I have chosen to work with option six for this essay. I have selected this topic because I would wish to analyze these two books closer, to see if it is just to compare them. I will cover with the similarities and the unsimilarities in the texts and movies. Then I will cover specifically with facets in the movie versions that reinforce these impressions. Finally I will sum up my statements and conclution.
In comparing these two texts, I will foremost cover with the ideal for a successful life, to twenty-four hours and in Jane Austen ‘s clip. In her clip the purpose for a adult female was non to acquire a professionale calling. Women, at any rate in the middelclass and in comfortable households, did non acquire an instruction and work, as today ‘s adult females. At that clip adult females ‘s instruction was to larn to dance, play the piano, sing and converse. With that, their “ calling ” was to acquire married to a good hubby. And a good hubby, intend a good off adult male. This was the lone manner a adult female could vouch a life without any economic concerns. If she did non acquire married, her male parent and after that her brother had to supply for her. If she did non hold a brother, she had to populate off what she inherited from her male parent. And that was frequently non so much. Therefore one can understand the importance of matrimony. It was the world of the clip, and a immature adult female ‘s dream.
In today ‘s society a adult female can normally supply for herself, since the bulk has got an instruction and a occupation. In this manner they are non economically dependent on a hubby. It is no longer a adult female ‘s “ calling ” to acquire married. Still, it is of importance to acquire a hubby. Marriage is still an ideal, and can therefore be said to be of import to many adult females. Today, as at that clip, most of immature adult females dream about a good matrimony.
Having a calling is all good and good, but non if it is at the disbursal of happening Mr. Right. All warning implicitly that the judicious yearss of young person, glamor and societal freedom are all excessively shortly replacedby the drawn-out dusk of terminal individual position. ( Wheleman, 2000, p. 136 )
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In Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones ‘s Diary, these ideals are a subject. The purpose for Elizabeth and Bridget is to happen a good adult male. And in their narrative of happening Mr. Right there are similarities in the action and the characters. I will get down with the character who distinguishes themself most, Mark Darcy and Mr. Darcy
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A Darcy ‘s character in both Pride and Prejudice and Bridet Jones ‘s Diary is similar. In the last mentioned the first feeling of similitude of this book and Pride and Prjudice comes when the name Darcy appears. First of all the name is the same, but as we get to cognize the character we can besides acknowledge traits of character. Both of them are extremely well-thought-of barristers. The female characters ‘ first feeling of Darcy in both books is that he is chesty, distant and unapproachable. And it is non without ground. In Pride and Prejudice Elizabeth overhears a conversation between Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley when he talks about her at the first party:
“ Which do you intend? ” Mr. Darcy asked and turned unit of ammunition. He looked for a minute at Elizabeth, boulder clay catching her oculus, he withdrew his ain and said: “ Well, she is tolerable, but non fine-looking plenty to allure me ” ( … . ) Elizabeth remained with no really affable feelings towards him. ( Stolthet og Fordom, p 15 )
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In this book Mr. Darcy is a fledgling, and there are several people who comprehend him this manner:
The first portion of the dark he was admired by everybody, until the enthusiasm for him started to chill away because one idea he had an chesty and violative being. It seemed that he fel that he was high above the assembly and he did non demo any mark of enjoyment. ( Stolthet og Fordom, p.14 )
In Bridget Jones ‘s Diary Mark Darcy ‘s behavior to Bridget at their first meeting is non propitious. When Una tries to do Mark take Bridget ‘s phone figure, so they can run into, this happens:
“ I ‘m certain Bridget ‘s life in London is rather full plenty already, Mrs Alconbury ” , he said. Humph. It ‘s non that I wanted him to take my phone figure or anything, but I did n’t desire him to do it absolutely obvious to everyone that he did n’t desire to. ( Bridget Jones ‘s Diary, p16 )
In the movie version he does the same as Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice ; he disparages Bridet within her earreach.
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The difference from Pride and Prejudice is that in this book Bridget is the lone 1 who dislikes Mark. What the remainder of the party thinks of him the reader does non acquire to cognize. This is because of the angle of the book. We see everything through Bridget ‘s eyes and she is the 1 who tells the narrative. In Pride and Prejudice there is a 3. individual storyteller who tells the narrative. Besides in Bridget Jones ‘s Diary he is non a newcommer, he is at a party with friends of his parents. We do non see his distance and unapproachability at the party, as we do in Pride and Prejudice.
