Thursday, 24 November 2011

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.

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