PRIDE AND PREJUDICE: NAMES AND LOCATIONS OF CHARACTERS
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The Bennets: (Longbourn, in Hertfordshire)
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Mr. Bennet, Mrs. Bennet
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Jane, Elizabeth (Lizzy, Eliza), Mary, Catherine (Kitty), Lydia
Mr. Collins. (A cousin of Mr. Bennet)
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Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner (Mrs. G. is Mrs. Bennet’s sister) (London; Lambton is a town in Derby)
 Mr. Philips, Mrs. Philips (Mrs. Philips is Mrs. Bennet’s sister)
The Bingleys: (Netherfield, in Hertfordshire; later, in London)
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Charles Bingley, Caroline Bingley, Louisa Hurst, Mr. Hurst
The Darcys: (Pemberley, in Derbyshire)
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Old Mr. Darcy, Lady Anne Darcy/ Fitzwilliam Darcy, Georgiana Darcy
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Lady Catherine de Bourgh, her daughter Anne. (Rosings, in Kent)
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Colonel Fitzwilliam Darcy
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Mrs. Reynolds
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Old Mr. Wickham, Wickham
The Lucases:
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Sir William, Lady Lucas, Charlotte, Maria, other kids
Minor Characters:
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Mrs. Annesley, Captain Carter, Mr. Chamberlayne, Dawson, Mr. Denny, Colonel Forster, Mrs. Forster,
William Goulding, Miss Grantley, Haggerston, The Harringtons, Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Jenkinson, Mr. Jones,
Miss Mary King, Mrs. Long, Lady Metcalfe, Mr.Morris, Mrs. Nicholls, Miss Pope, Mr. Pratt, Mr.
Robinson, Mr. Stone, Miss Watson, The Miss Webbs, Mrs. Younge
Characterization Tools:
Direct Characterization: What the narrator or other characters directly tell us about someone. In the case of third person, omniscient narrative voice, these descriptions might be counted on as factual. All else is suspect to the persona of the observer! The author might use figurative expressions to describe a character or tell us physical characteristics that sometimes, but not always, lead us to make correct judgments about someone’s persona.
Indirect Characterization: This is the way we often get to know someone when we make our own judgments based on the characters actions, words and physical appearance. In the case of indirect characterization, the readers need to infer the persona of the character. In Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, these actions especially tell us things about characters that the limited perspective of Eliza won’t tell us. Be careful and pay attention to these actions!

Pride and Prejudice Simple Homework
Use examples of events or quotes to support each response. These examples should help support your inference!
Volume One: (1-23) Establishing Eliza’s persona and world.
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How does Eliza view herself? How does she view Darcy and at least three other characters?
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What actions tell us that she may have seriously misjudged herself? What tells us that she might have misjudged herself and these other characters? (Pay careful attention to the actions of the characters!)
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How have family and society shaped these opinions?
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What challenges her opinions towards the end of Volume One?
Volume Two: (23-42) Eliza’s Journey: Events that shake her foundations.
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Consider new people she meets and how they reinforce or change her opinions of Darcy and the other characters previously considered.
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What happens that challenges her previous assertions about herself? Other people?
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What new realizations does she have about herself, her family, other people, and her world?
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What made Darcy think that she liked him! What does this tell us about Darcy?
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What has she not yet discovered or acknowledged about herself and others? Analyze the various causes of the pain that is making her cry after she reads Darcy’s letter.
Volume Three: (42-end) Complication and Resolution.
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What does she learn about herself that helps her resolve her difficulties with herself and her family? Reassess how she now views herself.
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What does she learn about Darcy and the other people you’ve been following? What does she realize about the world around her? Reassess her new perspective of the characters she judged in Volume One.
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What does she learn about love?
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How has third person, limited narrative voice given everyone who reads this novel a chance to feel humble? Which characters have you misjudged, and why?
Larger Homework Questions
Eliza’s Journey
In Volume One, Elizabeth assesses Darcy from her own (selective) observations of him. She also relies (selectively) on the opinions of others, and she assesses him (selectively) based on his friends and relations. Prior to “the letter” what new assessments does she make of him at the beginning of Volume Two? How do her opinions of him, if not her understanding of herself, change in Volume Three? What does she realize about him, and herself, at the end?
Elizabeth’s Feelings Revealed through Third Person Limited Perspective
What does Elizabeth do or say that shows her distain for Darcy, while revealing to the careful reader (and everyone else) that she really has a crush on him? Find three examples where Elizabeth shows her true feelings for Darcy, but denies them to herself. (Cite different characterization tools.) How do readers know what she can’t see? Explain social and personal reasons why Elizabeth has trouble acknowledging her true feelings.
Characterization of Others through Elizabeth’s Eyes, Filtered
Choose three characters other than Darcy that Elizabeth seriously misjudges. Find examples of characterization that allows the readers to see beyond what she sees when she first judges them. Explain some of the reasons Elizabeth at first doesn’t see the truth about these characters, and explain what this says about her.
Narrative Voice :
Analyze the tone and perspective on a character at the beginning of the novel. Note the changes in tone at the end of the novel.
Choose two different passages where these characters are revealed and compare these shifts. Explain how the third person, limited narrative perspective allows the readers to go along for the ride with Elizabeth as her eyes are opened, and explain what perspective has been gained.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
NAMES AND LOCATIONS OF CHARACTERS