...Bridget Jones’s Diary vs. Pride and Prejudice Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding is about a single woman over 30, who smokes too much, drinks too much, and has a tendency to say whatever comes into her mind. She asks herself: can she find her place in the world, and a man? Her parents recommend a man by the name of Mark Darcy. While he might be wealthy and polite, he just seems too awkward and stiff. A good example of Mark's awkwardness is when he says "I. Um. Are you reading any, ah ... Have you read any good books lately?" Is she going to find the love of her life or is she ever going to live the rest of her life in loneliness and despair? Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen takes place in Georgian England where Mrs. Bennet raises her five daughters Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty and Lydia, - with the purpose of getting them married to rich husbands that can support the family. They are not from the upper class, and their house in Hertfordshire will be inherited by a distant cousin if Mr. Bennet dies. A wealthy bachelor by the name of Mr. Bingley and his best friend Mr. Darcy arrive in town to spend time near the Bennet’s. The shy and beautiful Jane falls in love with Mr. Bingley whereas Elizabeth finds his friend, Mr. Darcy, a snobbish and cold man. She swears to loathe him forever. Interestingly enough this is instead the beginning of their wonderful love story. Bridget Jones’s Diary was written by Helen Fielding in 1996. This is one hundred and eighty-three years after...
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...Pride and Prejudice Elizabeth Bennet At the beginning of the book when Elizabeth and Darcy meet, they do not like each other very much. They actually dislike each other. This dislike continues through a large portion of the book. Darcy feels his social and financial status puts him above Elizabeth and that is most of the problem. Elizabeth feels that Darcy and those like him are automatically snobbish and so she really didn’t give him much of a chance in the beginning but his arrogant manner didn’t help the situation. Class and marriage plays an important part in Darcy’s arrogant ways. At the time this book was written, love was hardly a reason why people got married. More than likely it was two people of the same social standings marrying to join their estates. If a woman of lower social standings married a man like Darcy, she was marrying up. She was moving up in social and financial settings. Elizabeth drew her conclusions early about Darcy. His sister was also arrogant and looked down on the Bennet sisters. I feel that if Elizabeth took more time to get to know Darcy she would have found out he wasn’t the man she thought he was. Elizabeth’s pride was wounded when she overheard Darcy speaking to Mr. Bingley about her. He said she was tolerable but not handsome enough to tempt him. He also said Mr. Bingley was already dancing with the only handsome woman in the whole place. He also later said that he wasn’t drawn to her because of her low connections....
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...Case Study: Sound Analysis The use of sound elements within a seven-minute sequence from Joe Wright’s Pride and Prejudice (2005). This case study will focus on the scenes in which Elizabeth and Colonel Fitzwilliam discuss Darcy in church, and the following scene in which Darcy initially confesses his love for Elizabeth, and is rebuked. In these scenes, sound is used to transfer information regarding the genre, tone, characters and setting. Pride and Prejudice is a typical “novel of manners”, period and romantic genre, drawing on classical music elements to set the film style. This sequence begins with Elizabeth Bennet speaking in hushed tones to Colonel Fitzwilliam whilst in church, discussing Mr. Darcy’s actions of separating a couple; briefly, Elizabeth’s pitch becomes higher and her voice louder, suggesting she feels strong emotions towards this information, perhaps outrage. That they are speaking in whispers proposes that they do not wish to be overheard, giving the idea that the subject on which they are speaking is something secretive and inappropriate given their current environment. At the discovery of new information regarding Darcy’s split of her sister from his friend, Elizabeth appears overcome with emotion, and gasps audibly when Darcy catches her eye. In these last few moments of the scene, the non-diegetic soundtrack slowly increases in volume, until it is suddenly at the same intensity as that of the diegetic sound within the film...
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...The story revolves around Elizabeth Bennet, one of five sisters in Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice. The novel has many different plots, one of relationships between Elizabeth’s older sister Jane and Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy, Mr. Wickham and Elizabeth herself. The Netherfield ball is one that the Bingleys host and Elizabeth and her whole family attend. In this chapter, Austen exposes the Bennet’s behaviors, including Elizabeth, presenting the theme of social class and expectations. Elizabeth enters the Bingley’s house hoping to spend the evening with Wickham, but she learns that he isn’t there. Her disappointment affects her own attitude for the evening as she had “a degree of ill humour, which she could not wholly surmount even in speaking to Mr. Bingley, whose blind partiality provoked her” (Austen 89). This behavior isn’t very mannerly as she is probably expected to act gaily even if she is grieved. Even after, “the two first dances…brought a return of distress; they were dances of mortification” (Austen 89). Elizabeth is forced to dance with her cousin, Mr. Collins, who is not a very graceful dancer and “gave her all the shame and misery…a disagreeable partner…can give” (Austen 89). This greatly affects her spirits and manner as she accepts a dance with Mr. Darcy. Her friend, Charlotte, even whispers “not to be a simpleton and allow her fancy for Wickham to make her appear unpleasant in the eyes of a man ten times his consequence” (Austen 89). This shows social...
