These are revision documents that I used for my A* in English GCSE, summarising and analysing a key character. These really helped my exam answers, and got me the grades I needed for Cambridge - hopefully these will help you too!
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Mr Darcy
Chapter Quotation Idea Analysis Device
3 ‘ten thousand a year’ Money and People are interested in him Quantifying
Marriage since he is very rich language
3 ‘proud; to be above Class However, he is also presented as Structure
his company’ being a ‘proud’ man. It was Viewpoint
acceptable for the aristocracy to
be ‘proud’, but the people at
Longburn see him as being
‘disagreeable’
3 ‘unworthy to be Contrast Contrast between the characters Contrast
compared with his Mr Bingley and Mr Darcy. The Viewpoint
friend’ descriptions are written in the Context
perspective of the people
judging the outsiders. Context –
judgemental society.
3 ‘Mrs. Hurst’ Class Shows how Darcy looks down on Literary
‘Miss Bingley’ Prejudice people – he only dances with his Character
own class. He is prejudiced.
However Austen has still made
him the protagonist because
throughout the novel he changes
for the better. By not idealising
him and giving him flaws, she
creates a more credible
character.
3 ‘which’ Refers to Elizabeth like an object Linguistic
3 ‘slighted by other Prejudice Shows that Darcy is arrogant.
men’ Arrogance Does not want to dance which
ladies who have been ‘slighted’.
Elizabeth overhears this and
hates him. Shows that she is also
prejudiced because she can only
see the bad in him from then on.
4 ‘Darcy was the Class Darcy has the manners of a Context
superior’ Outward gentleman, like Bingley, but is
appearance still superior. He is part of the
‘landed gentry’. Higher class.
6 ‘’uncommonly Prejudice Austen creates flawed Literary
intelligent’’ Social protagonists (Darcy and
‘’beautiful mobility Elizabeth) to show how people
expression of her can overcome their prejudice,
dark eyes’’ and to make them more likeable.
Darcy feels the first attraction
because he can recognise that
Elizabeth’s eyes are pretty, even
though she was of a lower class.
He is attracted to her ‘eyes’ and
, ‘form’ – this anticipates literary
history (D.H.Lawrence) because
of physical attraction
transcending class barriers.
Elizabeth is more prejudiced
because she only realises her
attraction at the end.
6 ‘’forced to Class Doing it almost against his will
acknowledge’’ because of class difference.
6 ‘’attended to her Begins listening to her
conversation with conversations.
others’’
6 ‘silent indignation at Arrogance Arrogant.
such a mode of
passing the evening’
6 ‘less polished Class William Lucas tries to make
societies’ conversation with Darcy.
‘Every savage can However, Darcy shows his
dance’ condescension by saying that the
country society is unpolished.
6 ‘’pair of fine eyes in Prejudice This was a man who was
the face of a pretty prejudiced but his attraction to
woman can bestow.” Elizabeth has started to
transcend this prejudice. Austen
first named the novel ‘first
impressions’. Elizabeth cannot
break away from her first
impressions. However we see
that Darcy’s affections are strong
because he is not being
manipulated by Miss Bingley.
7 ‘admiration of the Unconventio Darcy thinks that she looks Literary
brilliancy which nal attractive and is willing to
exercise had given to overlook the unconventional
her complexion’ appearance, but doubts the
‘coming so far alone’ decision of coming alone.
8 ‘brightened by the Darcy stands up for her.
exercise’
8 ‘lessen their chance Prejudice Darcy still prejudiced.
of marrying men of
any consideration’
9 ‘very confined and Class Darcy is merely stating a fact.
unvarying society’ Could be suggesting that country
folk are dull.
9 ‘people themselves Foreshadows Darcy and Structural
alter so much’ Elizabeth’s change in character. foreshadowing
10 ‘does not write with Letters are an important tool Literary
ease’ used by Darcy. They are Letter
‘style of writing is forthright, direct and succinct Contrast
very different from and show his character.
yours’ Bingley’s letter is rushed and
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