1. Write an essay that analyzes the narrative voice in Pride and Prejudice. Your goal with your thesis should be to assess how we understand the narrator’s position in the context of the novel’s characters and actions. For example, to whose perspective is the narrator closest to? What is the relationship between narration and social convention? What is the role of irony, wit, and humor? What do we make of the narrator’s negativity towards some characters and relative warmth towards others? Be sure to consider some of the more surprising choices by Austen with her narration, such as not depicting dialogue when Darcy proposes to Elizabeth, et cetera.
2. Pride and Prejudice contains several fascinating minor characters. Choose of these supposedly minor or peripheral characters and write an essay on him or her that analyzes their representation in the context of the novel’s plot and primary action. In other words, trace the individual from the first appearance in the novel through his or her interactions with other characters and role in the story’s development. Where do we find this character at the end? Does the character offer an interesting contrast to one of the main characters?
3. Write an essay that adapts and updates Pride and Prejudice to our contemporary historical moment. In other words, say you were tasked with writing an 8-10 page description of how you, as a screenwriter/director, would conceive a film version of this novel that is set in 2022: how would you do it? You can take this topic in any direction you please, but the essay will be evaluated not as much on the creativity of the adaptation as on the analytical explanations you offer to justify and support your creative decisions.
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