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...Romanticism Paper Anna Mazur HUM/266 June 11, 2013 Darcy Vernier Romanticism Paper Romanticism is defined as “attitude or intellectual orientation that characterized many works of literature, painting, music, architecture, criticism, and historiography in Western civilization over a period from the late 18th to the mid-19th century” (Encyclopedia Britannica, 2013). The emphases of Romanticism were uniqueness, imagination, free expression, sensitivity, communion with nature, and the idea of the creative artist as visionary genius. This paper will show how ideas and emphases of Romanticism are illustrated in different art forms such as literature, dance, and painting. In English literature Jane Austen’s (1775-1817) Pride and Prejudice has become one of the most popular novels. The story is set at the turn of the 19th century and portrays an ironic and compassionate vision of human nature and its tendency for comic absurdity. The novel, written in narrative form, illustrates the conflict between Elizabeth Bennet, the daughter of a countryside gentleman, and Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich aristocrat. The story about Bennet family, living in the small town near London, where Mrs. Bennet preoccupied with finding a proper husbands for her five daughters. Mr. Bennet, on the other side, is humorous and intellectual minor gentlemen consider his wife unwise. The central part of the story involves the relationship between the clever and beautiful Elizabeth Bennet and the proud and...
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...Viviana Albino INGL3312-016 Aug. 21, 2015 Reflection on Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice to me is a romantic novel set in a time where your status or class were all that mattered. Your status depended on who your father was, who you were married to and how much money you made. Education was also an important thing in the upper class but education also had to do with how to behave and entertain people. Marriage was a very important and crucial thing for women, especially for the Bennets because once Mr. Bennet dies, his cousin would inherit all of his fortune leaving his wife and daughters with nothing. So I would think that the Bennet women would have to get married for security, or at least be one of the reasons to get married. But I think finding someone they love and that would provide them security would be the real challenge for these ladies. The Bennet women were very different from each other. Mr. Bennet thinks very little of his wife and daughters except for Jane and Elizabeth. Kitty and Lydia seem more emotional or immature and are taken by the glamour of a soldier in uniform. Elizabeth is intelligent and sometimes superior to most people. Jane is sensitive and smart but not as sharp as Elizabeth and she tries to see the good in everyone. I think the main character Elizabeth is smarter than the Darcy’s because she can out argue them, but I think she likes arguing with Mr. Darcy because they think differently and I think Mr. Darcy feels the same. Mr. Darcy...
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...New Year’s Resolutions I WILL NOT Drink more than fourteen alcohol units a week. Smoke. Waste money on: pasta-makers, ice-cream machines or other culinary devices which will never use; books by unreadable literary authors to put impressively on shelves; exotic underwear, since pointless as have no boyfriend. Behave sluttishly around the house, but instead imagine others are watching. Spend more than earn. Allow in-tray rage out of control. Fall for any of the following: alcoholics, workaholics, commitment phobics, people with girlfriends or wives, misogynists, megalomaniacs, chauvinists, emotional fuckwits or freeloaders, perverts. Get annoyed with Mum, Una Alconbury or Perpetua. Get upset over men, but instead be poised and cool ice-queen. Have crushes on men, but instead form relationships based on mature assessment of character. Bitch about anyone behind their backs, but be positive about everyone. Obsess about Daniel Cleaver as pathetic to have a crush on boss in manner of Miss Moneypenny or similar. Sulk about having no boyfriend, but develop inner poise and authority and sense of self as woman of substance, complete without boyfriend, as best way to obtain boyfriend. I WILL Stop smoking. Drink no more than fourteen alcohol units a week. Reduce circumference of thighs by 3 inches1 (i.e. 1. inches each), using anti-cellulite diet. Purge flat of all extraneous matter. Give all clothes which have not worn for two years or more to homeless...
