Marie Antoinette

Marie was the wife of King Louis the 16th she was the 15th yea penultimum child of  holy roman empress mother theresa. She wasd once like for her cham and beauty but was then start to be disliked because of her promiscuous behaviour and harbouring sympathies from frances enemies. Nine months after her husbands execution , she was tried nd executed for treason.

How does Austen create her characters in chapter 11?

In Chapter 11 Austin creates characters highlighting their moral qualities opposed to apperance. This is done through actions, the voice of the narrator and character descriptions.

The use of Darcy's actions give us an idea of how he is feeling 'unconscieously closed his book'. The fact he did it 'unconsciously' suggests that Darcy cannot help himself. This shows us as the reader that Elizabeth has power over his emotion, as her pressence make him do things he doesnt't realise he is doing. The fact 'he put his book down' implies he wants more and were his priorities for her lie in comparison to his book.

We see that Darcy has a sense of self awareness 'danger of paying miss Elizabeth too much attention' this shows he is beginnning to see the love he feels for her. The fact its described as 'dangerous' suggests it isn't something he wants to do maybe because of her status or money but alternitavley it could reinforce the idea that it's dangerous because he isn't incontrol. These actions give us a closer representation of Darcy's innner character and the way he feels for Elizabeth. This was chosen to be looked at because Austen was focused on people's moral feelings other than apperances.

We see how Elizabeth is a very importantly spoken character as her voice and the narrators intertwine. The words 'considerable' and 'agreeable' are words used to describe her sisters friend. Narrators are often correct so for the narrator to share words with the character could highlight an honest opinion but also show the reader how much Elizabeth's opinion can be valid. This could be a technique used by Austen to give the reader an implacation of the character of the Elizabeth.

Miss Bingley seems to come across as a flirty attention seeking character this is seen when 'jane no longer focus..... miss bingley's eyes instantly turn toward darcy'. The fact she 'instantly looks' shows she has some sort of attraction to him. In addition the fact 'jane is no longer the focus' higlights how much of a bigger priority darcy is at that point in time than jane.

Itb seems like Austen doesen't want to just cover the surface of the characters but their true habits and how it can be seen which gives the book a real sense of realism.

Maude Clare- Characterisation

Rossetti presents Maude Clare as a very predominant and attention seeking character. The fact that the title of the poem is "Maude Clare" and ends with her name suggests shes a character who wants to be th centre at the start and left in your mind at the end. Although it is the character "Nells" wedding we see that the narrator in the poem describes Maude Clare as "like a queen" and Nell the bride as "like a village maid" this highlights how important Maude Clare is and how highly she is looked upon that even though the bride should be the queen of her own marriage somebody else is. It is also very significant how the lines are layed out you would expect the queen to be the first line and the village maid the second line implying the status of the two highlighting the abnormality in this. Could it alternitavley be saying if you are the bride you are the most important regardless of your status.

This poem is spoken by predominantly female voices: Maude Clare, Nell and mother. Through the poem they seem to dominate the speach suggesting some superiority of women to men. Their is one point we hear the groom speaking but he only says the words " Maude Clare" reffering back to this idea that evreything revolves around the women. Hyphons are used to break up his speach into a stutter suggesting some kind of embarrasment which is reinforced when "he hid his face" this could be a symbol of the wrapped up guilt he feels for still having feelings for Maude Clare "my lord gazed long on Maude Clare" suggesting that some feeling still remains . Is he unsure if he is marrying the right women? Is he still emotionally attached to Maude Clare?.