Proposals

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Mind Map on Proposals, created by Rhiannon Brown on 05/06/2015.
Rhiannon Brown
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Proposals
  1. Pride and Prejudice
    1. Mr. Collins
      1. Arrogant
        1. Assumes that Lizzie will say yes
          1. Barely lets her answer
        2. Love is not needed in this marriage
          1. Marriage is seen as a business transaction
            1. Patriarchal society
              1. The only opinion that seems important is Mr Collin's and Lizzies parents
          2. Mr Darcy
            1. Classist
              1. Recognizes the gap in class between himself and Lizzie's family
                1. Thinks that he is doing Lizzie a favour by marrying her
                  1. Considers his love for her as an 'inconvenience'
                    1. Juxtaposes Collins-love IS important in marriage
                2. Describes Lizzie's family as embarrassing
            2. Jane Eyre
              1. St. John
                1. Marriage is seen as a business transaction
                  1. Patriarchal society
                    1. Wants Jane to accompany him to Africa
                      1. Missionary's wife
                        1. Hence why he refuses to marry Rosalind
                          1. Is convinced that she would be a bad missionary's wife
                        2. Love is unimportant
                      2. Rochester
                        1. Proposal takes place on a midsummer evening
                          1. Juxtaposes most classical proposals-most take place during a Spring morning
                            1. Beginning of the end
                              1. Winter is approaching-signifies death and decay
                                1. Moth-dying as soon as it touches the light
                                  1. Being exposed to the truth
                                    1. Rochester risking the law and God to marry Jane
                                      1. Committing bigomy
                                      2. 'May God forgive me'
                                2. Very passionate
                                  1. Marriage=love
                                    1. Ignores the class divide between he and Jane
                                    2. Passion from both participants
                                3. The Importance of Being Ernest
                                  1. Jack/Gwendolin
                                    1. Comical proposal
                                      1. Ridicules the Victorian values of proposals
                                        1. Jack is a mess-unsure of what to say, tripping over his words
                                          1. Gwen is impatient-prompts him to propose
                                        2. The female is the one controlling the situation
                                          1. Goes against the patriarchal views of the time
                                          2. Ignores the class divide between Jack and Gwen
                                            1. The proposal is interrupted by Lady Bracknell
                                              1. Gwen's mother
                                            2. Algernon/Cecily
                                              1. Cecily is in control of the proposal
                                                1. Prompts Algy to propose
                                                  1. Seems unfazd/unsurprised when he does
                                                  2. Very romantic environment for a not very romantic proposal
                                                    1. Set in a gondola boat
                                                  3. The proposal has apparently already happened according to Cecily
                                                    1. Cecily lives a fantasy life with Algy in her diary
                                                      1. 'A relationship is respectable only when they have separated at some point'
                                                      2. Takes Algy aback-confuses and pushes him out of his confident persona
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