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A 6 page paper comparing William Shakespeare's Othello and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The basis for comparison is the authors' treatment of the theme of deception and revelation in these two works. The paper concludes that while the same motif -- misplaced trust -- is treated in both works, the difference lies in one author's view of the situation as comic and redeemable and the other as tragic and doomed. Bibliography lists two sources.
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File: D0_Othpride.rtf
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sometimes through a careful explication of one work we find images that shed light on our understanding of the other. Moreover, there are within these two works not only a
similar theme -- that of deception -- but a similar interest in the motivations of revealing and concealing the truth. It is this last motif with which we will deal
in this paper, examining both these works to see how Shakespeare and Austen deal with deception and revelation -- mystery and truth -- in their respective works. Austens Pride and
Prejudice concerns the Bennet family, who are landed British gentry. They have, however, five daughters and little social clout, due to a complicated legal arrangement that deprives Mr. Bennet of
the right to will his land to his female children. Mrs. Bennets all-consuming interest, therefore, is to get all her daughters married as soon and as successfully as possible.
Automatically this sets up a scenario in which deception becomes the most likely solution to the problem. Why? Because Mrs. Bennet is not primarily concerned with finding the suitor who
would best suit each of her daughters individual interests, proclivities, and temperaments; very little emphasis is placed on encouraging those temperaments at all. Mary, whose hobby seems to be writing
"extracts" on scholarly subjects, is encouraged to be outgoing; the fretful Kitty is encouraged to stop coughing, because people find it nerve-wracking; Elizabeth, who is "sensible," is encouraged to be
flirtatious. The object is simply to market the Bennet sisters as attractive girls, perfect in every way, any of whom would make any gentleman a serviceable wife. When eldest
sister Jane finally does form an tentative attachment to a gentleman, Mr. Bingley, her mother is ecstatic, remarking to her daughter Elizabeth that now "Jane should therefore make the most
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