Pride and Prejudice

This is a novel written by Jane Austen, a British author. This book was made a movie in 2005, but the important thing is that many movies were based on the story of Ms. Elizabeth Bennet and her feminist way of thinking. The text was written in 1813, but the emancipation of the women embodied through the lines of the text was quite after that year. We could say that Austen was a pioneer in this topic. To analyse better the idea of the book, I'll put some videos and answer some questions below.




1. Why do you think "Pride and Prejudice" continues to be a referent for modern tales? 
Because the themes 'pride' and 'prejudice' are almost inherent to human; therefore, they are somehow related to many novels and movies. The book's theme is one of the bases of society.

2. What do you think is the effect that these different authors (film directors, producers, modern writers) want to achieve in today's audiences?

The common purpose is to change prejudices. Or it also might be to teach people how to recognize pride and how to live with it without bad consequences to other people. Some films try to achieve this goal in a romantic way, while others try to do it in a funny one; but all of them have probably one of these two purposes. 

3. If you had to choose one of the previous versions to analyse, which would be the one and why?

Bridget Jones' Diary, because it's quite funny and I would like to see how does it focuses in reaching its objective in a modern era. It might be like Molière's theatre, trying to change society through laughter.