Assignment+Instructions

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS AND RUBRIC

Jane Austen says, “ Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor, which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.” In other words, women of the Romantic/Victorian period of history in England needed to make a **good connection** in society, or they were doomed to struggle. Making a strong connection was ever so important because of the pervasive law known as entailment. This law is defined as limiting the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs. Women were not allowed to inherit their father’s or husband’s property. It was always given to a male member of the family, preferably a brother or brother-in-law. Mrs. Storey tells of an aunt whose husband dies in 1997 and the will left all the money and possessions to the son. The son was instructed to ALLOW the mother occupancy in the house, if he saw fit to do so. Given that the Bennet family has only daughters, they are all in a precarious position should something happen to Mr. Bennet. This underlying idea will strongly motivate the story and the characters of //Pride and Prejudice//. Keep it in mind as you analyze the following.
 * Wiki Academic Work: making a good connection **

Please read the following information carefully. These are the instructions for completing your group’s wiki page. This material is meant to be placed on your wiki page, not in the discussion tab. Your group is to discuss three major areas of concern: · Societal Class of characters · Behavior and/or attitudes of characters · Success or not in society of characters

Each of the following characters should be considered in these three areas: · Elizabeth Bennet · Mr. Darcy · Mr. Bingley · Miss Bingley (Mr. Bingley’s unmarried sister) · Mr. Collins (comic relief) · Lady Catherine deBourgh (Great Aunt of Mr. Darcy) · Mr. Wickham You may choose to also consider two minor characters: Mr. and Mrs. Hurst (Mr. Bingley’s sister and brother—in –law.

You group is free to decide how you wish to attack this assigment. As a suggestion you might want to insert a table, using the icon on the tool bar that looks like a calendar to create a matrix. You could add the 3 categories as columns and the 7 characters as rows. Then as a group you could begn to add information to the table. Any way you decide to complete the assignment is fine as long as your group addresses 21 items of interest. If you wish to add files, pictures, video, etc., please feel free to do so. These auxilliaries will only aid in the understanding of the text.

Please click on this document and print a copy of the rubric for your group's perusal. This is the way you will be graded.