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The Marriage Market and Social Commentary — Homework
Read the assigned chapters covering Mr. Collins's proposal to Elizabeth and Charlotte's engagement before answering.
- 1.Define entail and name who Longbourn is entailed to.
- 2.Quote or paraphrase Charlotte's own explanation for why she is marrying Mr. Collins.
- 3.Explain in two or more sentences why Austen presents Charlotte's choice as social commentary rather than mockery or romance.
- 4.In five or more sentences, compare Charlotte's and Elizabeth's responses to the same economic pressure, and argue whether the novel favors one choice over the other.
- 5.Explain the entail's role in the novel using a modern comparison of your own, showing you understand why it drives the plot's urgency.
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