Plan for Pride and the Prejudice Comparison

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Pride and the Prejudice Comparison Intro- * Whilst comparing and contrasting the movie to the novel there are many contrasts. * The plot and themes stayed the same but it took away important messages. * Changes to Mr.Collins, Bennet house and a lot of focus on Mrs.Bennet. P1- * There are many changes in the movie compared to novel * Bennet Mansion is a main one. * The Bennet house in the novel is described as nothing much more than a barnyard. * Small- drawing-room, dining-parlor and a few bedrooms- in book rooms are doubled up two to a room. “Jane and Elizabeth talked late into the night, from the convenience of their own room”. Cahpter 8. * 'As they passed through the hall, Lady Catherine opened the doors into the dining-parlor and drawing-room, and pronouncing them, after a short survey, to be decent looking rooms but nothing more, walked on.' (Chapter 53)- small rooms. * In the movie its shown as a mansion with 3 levels and is perfect. * Book house isn’t perfect- "This must be a most inconvenient sitting room for the evening, in summer; the windows are full west." (Chapter 53) As well the novel describes the garden/park as small, "You have a very smallpark here," returned Lady Catherine after a short silence." (Chapter 53) * In the movie there is heaps of green and open meadows and a pond. "Mr. Bennet's property consisted almost entirely in an estate of two thousand a year" (Chapter 7) * The movie makes the house look to big and too expensive * Throughout the film we see servants, butler, and two maids. * Film shows that the Miss Bennet girls often buy new clothes. With all of the maids + new clothes it would = less money. * The film makes the bennets look wealthier than they are. * Film doesn’t show the social class jump that Jane and Lizzie are taking. P2- * Mr.Collins is portrayed

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