双语教学英文版傲慢与偏见 人物剖析

2021年1月14日发(作者：童书业)
When Pride Encounters Prejudice, Everything is Different
Ⅰ:
Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817), one of the most famous
novelists in Britain, was born in Hampshire. She lived in the villages throughout
her life. Although there were 2 suitors, she never married. She finished her first
novel when she was only 21 years old. This work’s name was First Impressions
(After amending, it had a new name: Pride and Prejudice).

Ⅱ:
Pride and Prejudice is a humorous story of love and marriage. Mr. Bennet was an
English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his wife. He had five daughters:
the beautiful Jane, the clever Elizabeth, the bookish Mary, the immature Kitty and
the wild Lydia. Because of the law, after the death of Mr. Bennet, their house
would be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met. This family's
future happiness and security dependent on the 5 daughters’ marriages. One day,
a rich gentleman Mr. Bingley came and rented a large house in this country. His
sisters and his best friend Mr. Darcy came together. Love was soon in the air for
one of the 5 sisters, while another had a prejudice against Mr. Darcy.
Then they experienced many things, but at last, Mr. Bingley married the oldest
sister Jane, and Elizabeth overcame the prejudice and married to Mr. Darcy. It’s a
happy ending.

Ⅲ：
Although Mr. Song said the book report should be objective，but I had to say this
book touched my heart deeply.
The women written by Jane Austen still live in our world.
Some like Charlotte Lucas, they choose a marriage without love just for money
and a stable life.
Some like Lydia, they are so frivolous and foolish that they flatter themselves
that they can do anything well.
Some like Mary, they are not good-looking but think themselves are the best
ones. They look down every man while they are eager for a man’s love in their
hearts.
Some like Jane, they are kind and beautiful, but they are also reserved and
feminine。They don’t have courage to fight for the love of their own but wait here
in vain.
And there are also some girls like innocent Ms Darcy or like vainglorious and
superficially clever Bingley sisters.
Of course, some girls like Elizabeth, they are clever, gentle, open-minded, and
they know their own hearts. They never give in even facing a difficult situation.
They are good ladies who are worth loving and cherishing.
Jane Austen’s wisdom always appeals to me, which makes me smile through the
whole reading.
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In fact, the life of Jane Austen was unremarkable，she nearly didn’t leave the
villages where she lived. Therefore, in her books, you can’t find any historical
plots or any abstruse things making you feel bored. She just wrote some common
people about their happiness, little trouble, sorrow and perplexity again and again
by her keen observation and her outstanding ability of writing. Although those
stories happened in the villages of Britain 200 years ago, they are vivid today.
Maybe she was not really a great writer in the world, but she is the cleverest and
cutest woman in my heart. However, reality is not the novel. It is always cruel.
Jane Austen never married throughout her life, her best friend was her sister. She
was such a clever and naughty girl, whose gentleness and beauty were ignored. It’s
a pity that there was no one like Mr. Darcy to appreciate and love her.

Jane Austen and Eileen Chang were very like. Their works had many things in
common. For example, both of their works focused on the life which they were
familiar with, and they both had the sharp observation. Although they liked to
write some satires, Austen was gentler than Eileen Chang.
In Pride and Prejudice, you can find some very interesting dialogues. Such as in
the CHAPTER 1, Mrs. Bonnet said: “Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own
children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion on
my poor nerves.” “You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves.
They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these
20 years at least.” the Mr. Bennet answered with a forced smile.
What sarcastic humor it contained! She successfully depicted Mrs. Bennet as a
woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper by few
words. And the two of them left a deep and clear imprison on the readers.

Love is the eternal theme of novels. Pride and Prejudice was no exception, but it
not only talked about “love”, also mentioned “marriage”. The novels about love or
marriage are countless in the world. So standing out among them is not an easy
thing. Pride and Prejudice can be one of the masterpieces and be loved by
thousands upon thousands people from different countries, which proves that it
does have its special glamour.

I mainly want to talk about Elizabeth’s 2 rejections. As readers or outsiders，we
can easily reject anyone and don’t accept a marriage without love just for
respecting our own hearts. But if you think it over and read the book again, you
will find it needs great courage to reject a man who can support you a life
without worrying about clothes and food. Rejecting her cousin Mr. Collins, an
unpleasant person, seemed easy, however, her best friend Charlotte chose to
marry him. This contrast shows very clearly that this rejection is difficult for a
woman in those days.
Maybe you can find some reasons to explain why Elizabeth did that to Mr. Collins,
but I’m sure there is no reason to refuse Mr. Darcy’s marriage proposal. He was
such a perfect gentleman! Elizabeth couldn’t inherit her father’s fortune, which
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meant she had to marry a rich man to support her and live a comfortable life. But
faced with Mr. Darcy, she said “no” without any hesitation. When Darcy proposed
to her by saying his sense of her inferiority-of its being a degradation-of the family
obstacles which judgment had always opposed to inclination. Elizabeth said: “It is
nature that obligation should be felt, and if I could feel gratitude, I would now
thank you. But I cannot —I have never desired your good opinion, and you have
certainly bestowed it most unwillingly.”
I like this self-respecting girl and look down upon those girls who give in just for
fortune, fame, even some petty profits

In fact, I don’t like a happy ending. I think a tragedy is more attractive and can
reach the deepest part of my heart while a comedy is read just for relaxation. But I
am also moved by this story. Pride gave way to sincerity，prejudice was replaced
by love. They lived a happy life together.
We can image that they sat on the lakeside bench at twilight and talked about that
green years when the pride met the prejudice。


贝内特（Bennet)家族中贝内特夫妇有五个女儿：
大女儿简(Jane)二女儿伊丽莎 白(Elizabeth)昵称莉齐(liz)或伊莱扎(Eliza)三女儿玛丽(Mary)四
女儿 凯瑟琳(Catherin？)（我不会拼）小女儿莉迪亚(Lydia？)（我倒！）
贝内特家族的 邻居为宾利先生。宾利先生有两个妹妹，其中的姐姐嫁给了豪斯特先生。宾利
所住的房子的原主人为郎太 太。
宾利先生的朋友为达西先生。达西有一个妹妹。达西是凯瑟琳夫人的外甥。凯瑟利夫人德布
尔的女儿安娜德布尔小姐与达西有婚约。达西有位堂兄叫费茨威廉上校。达西老管家的儿子
为乔治威克 姆。即日后莉迪亚的丈夫。达西现任的女管家为雷诺兹太太。
伊丽莎白有个朋友是卢卡斯小姐，日后嫁 给了伊丽莎白的堂兄科林斯先生。卢卡斯的父母为
威廉卢卡斯爵士夫妇。
伊丽莎白的舅舅和舅 母为加德内（即楼上嘉定纳）的夫妇。他们是Bennet太太的弟弟与弟
妹。
而菲利浦夫妇是Bennet太太的妹妹与妹夫。



Jane Bennett Bennrt (Mr. Bentley's wife) the knight, a daughter of the house
Elizabeth Bennet (Mr. Darcy's wife) smart and lively
Mary Bennet likes to stay at home reading
Catherine Bennet
Lydia Bennet ( Mr. Wickham's wife ）
Miss bentley (Mr. Bentley's sister)
Miss darcy (Mr. Darcy's sister)
Lady Catherine (Mr. Darcy aunt)
Colonel fitzwilliam (Mr. Darcy's cousin)
Mr. Collins (Bennet of the house heil)
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