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Mr & Mrs Bennet
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Mind Map on Mr & Mrs Bennet, created by Jemima Harpin on 18/04/2015.
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Mr & Mrs Bennet
Mr Bennet
Likeable
Clever
Dry sense of humour
Teases Mrs B...
"I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends."
Comic
Enjoys mocking people
Especially Mr Collins
Mr Bennet has "great hopes of finding him quite the reverse," of sensible
Similar to liz
Share same opinion
Mr Collins proposal
"I will never see you again if you do."
Makes reader view him positively
Mrs Bennet
Isn't very bright
"uncertain temper"
Caricature
Hysterical
Unaware of her own flaws
Ironic humour
Main aim is to get her daughters married
She is the biggest obstacle to their marriage prospects
Bad example
Austen uses humour to make a serious point
Materialism
Lack of self-awareness
Contribute to Lyd's recklessness
Marriage
Their marriage is based on shallow attraction
Youth & beauty
Not enough to be happy
Nothing in common, no 'real affection'
Mr Bennet
Not much happiness
Laughing
'Ignorance and folly'
Mrs B can't "understand his character"
Children
unhappy marriage negatively affects them
Mrs B= bad influence
Mr Bennet= bad parenting
He either laughs at bad behaviour or avoids it
Liz
Liz sees all the disadvantages of her parents marriage
Makes her determined to marry someone she LOVES & RESPECTS
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