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The events of the novel.

Q1\ At Pemberley, Elizabeth observes Darcy’s treatment of those things and people that are under his care — his estate, his servants, and his sister. And she impressed by the whole issue. Discuss

A1\ Darcy has stated that he is uncomfortable with strangers, and the only settings Elizabeth had seen him in were places that were not his home. She now, at his home, realizes that he is a fine brother and a landlord with a great sense of responsibility — admirable characteristics that she had previously failed to detect.

Describe Darcy’s feeling towards Lydia’s elopement.Rather than being ashamed at the disgraceful behavior of

Elizabeth's sister, he displays tenderness over Elizabeth's feelings and well-being. Darcy feels that the disgrace is on himself, a result of his earlier pride for not exposing Wickham's untrustworthiness.

conflictsThere are two major conflicts in the novel

which develop the plot.

The first plot centers around Mrs. Bennet’s desperate attempts to find suitable husbands for her marriageable daughters.

The second plot revolves around Darcy trying to win Elizabeth’s love.

OutcomesThe outcome of the first conflict is a happy

one. Mrs. Bennet’s match-making problems are solved, for her daughters are either engaged or married.

The outcome of the second conflict ends in Darcy accomplishes his goal, winning the love of Elizabeth and her hand in marriage.

Elizabeth Bennet The second daughter of the Bennets who is lively,

intelligent, witty and sensible; she at first strongly dislikes Mr. Darcy and then falls in love with him. She is graceful and charming. Her beauty take a little time to register, but she is the type of women whom familiarity lends charm. Darcy does not concede her any appreciable beauty when he first meets her. She has moral courage, Elizabeth declines two marriage proposals- both undesirable but both attractive in their own way, as well as She is the only one to face lady Catherine with calm composure and unruffled dignity.

Fitzwilliam Darcy An extremely wealthy aristocrat, best friend of Charles

Bingley, a loving brother, a considerate master. Darcy is proud, haughty and extremely conscious of class differences at the beginning of the novel. He does, however, have a strong sense of honor and virtue. Elizabeth's accusations after his first proposal to her help him to recognize his faults of pride and social prejudice. It is, in fact, precisely because Elizabeth is not so afraid by his high social status as to be afraid to criticize his character that he is attracted to her. The self-knowledge acquired from Elizabeth's accusation and the desire to win Elizabeth's love encourage him to change and judge people more by their character than by their social class.

Jane Bennet The eldest daughter of the Bennets who is

pretty, shy, calm, gentle and good-natured; she falls in love with and marries Mr. Bingley. She refuses to judge anyone badly, always making excuses for people when Elizabeth brings their faults to her attention, although in the end her judgments seem to be more accurate than Elizabeth's overall and to do her much less harm. Jane is a static character as she is basically a model of virtue from the beginning, there is no room for her to develop in the novel.

Mr. Bennet A country gentleman, who is the sometimes

irresponsible father of five daughters and the husband of Mrs. Bennet. He is fond of books and can be witty and amusing.

Mrs. Bennet The match-making mother of five daughters.

The wife of Mr. Bennet and "a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper," who embarrasses her older daughters with her lack of class and entertains her husband with her ignorance.

Charles Bingley

Mr. Bingley is an amiable and good-tempered person. He is not overly concerned with class differences, and Jane's poor family connections are not a serious deterrent to his attachment to her. Bingley is very modest and easily swayed by the advice of his friends, and is thus static throughout the novel. His character and his love for Jane remain constant; the only thing that changes is the advice of Darcy, which leads him not to propose to Jane in the beginning of the novel but to propose to her in the end.

George Wickham

A charming and well-spoken young man, Wickham uses his charisma to insinuate himself into the lives of others. His behavior throughout the novel shows him to be a gambler who has no scruples about running up his debts and then running away. He has a mercenary nature regarding women. Like Elizabeth, he can read people easily ; however, he uses this knowledge to his advantage. When he finds that Elizabeth dislikes Darcy, for example, he capitalizes on her dislike to gain her sympathies.

Mr. Collins. A clergyman and an extremely comical character

because of his mix of obsequiousness and pride, Mr. Collins is fond of making long and silly speeches. For Mr. Collins, speech is not a means to communicate truth but a means to say what he thinks the people around him want to hear or what will make the people around him think well of him. He is in line to inherit Longbourn once Mr. Bennet dies, and wants to marry one of the Miss Bennets to lessen the burden of the entailment. When Elizabeth refuses him, he considers his duty discharged and transfers his affections to Charlotte Lucas.

A Passage to India

Edward Morgan Forster E.M. Forster, in full Edward Morgan Forster. British novelist,

essayist, and social and literary critic. His fame rests largely on his novels Howards End and A Passage to India  and on a large body of criticism.

he was brought up by his mother and paternal aunts. The difference between the two families, his father’s being strongly evangelical with a high sense of moral responsibility, his mother’s more feckless and generous-minded, gave him an enduring insight into the nature of domestic tensions, while his education as a dayboy (day student) was responsible for many of his later criticisms of the English public school.

At Cambridge, he enjoyed a sense of liberation. For the first time he was free to follow his own intellectual inclinations; and he gained a sense of the uniqueness of the individual and of the healthiness of moderate skepticism.

What is the significance of title? The title of A Passage to India is a reference to a

poem by Walt Whitman, “Passage to India”. Whitman in his poem ends with the track, citing the example of the great explorers – and the great empire builders. But Forster’s novel with additional “A” suggests that there is more than a ‘passage’ -.. There are more than one perspective to see in India, and there is more than one way to interpret the disorder.

1A Passage to India, published in 1924, was E.M.

Forster's first novel in fourteen years, and the last novel he wrote. Subtle and rich in symbolism, the novel works on several levels. On the surface, it is about India—which at the time was a colonial possession of Britain—and about the relations between British and Indian people in that country. It is also about the necessity of friendship, and about the difficulty of establishing friendship across cultural boundaries.

On a more symbolic level, the novel also addresses questions of faith (both religious faith and faith in social conventions). Forster's narrative centers on Dr. Aziz, a young Indian physician whose attempt to establish friendships with several British characters has disastrous consequences. In the course of the novel, Dr. Aziz is accused of attempting to rape a young Englishwoman. Although the charges against Aziz are dropped during his trial, the gulf between the British and native Indians grows wider than ever, and the novel ends on an ambiguous note.

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When A Passage to India appeared in 1924, it was praised by reviewers in a number of important British and American literary journals. Despite some criticism that Forster had depicted the British unfairly, the book was popular with readers in both Britain and the United States.

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Characters Dr. Aziz : The Moslem doctor at the Government

Hospital.Cyril Fielding: The English Principal at the

Government College.Miss Adela Quested: A young woman newly arrived

from England, expecting to be the fiancee of Ronny Heaslop.

Ronny Heaslop:The City Magistrate of Chandrapore.Mrs. Moore: Adela's chaperone and Ronny Heaslop's

mother, Mr.Turtan The collector, the man who governs

Chandrapore.

Major Callendar:The civil surgeon at Chandrapore, Dr. Aziz’s superior.  

Professor Godbole:The Hindu colleague of Fielding's.Hamidullah:Dr. Aziz’s uncle and friend. Hamidullah, who was

educated at Cambridge, believes that friendship between the English and Indians is more likely possible in England than in India.

Mahmoud Ali:  A lawyer friend of Dr. Aziz who is deeply pessimistic about the English.