EXTEND – A second proposal #620952 - Prove ed esercizi Zanichelli

STEP 4 Spot the themes!

Which are the main themes of this passage? Select the correct statements.

A: Personal growth

B: Gossip

C: Love and marriage

D: Vanity

E: Travel

F: Embarrassment

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STEP 1 Find out more about Elizabeth and Darcy's relationship

Read the introduction and the passage, then decide if the statements are true or false.

A: Elizabeth and Darcy are talking outdoors.

B: This is the first time Darcy proposes to Elizabeth.

C: Lady Catherine was supportive of Elizabeth and Darcy's marriage.

D: Darcy blames Elizabeth for criticising him in the past.

E: In the end, Elizabeth believes that both she and Darcy have become better people.

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STEP 2 Focus on the mood

How are Elizabeth and Darcy feeling during this scene? Choose the correct alternative.

1 When Darcy says 'one word from you will silence me on this subject for ever', he shows that he is ________.
2 At first, Elizabeth is ________.
3 Elizabeth is unable to ________ Darcy.
4 Lady Catherine's visit made Darcy ________.
5 Darcy feels ________ about how he treated Elizabeth before.

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STEP 5 Think further and prepare for your test: shame

Read the text taken from an essay by a literary critic, in which he focuses on the theme of shame in Pride and Prejudice. Decide if the statements are true or false. Then look at the prompts below and write some extra reflections in your exercise book. You can use the final text as revision material for your test.

'Shame is the main affectual motif associated with Elizabeth throughout the novel. Sometimes she herself feels ashamed, worthless, humiliated; at other times, characters attempt to shame her. Whether they succeed or not depends on such things as the accuracy of their charges and the degree of her attachment to the shamer. Caroline Bingley, Mr. Collins and Lady Catherine de Bourgh are largely ineffectual in their attempts to play upon her shame; Darcy's criticisms are, in the long run, less easily dismissed. […] She is restored to happiness when Darcy revives his marriage proposal, but at the end of the novel considerable attention is devoted to the continuing embarrassments of the courtship phase.'

(Gordon Hirsch, 'Shame, Pride and Prejudice: Jane Austen's Psychological Sophistication.' Mosaic: A Journal for the Interdisciplinary Study of Literature 25, no. 1 (1992): 63–78.)

Prompts:
1 Refer to STEP 4 and reflect on how embarrassment emerges in the passage 'A second proposal'.
2 Refer to STEP 3 and say how embarrassment relates to Elizabeth's development.
3 Refer to the box 'Characters' in section 6.17 of your textbook and explain how Elizabeth is an example of a round character.

A: Even as Elizabeth matures as a person, shame remains the ongoing emotional theme connected with her character throughout the novel.

B: Elizabeth's feelings of shame can come from both her own mistakes and from how other characters treat her.

C: Lady Catherine was successful in shaming Elizabeth into promising not to marry Darcy.

D: The second proposal shows that shame can be a positive force in Elizabeth's moral and emotional development.

E: After the second proposal, all the awkwardness and embarrassment from Elizabeth and Darcy's courtship has disappeared completely.

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STEP 3 Think about character development

Complete the descriptions of Elizabeth's change with the words given.

In this passage, Austen shows how much Elizabeth has ________ as a person. While the allusion to her conversation with Lady Catherine demonstrates that she remains an ________ woman who follows her own mind without being influenced by others' ________, she now reflects carefully on her ________. She tells Darcy that her early thoughts about him were too ________ and shaped by ________, and is able to reconcile with him. This moment highlights both her emotional ________ and deeper understanding of herself.

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