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The first feeling of Darcy in both books is non the best, seen from the female characters ‘ point of position. Both of them misunderstand him. And he is easy misunderstood because of his beaviour. I will add that in the movie versions of the books we see much more of his feelings. By physically seeing the character ; you can see looks and bodylanguage. Both books are about first feelings, and what they can imply. Pride and Prejudice was besides originally entitled First Impressions:
The accent on point of position is, of class, complemented by the novel ‘s ain permeant concern with the power of visual aspects and the extent to which they are ever partial and possibly misdirecting – non for nil was it originally entitled First Imressions. ( Hopkins, 2001, p112 )
The Darcy character is similar, and some of his actions are comparable. He is the eventual saviour|of the household in both books. In Bridget Jones ‘s Diary he saves her female parent from gaol and shame, when she risks gaol because of Julio ‘s swindling. In Pride and Prejudice he saves Lydia, Elizabeth ‘s sister, from shame by coercing a matrimony between her and Wickham.
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The difference between these two creative activities is that Mr. Darcy changes in Pride and Prejudice. He realizes that his behavior towards Elizabeth has been supercillious. He excuses himself to her, and they have a conversation and decide all misunderstanings when they meet at Pemberly. This meeting can be compared to when Anne meets Wentworth in Bath, in Presuasion. Then the silence interruptions, and they have a conversation which resolves the state of affairs for them both. This shows that when Austen ‘s characters deside speak their feelings, the stoping is traveling to be happy. Bridget ‘s Mark Darcy does non alter, but he tells her that he likes her merely the manner she is, and that leads to Bridget ‘s misinterpretations being clared up. When they tell eachother their feelings, the stoping is happy.
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In Pride and Prejudice we meet Wickham. The first feeling of him is that is Mr. Right. He is fine-looking, capturing and easy to talk with. He seems to be excessively good to be true. Elizabeth develops a good relationship with him, and she finds him attrective.
( … ) She had dressed particulary carefully for the ball and was in a fantastic temper – rather certain that she would do a conquering this eventide. ( Stolthet og fordom, p.77 )
Wickham besides shows involvement in her:
Wickham and another officer accompanied the sisters back to Longbourn and on the manner he was about entirely occupied to her. ( Elizabeth ) ( Stolthet og Fordom, p 99 )
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In Bridget Jones ‘s Diary we find the analogue to Wickham in Daniel Cleaver. He is fine-looking, out- traveling, capturing and popular among the adult females, as Wickham. These two characters have a dramatic similarity, and do parallel actions in relation to the heroine and the hero. Daniel claims that Mark has had a relationship with his former bride-to-be, while the truth is that it was Daniel who had a relationship with Mark ‘s former married woman. Wickham claims that Mr. Darcy has non fulfilled old Mr. Darcy ‘s want, and given Wickham the life as a priest. The truth is that Wickham relinguished that, and claimed a bequest of money alternatively an instruction in jurisprudence. And he ne’er did survey jurisprudence. In both instances the heroine belives in Wickham/Cleaver and this leads to sympathy for Wickham /Daniel, and more disfavor of Darcy.
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However, it shows that in both instances Wickham /Cleaver is excessively good to be true. Both of them have a relationship with another adult female, and hurt the heroines ‘ feelings. Both of them are womanizers, and non good matrimony chances. The difference between Wickham and Cleaver is that Wickham marries Elizabeth ‘s sister, whereas Daniel does non merry anyone. The relationships between Bridget and Daniel, and Elizabeth and Wickham are besides rather different. Bridget and Daniel have a love matter, which is sexual. This would hold been unthinkable in Elizabeth ‘s clip. In Bridget Jones ‘s Diary the action between Bridget and Daniel happened at the office, at the workplace. The action in Pride and Prejudice is non in a workplace, but largely at balls and in people ‘s places. It was there that people meet. Both of the heroines experience unsuccessful love, and stop up with the least likely of them all: Darcy.
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When it comes to the heroines, Bridget and Elizabeth, I do non believe these characters are really similar. Bridget is a character you want to express joy at, because of all her efforts at making things correct. Bad fortune pursues her, and makes amusing state of affairss for the reader/ audience. In Bridget Jones ‘s Diary the temper is amusing, while in Pride and Preudice it is ironc. Bridget is insecure about herself and acts many different functions in her life ; with Daniel she is sexy, a serious calling adult female at the occupation inteviews and she wants so to be the perfect twosome on the mini interruption. Bridget besides worries about slimming, and wants to hold the expressions of adult females in magazines. Because of this I think many adult females identify with Bridget. Bridget Jones is prosecuting because she is flawed, and that is likely why Bridget Jones ‘s Diary has become so popular. A female audience recognise themeselves in Bridget.
