P& P #12 4/6: 7-9

Quote- "Ah, Jane, I take your place now, and you must go lower, because I am a married woman" (Austen 294).

Explanation- Just as society has a social hierarchy where one family, is deemed better because they are richer and have more connections, than another family. When you are at the top your one job is to stay there; but when you are at the bottom your goal is to make it to the top. If you take this idea of a social triangle you can see that the Bennet family has portrayed one as well. Jane is at the top, and then it's Elizabeth, after that Mary, then Catherine, and finally Lydia. This family chart is based on age, how handsome you are, and your chances for marriage. Jane is at the top and all she has to do is stay there, while Lydia wants to come out of her shadow and rise to the top. And with her statement she has announced that she is now at the top and Jane is under her. Lydia has reached her goal by being the first one to get married.


Multiple Choice
On pages 289-290, Elizabet is talking about someone who "would most suit her", read the following passage and pick the man she is falling for.
"His understanding and temper, though unlike her own, would have answered all her wishes...his manners improved; and from his judgment, information, and knowledge of the world, she must have received benefit of greater importance.

A) Wickham
B) Collins
C) Sir Camelot
D) Darcy
E) None of these choices are correct