10: Pride and Prejudice discussion questions, ch. 35-38

Pride and Prejudice discussion questions, ch. 35-38

What to discuss as a class or in small groups and put into your notes:

1. quotations from the book (and brief explanation) that deal with the following:
-Darcy's explanation of the Bingley issue
-Darcy's explnation of the Whickam issue

2. quotations from the book and brief explanation) that deal with Elizabeth's feelings after having read the letter about:
-Darcy
-Whickam
-herself

3. How is dramatic irony emphasized in Elizabeth's interactions with Lay Catherine and Mr. Collins?

4. How have the contents of the letter and Elizabeth's response to it affected the development of our four major themes?
-public and private self
-individual identity and social definition (gender, social class, family)
-definitions of love
-reason (pride) and emotion (prejudice)

5. Revelations in a letter is a plot device common to novels. How is it useful to do it this way? How is it different than the plot device of confrontation seen in chapter 34?