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A 3 page paper (including a ½ page abstract) which two similarities and two differences between the two literary characters. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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sought to create strong female characters, as represented by Elizabeth Bennet in Austens Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Janie Crawford in Hurstons Their Eyes were Watching God (1937). A
deeper understanding of these characters can be achieved by comparing their similarities and differences. Both women often think with their hearts rather than their heads and frequently look for
love in all the wrong places. Elizabeth is quick to dismiss Fitzwilliam Darcy in favor of the more polished George Wickham, only to discover she has been deceived.
Resisting a loveless marriage to the much-older Logan Killicks, Janie thinks she finds love with Joe Sparks and Tea Cake Woods, but these relationships are considerably less than satisfactory.
These characters are also creatures of nature and the ways in which they perceive nature represent their optimism that they will find inner contentment. Their differences stem from being
on opposite ends of the socioeconomic spectrum, with Elizabeth hailing from a comfortable, middle-class family while Janie is denied social entry as a working-class African-American woman. The language dialects
they speak are also much different and reflect their distinctive lives and times, trials and tribulations. Jane Austen was a prim and proper nineteenth-century Victorian lady; Zora Neale Hurston
was a plain-speaking twentieth century African-American woman with attitude. But both women were feminists of their respective times and interested in creating strong female characters. Two of their
most memorable characterizations were those of Elizabeth Bennet in Austens 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice and Janie Crawford in Hurstons 1937 tale, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Surprisingly, however,
despite the temptation to rush to judgment that these characters are as different as two women can be, there are notable similarities that prove - as Austens novels often reveal
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