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Elizabeth is non a character I laugh at, in the same manner I do with Bridget. Elizabeth is more confident than Bridget. She is self – contained as is Elinor in Sense and Sensibility and does non play different functions. Possibly she is a character the audience wanted in the nineteenth century, and which they could place with. Or possibly the audience at the clip wanted to read about person they could look up to.
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There are besides several other facets one can state are parallel in these two creative activities. Both of the female parents behave unwisely, and they are eager to acquire their girls married. If the coming -son – in jurisprudence has a luck and a good income, it is a distinguishable advantage:
I do n’t cognize why she did n’t merely come out with it and state, ‘darling, do shag grade darcy over the Turkey curry, wo n’t you? He ‘s really rich ‘ ( Bridget Jones ‘s Diary, p.12 )
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Bachelor, beloved! Bachelor and with great fortune – four or five 1000s lb a twelvemonth! What good fortune for our girls! ( Stolthet og Fordom, p. 8 )
( … ) The lone thing she cared approximately, was to get married her girls ( . 9 )
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Both of the female parents have a relationship with their hubbies which could hold been better. In Pride and Prejudice Mrs. Bennet is a mournful hypochondriac, who Mr. Bennet does non pass much clip with. He frequently locks himself in the libary, to get away from her, to acquire some peace and quiet. The relationship between the parents in Bridget Jones ‘s Diary has some similarities, but it is instead different. Here it is the female parent who wants to get away from the male parent, and she finds herself a new adult male.
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Mr. Bennet is slightly average to his married woman, and makes gags at her disbursal. His character underlines her folly. I think this is his manner of bearing life with her. On the other manus, we feel sorry for Mr. Jones, who is vulnerable. He seeks support and advice from Bridget in bad times. Both male parents use their daughtes as middlemans, for different grounds. Mr. Bennet likes to speak with Elizabeth, because he thinks she is the lone adult female in the house who is reasonable. Both Mr. Bennet and Mr. Jones have a good relationship with their girls, but are reserved when it comes to marriage and work forces.
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I besides want to campare Bridget ‘s friend, Jude, to Elizabeth ‘s sister Jane. Both of these characters have an unstable relationship with a adult male, and acquire hurt by him, Jane by Mr. Bingley and Jude by Vile Richard. Both heroines acquire angry because their friend/sister gets hurt. The difference is that Mr. Bingley hurts Jane ‘s feelings because Mr. Darcy has persuaded him to abandon her. In Bridget Jones ‘s Diary Mark Darcy has nil to make with Vile Richard, or with the relationship between him and Jude. The reader does non acquire to cognize why Vile Richard behaves like this.
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The movie version of Bridget Jones ‘s Diary reinforces the impression that these two creative activities can be compared. First of all there is the usage of Colin Firth in both productions as Darcy. It is about as if the 200 twelvemonth old Darcy has returned in Bridget Jones ‘s Diary. Because they use him for this character, and because he act the function really much like in Pride and Prejudice, you instantly associate with the character in Pride and Prejudice.
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The scene where Mark Darcy disparages Bridget in her earreach is added to the movie version. It is non in the book. This happens to Elizabeth, both in the book and in the movie. The add-on of this scene reinforces the similarity.
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The name Pemberly is the name of Mr. Darcy ‘s belongings in Pride and Prejudice. In Bridget Jones ‘s Diary Bridget works at Pemberly Press. This is non mentioned in the book, but in the movie. Additionally in the movie they show Mark Darcy ‘s parents house. In my sentiment, the house is evocative me of Pemberly in Pride and Prejudice, both externally and internally. Inside it is fitted out in an eighteenth century manner.
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After I have studied these two creative activities I have come to the undermentioned conclution ; I think these two books/films have enough in common to warrant comparing. Each of them physiques on the impression of a “ Cinderella- narrative ” , where the heroine, who is an ordinary miss, wins the rich and fine-looking hero. While there are differences which prevert Bridget Jones ‘s Diary from being simply a transcript or “ modern version ” of Pride and Prejudice, they both build on the same cardinal impressions and secret plan. In the movie version of Bridget Jones ‘s the manufacturer has made certain alterations, and these alterations reinforce the impression of similarities refered to in the rubric of this essay.