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...Transcript Analysis for Bridget Jones Script (Section B coursework) Bridget Jones is a romantic comedy film first released in 2001, based on the 1996 novel by Helen Fielding. The extract I have chosen to transcribe is the opening scene, when Bridget meets Mr Mark Darcy. The film focuses on how Bridget is unlucky with men, her weight and her job and many other aspects of her life. The movie is supposed to relate to women who feel they have the same life problems as her. The main speaker in this scene is Bridget Jones directly speaking to others and also she provides narration as well. Often speaking in the background of situations. Bridget Jones’s general target audience would be mostly women aged 17 upwards as some teenagers may enjoy Bridget’s story too, however some men may also be interested in watching the movie as it may explain the way women are supposedly meant to think. There are also numericals used, for example an ordinal determiner ‘32nd’ by using numerical it this gives more information to the reader and lets them into the life of Bridget, if they understand more about the topic of the character they will then enjoy the movie more, and understand key things which have happened in the film and what will continue to happen. There are many interrogative sentences used in the text for example ‘now what are you going to put on?’ and ‘how’s it going?’ this reminds the readers that in Bridget’s life everything is questionable as the topic of the movie is a comedy romance...
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...culture does not debate these issues because it perceives that public relations practitioners lack the power to order their situation.” (Levy, 2006, pg. 37) The second conclusion deals with the aspect of the relationship between texts. References are in shows in a wide variety of postfeminist texts and the vampire genre. It is important that the audience reads and looks into any different sources. But might exclude the unwilling to engage in marketing texts. Not just to produce to capitalize on the show's success to be applied to public relations activity and practitioners. This topic has been researched before in a similar fashion. Post feminism and pop culture have been researched in a similar fashion. Both Sex and the City and The Bridget Jones diary has been used a model to show post feminism in popular culture. It both of these research opportunities show that in the shows they are not following the principles of feminism and they are not involved with the movement of feminist and the outcome of its goals, so they are not contributing to political empowerment. The HBO series, True Blood shows public relations in a different realm that is normally not seem on television. Public Relations in pop culture often seems to differ from the same tend as public relations is in real life. In real life, women dominate the field of public relations, but in pop culture it is normally a white male in the role. The association of women in public relations roles only came from using them to...
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...BC Top 100 migliori romanzi (Repost) Nell'aprile del 2003 la BBC's Big Read iniziò la ricerca delle migliori della nazione-romanzo amato, e vi abbiamo chiesto di nominare i vostri libri preferiti. 1. Il Signore degli Anelli, JRR Tolkien 2. Orgoglio e Pregiudizio, Jane Austen 3. Queste oscure materie, di Philip Pullman 4. The Hitchhiker's Guide ai Galaxy, Douglas Adams 5. Harry Potter e il Calice di Fuoco, JK Rowling 6. Buio oltre la siepe, Harper Lee 7. Winnie the Pooh, AA Milne 8. Nineteen Eighty-Four, George bene 9. Il Leone, la Strega e l'Armadio, CS Lewis 10. Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontand # 235; 11. Catch-22, Joseph Heller 12. Cime tempestose, Emily Brontand # 235; 13. Canto degli uccelli, Sebastian Faulks 14. Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier 15. Il giovane Holden, JD Salinger 16. Il vento nei salici, Kenneth Grahame 17. Great Expectations, Charles Dickens 18. Piccole donne, Louisa May Alcott 19. Mandolino del capitano Corelli, Louis de Bernieres 20. Guerra e pace, Leo Tolstoy 21. Via col vento di Margaret Mitchell 22. Harry Potter e la pietra filosofale, JK Rowling 23. Harry Potter e La Camera dei Segreti, JK Rowling 24. Harry Potter E Il Prigioniero Di Azkaban, JK Rowling 25. Lo Hobbit, JRR Tolkien 26. Tess dei D'Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy 27. Middlemarch, Eliot George 28. Preghiera per un amico Owen, John Irving 29. The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck 30. Le avventure di Alice nel Paese delle Meraviglie, Lewis Carroll 31. La storia di Tracy Beaker, Jacqueline Wilson 32. Cent'anni...
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...“Jane Austen’s sharp, satirical eye and brilliant dialogue have made her enormously popular today” (Kinsella, 778). All of Austen’s novels have been made into feature films, some even more than once (Kinsella, 778). There were movie adaptations of Pride and Prejudice in the years 1940 and 2005 (Warren par 2). She also influenced many authors such as: Sophie Kinsella who wrote the “Shopaholic” series (Hernandez par 5). Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’ Diary was directly based off of Austen’s work (Hernandez par 6). People have also expanded her works: Linda Berdoll expanding on Pride and Prejudice with Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife and Darcy and Elizabeth: Nights and Days at Pemberly (Hernandez par...
