Re: Pride and Prejudice

by Mrs. Gutman -
So now, in your free time, read some of her books; see how they compare to the movie. Does the director misrepresent the characters? the themes?
Full credit for this assignment
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Re: Pride and Prejudice

by Shelby Woodby -

Great job. I'm currently watching the movie (well, I watched the first half this morning before work, and I'm about to finish it up), but I was quite hesitant to do so. I'm not really a Keira Knightly fan, and I never wanted to see this film, but whatever. I like movies with old-fashioned settings anyway. It's alright so far, I keep critiquing little things about it, though, haha. But again, not finished with it. I did like your observation on the scriptwriting; it is true that a lot of the plot happens through dialogue rather than action. I'm not sure I'm too fond of it, either, but I think it kind of works for this movie. Back then, people had a more advanced vocabulary, at least in my opinion. And people used that vocab to communicate rather than dramatically acting things out. I think that's more of a modern thing, and kind of...immature. I mean, to them, it probably would have been outlandish and obnoxious.
But, that's how Jane wrote it. Maybe she thought dialogue was easier to write =P