Pride and Prejudice and Purple Hibiscus
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Comparative Literature Essay
The people in a female’s life matter more than the society or the time and place in which a female grows up. Discuss.
by Natalie Githu
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Purple Hibiscus by Chiminanda Ngozi Adichi
In the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and the novel Purple Hibiscus by Chiminanda Ngozi Adichi both authors deal with the idea of the evolution of character development. Specifically, if we ask ourselves how the time setting and environment lead to the approach to women, it draws onto another question of whether the main character is affected more by class and society or by interaction with the key people in their lives. As a result we will see that the people in a female’s life matter more than the society or the time and place in which a female grows up. We will prove this via three main aspects: setting; class and family. A combination of these elements rather than one aspect is responsible for the growth and development of the main character in each novel: Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice and Kambili in Purple Hibiscus.
Setting in Austen’s novel has two large components of time and place to it and there is certainly the gender injustices present in the 19th century. In Pride and Prejudice, many women (such as Charlotte) must marry solely for the sake of financial security. However, in her portrayal of Elizabeth, Jane Austen shows that women are just as intelligent and capable as their male counterparts.
The people in a female’s life matter more than the society or the time and place in which a female grows up. Discuss.
by Natalie Githu
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Purple Hibiscus by Chiminanda Ngozi Adichi
In the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and the novel Purple Hibiscus by Chiminanda Ngozi Adichi both authors deal with the idea of the evolution of character development. Specifically, if we ask ourselves how the time setting and environment lead to the approach to women, it draws onto another question of whether the main character is affected more by class and society or by interaction with the key people in their lives. As a result we will see that the people in a female’s life matter more than the society or the time and place in which a female grows up. We will prove this via three main aspects: setting; class and family. A combination of these elements rather than one aspect is responsible for the growth and development of the main character in each novel: Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice and Kambili in Purple Hibiscus.
Setting in Austen’s novel has two large components of time and place to it and there is certainly the gender injustices present in the 19th century. In Pride and Prejudice, many women (such as Charlotte) must marry solely for the sake of financial security. However, in her portrayal of Elizabeth, Jane Austen shows that women are just as intelligent and capable as their male counterparts.