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...Rettie, Brum COTIM-2001 Proceedings From E-Commerce to M-Commerce Editors: R .R. Dholakia, L. Kolbe, A. Venkatesh, & P. Zoche Kingston, RI: RITIM, University of Rhode Island, 2001. ISBN: 0-965440-2-6 M-COMMERCE: THE ROLE OF SMS TEXT MESSAGES Ruth Rettie, School of Marketing, Kingston University, United Kingdom Matthew Brum, MBA student, Kingston University, United Kingdom Email contact: R.Rettie@Kingston.ac.uk ABSTRACT This paper explores the marketing role of SMS text messages. While Internet based m-commerce has been disappointing, commercial applications for SMS are developing rapidly. The conceptual framework compares SMS to telemarketing and email marketing, and describes the key features of this new medium. Five distinct SMS business models are identified and discussed. We used quantitative research among mobile users to assess attitudes to SMS marketing. Most respondents were concerned about junk messages and wanted to control incoming messages. Initial attitudes to advertising in text messages were negative, but many were prepared to accept advertising in exchange for discounts or promotional offers. INTRODUCTION The development of Internet based m-commerce has been disappointing: restricted sites, slow download, small screens, and the limited number of handsets, currently constrain commercial development. At the same time companies are beginning to recognize the potential of SMS (Short Message Service) text messages, as a low cost, high impact ...
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...person diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and their carer. It provides information on the disease itself, as well as the many aspects of treatment and practical disease management, including medications, surgery, diet, exercise/physiotherapy, and emotional support. Another very important part of living with Parkinson’s disease is keeping a full and active life while maintaining good communication with others. With this in mind, the guide contains hints, tips and tools to help in daily communication with carers, family, friends and children, as well as with doctors and other members of the healthcare team. These resources can be used every day alongside the other elements of the binder, such as the ‘Guide to healthy eating’, the daily diary, and the medication record. In order to keep this booklet a handy size, it has not been possible to include advice on every aspect of life with Parkinson’s disease. However, where a subject is not dealt with in detail, the reader is directed towards other sources (books, websites, etc.) where more comprehensive information can be found. We hope that you will find this guide valuable in everyday life, and that the combination of tools provided here will help you to maintain a full and active life following a diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease. Acknowledgement: H Lundbeck A/S and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries would like to thank the EPDA for their support in producing this guide, and for the expert advice, information and review comments...
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...each month. We also document cancellation delays and attendance expectations, among other findings. Leading explanations for our findings are overconfidence about future self-control or about future efficiency. Overconfident agents overestimate attendance as well as the cancellation probability of automatically renewed contracts. Our results suggest that making inferences from observed contract choice under the rational expectation hypothesis can lead to biases in the estimation of consumer preferences. (JEL D00, D12, D91) “Saturday 31 December. New Year’s Resolutions. I WILL [...] go to the gym three times a week not merely to buy sandwich.” Bridget Jones’s Diary: A Novel “Monday 28 April. [...] Gym visits 0, no. of gym visits so far this year 1, cost of gym membership per year £370; cost of single gym visit £123 (v. bad economy).” Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Many firms offer consumers a menu of contracts. Cellular phone users choose combina* DellaVigna:...
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...A TEACHER’S GUIDE TO THE SIGNET CLASSICS EDITION OF G EORG E B E R N A R D S HAW ’S PYGMALION By LAURA REIS MAYER BUNCOMBE COUNTY SCHOOLS, ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA S E R I E S E D I T O R S JEANNE M. MCGLINN, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Asheville and W. GEIGER ELLIS, Ed.D., University of Georgia, Professor Emeritus 2 A Teacher’s Guide to the Signet Classics Edition of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion TABLE OF CONTENTS An Introduction .......................................................................................3 Synopsis of the Play .................................................................................3 Prereading Activities .................................................................................6 During Reading Activities ......................................................................13 After Reading Activities .........................................................................21 About the Author of this Guide .............................................................29 About the Editors of this Guide .............................................................29 Full List of Free Teacher's Guides...........................................................30 Click on a Classic ..................................................................................31 Copyright © 2007 by Penguin Group (USA) For additional teacher’s manuals, catalogs, or descriptive brochures, please email academic@penguin.com or write...
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