english quotes austen and chadha

it is a truth universally acknowledged that

a single man in posession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife

who says “happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance” and why

Charlotte says it to Elizabeth about Jane and Bingley’s marriage

who says “lady catherine will not think worse of you for being simply dressed, she likes to have the distinction of rank preserved”

mr collins to elizabeth as they prepare to visit rosings

how much does one of lady catherine’s chimney pieces cost

eight hundred pounds

are the shades of pemberly

thus to be polluted

what is the main tension of the novel

one of the bennet girls getting married to save their inheritence

what is the significance of mrs bennet wanting to marry off one of her daughters

the importance of women getting married to sustain or raise their social status through marriage

Elizabeth and darcy’s relationship represents

class tensions

darcy’s pride is

a manifestation of class distinctions

elizabeth’s prejudice against darcy is

a reaction to the rigid class distinctions. 

Elizabeth challenges Darcy’s assumptions about

social superiority,

while Darcy learns to value

personal merit and character over birthright

elizabeth and darcy’s marriage can be seen as

a negotiation between different levels of the social hierarchy

lady catherine, who wants to maintain the hirearchy contrasts with

mrs bennet, who wants her daughters to social climb

lady catherine and mrs bennet show us

how class affects behaviour and attitudes 

metric foot

two syllables

iambic

unstressed first

trochaic inversion

stressed first

lines will often start with

trochaic inversion

trochaic inversion is used to..

emphasize a part of the sonnet

spondee

stressed x2

pyrric

opposite of spondee, unstressed x2

a spondee is used to

add weight by slowing rythm

a pyrric is used to

create a soft rythm that connects two ideas

the volta is

a shift in mood signified by the words and or yet

in shakesphere poems the volta is usually

just before the final couplet

has a final couplet

english sonnet

has abba rhyme scheme

european sonnet

the speaker adresses something or someone who can’t talk back

apostrophe

creates hesitation in sonnets

dash

personification

used in sonnets

metaphor

used in sonnets

first thing to say about a sonnet

who is being adressed

what does wickham say at the beach

if you have money you never get to see the real india

what does balraj’s sister say by the pool

“i don’t want to get too dark”

what does lalita say to darcy at the hotel

“you think this is india"?”

what does darcy’s mother say about india?

she always wanted to go, which is why she wishes they opened a hotel there

what does darcy say to lalita at the beginning of the movie?

“how can two people who don’t know eachother get married”

kohli sahb talks about how america is better until..

he wants a traditional indian wife because american girls are too career oriented

what does darcy’s sister say to lalita

her mum was a total golddigger who just wanted a rich hubby for her daughter

what does lalita say instead of “it is a truth universally acklowged”

anyone with big bucks in india is coming to look for a wife

in “a marriage has come to town” lalita says “only the kohlinoor is better but..

you’ll have to ask the queen

the kohlinoor is

one of the worlds largest diamonds, worn by the queen, which the crown still denies india’s claim to

what shows the cultural gap between darcy and the indian characters?

struggling with the attire, his drawstring comes undone

how is darcy’s cultural growth shown at the end of the movie?

he is in traditional dress riding an elephant

bride and prejudice has a more ambiguous ending because

lalita and darcy dont explicitly get married

chadha combines bollywood and hollywood by

using hollywood and bollywood crews and actors

bride and prejudice is accesible to western audiences becaused

it’s in english, bridging the gap between audiences

chada fuses bollywood musical numbers with

western choreo and a gospel choir

By relocating Austen’s story, Chada

highlights the underlying themes of marriage and class and social mobility

pride and prejudice avoids discussions of

Britain’s imperial domination.

Bride and Prejudice setting of postcolonial India, engages with the issues of

national identity, globalization, cultural hybridity.

chadha uses cross cultural interactions to

addresses cultural and nationalistic concerns

American Will Darcy represents

Western ideals and capitalistism

while darcy and elizabeth represent a negotiation between social classes, darcy and lalita represent

a negotiation between India’s colonial past and its postcolonial present.

Unlike Austen’s Darcy, who primarily grapples with personal pride and social prejudices, chadha’s Darcy must confront

his own cultural assumptions and biases

Bride and Prejudice confronts the lingering effects of colonialism through its portrayal of

cultural commodification.

The Bakshi family’s aspirations, Lalita’s resistance to Western cultural hegemony, and the presence of a wealthy American suitor highlight the continuing influence of

global capitalism—a legacy of colonial exploitation.