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A 5 page paper which examines the importance and function of letters in Jane Austen’s novel “Pride and Prejudice.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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people to communicate to one another when they were not in each others presence, was through letters. In a world without telephones or even telegraphs, letters were the only way
people could communicate with one another when they were not together. As such they were one sided personal accounts that allowed the reader to see and envision many things, not
the least of which was the personality or character of another person. The following paper examines the significance of letters in Jane Austens novel "Pride and Prejudice." The paper focuses
on how these letters allow the main characters, and the reader, to really see the true nature of others. Letters in "Pride and Prejudice" Letters are talked about,
right down to details of ones pen, all throughout this novel. We know, therefore, from the beginning, that writing letters, reading letters, and receiving letters is a very important social
part of these people and their lives. One of the first letters that truly begins to illustrate how complex a letter can be, in relationship to conveying an image of
a character, and the perception other characters have of an individual, is a letter from Mr. Collins. In the following we see Elizabeth contemplate the mans character by way of
his letter: "He must be an oddity, I think, said she. I cannot make him out.--There is something very pompous in his style.--And what can he mean by apologising
for being next in the entail?-We cannot suppose he would help it if he could.--Could he be a sensible man, sir?" (Austen Chapter 13). Her father replies that he
has "great hopes of finding him quite the reverse. There is a mixture of servility and self-importance in his letter, which promises well" (Austen Chapter 13). In this we see
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