Narrowing It Down and Sorting It Out

Alright. Well, I have narrowed my topic options down. Here are my top three:

1. Defend Jane's position
2. Show how Elizabeth falls in love with Darcy
3. The role of women in Pride and Prejudice society

For number one, I would use different quotes from the book to support the theory that there is more to Jane than appears. I would show that she is intelligent, and stands apart from the rest of her female group in the book.

For number two, I would also use quotes from the book to show the process in which Elizabeth fell in love with Darcy. Throughout the essay, it would become clear that she really was in love with him, and that it happened over time, and not over night.

For number three, it would be a little more complex to sort through the information. I would need different examples of women (i.e. Elizabeth, Charlotte Lucas, Miss Bingley, Miss Darcy, and the maid of the Bennet house etc.), and their characters shown throughout the novel. Not only that, but I would need to compare, contrast, and finally come up with a conclusion with the newly found evidence that would be provided in my essay. I am contemplating on crossing this option out, merely because it would need so much information, and more than five pages of evidence.

All of these topics really interest me. This is probably because I really love the book, so really, any topic concerning it would draw me to write about it. Oh boy, this is going to be a tough decision. Maybe I could write all three essays, and pick the one that turned out the best to turn in... who knows.

My favorite characters are, of course, the main characters. Elizabeth, Darcy, Bingley, Jane, Charlotte Lucas, and Mr. Bennet. Their characters are all complimentary to the book, and are interesting in their own ways. My least favorite characters are the annoying Mr. Collins and Lady de Bourgh, along with Whickam and Lydia.

Scenes of importance are the different meetings of Darcy and Elizabeth, and the conversations that they share, conversations between only women, and the possible thoughts of the characters as they have different conversations.

This isn't very important, but I am just trying to sort through all of the ideas and comments in my head.