Pride-and-Prejudice傲慢与偏见英文教学内容.pptVIP

Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen 苏州大学外国语学院 英语一班姜曼曼 Main Characters Plot Summary Themes Evaluations 目 录 CONTENTS Mr. Bennet is the father of Elizabeth Bennet and head of the Bennet family. Mr. Bennet is shrewd, witty, learned and detached. He has a bitingly sarcastic humour and can only derive amusement from his nervous wife and three silly daughters--Mary, Kitty and Lydia. He is closest to his daughter, Elizabeth, and is also attached to his eldest daughter, Jane. Mr. Bennet Mrs. Bennet is overbearing, obnoxious and narrow-minded. Her public manners and social climbing are embarrassing to Jane and Elizabeth. Her favourite daughter is the youngest, Lydia and she values the beauty of the eldest, Jane. Her main ambition in life is to marry her daughters to wealthy men; whether or not any such matches will give her daughters happiness is of little concern to her. Mrs. Bennet Jane Bennet is the eldest Bennet sister. She is generally considered to be the most beautiful of her sisters. Her character is contrasted with Elizabeths as sweeter, shyer, and equally sensible, but not as clever; her most notable trait is a desire to see only the good in others. Jane Bennet Charles Bingley is a handsome, good-natured, and wealthy young gentleman, who rents Netherfield Park near Longbourn. He is contrasted with his friend Mr Darcy as being more kind and more charming and having more generally pleasing manners, although not quite so clever. He lacks resolve and is easily influenced by others. Charles Bingley Lydia Bennet is the youngest of the Bennet sisters. Lydia is extremely flirtatious, naive, and reckless. Her main activity in life is socializing, especially flirting with the officers of the militia. This leads to her elopement with George Wickham without much thought for the consequences to her family. Lydia Bennet George Wickham an officer in the militia, is superficially charming and rapidly forms an attachment with Elizabeth Bennet. He spreads rumors about the wrong