Question

What are three quotes from the book Pride and Prejudice that talk about the theme reputation?

Answer 1

Quotes from Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice' reflect the importance of reputation in Regency society, portraying the significance of social standing and the judgments that affect characters' lives.

Step-by-step explanation:

The theme of reputation is central to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, reflected in how characters are perceived and judged by society. While Austen does not explicitly dwell on reputation in direct quotes, the concern with social standing and respectability is weaved throughout the novel. Below are three quotes that touch on the theme of reputation:

• “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”
• “Till this moment I never knew myself.”
• “Family pride, and filial pride—for he is very proud of what his father was—have done this. Not to appear to disgrace his family, to degenerate from the popular qualities, or lose the influence of the Pemberley House, is a powerful motive.”

These quotes hint at the social expectations and judgments that characters in the novel navigate, emphasizing how crucial a good reputation is to one's social standing and prospects in life during the Regency era.

Answer 2

Okay I'll give you the excerpts I think you refer to (lines in brackets are options):

1. Oh! my dear Mr. Bennet," as she entered the room, "we have had a most delightful evening, a most excellent ball. I wish you had been there. Jane was so admired, nothing could be like it. Everybody said how well she looked; and Mr. Bingley thought her quite beautiful, and danced with her twice! Only think of that, my dear; (he actually danced with her twice! and she was the only creature in the room that he asked a second time. First of all, he asked Miss Lucas. I was so vexed to see him stand up with her!)

2. "His pride," said Miss Lucas, "does not offend me so much as pride often does, because there is an excuse for it. (One cannot wonder that so very fine a young man, with family, fortune, everything in his favour, should think highly of himself. If I may so express it, he has a right to be proud.")

("That is very true," replied Elizabeth, "and I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine.")

3. "Well," said Charlotte, "I wish Jane success with all my heart; and if she were married to him to-morrow, I should think she had as good a chance of happiness as if she were to be studying his character for a twelvemonth. (Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity in the least.) -- (They always continue to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life.")

I think the answers are all the options of excerpts 1. & 2.