Pride and Prejudice: A Contemporary View

The hardest thing abtaboo this project, in my opinion, was in fact non the var. of research it took to arrive at the conclusions presented in this paper, nevertheless when the process of grouping them unitedly into something that cogency make any sense at all. I receive come to learn that there ar so some(prenominal) parallels in the midst of ostentation and loss and its modern counterpart, Youve Got turn on, and to a slighter point The blackleg Around the Corner, that putting them together involves more than(prenominal)(prenominal) than single might imagine.In any case, I found that Youve Got get down is more of a combination of The deceive Around the Corner and haughtiness and hurt than The crop Around the Corner is related to Pride and preconception at all. In reviewing Pride and Prejudice and Youve Got Mail, I found that about major aspects of the blast are similar to issues presented in Pride and Prejudice. However, the frequently rearranged presenta tion of these stock-stillts when visualised in Youve Got Mail initially led me to see them as different. This had more to do with the concept of role reversal than anything else.Nevertheless, there were a a couple of(prenominal) minor differences, each of which, along with the major and minor similarities between the wise and the film, I will thoroughly examine and discuss in this essay. above all, I would bear to say without a doubt that Youve Got Mail is a successful adaptation to Pride and Prejudice, with the single most powerful linkup between the two being the expression of a changing society. As would be obvious to any viewer, reader, or analyst, this is d unity successfully d hotshot the characters of Kathleen Kelly and Joe Fox, who in different ways represent Miss Elizabeth bennet and Mr. Fitzwillam Darcy in Pride and Prejudice.When I say different I mean that Kathleen is not always Elizabeth and Joe is not necessarily Darcy. In fact, when compared to their correspo nding kindly situations in Pride and Prejudice, Kathleen is Mr. Darcy, while Joe represents Elizabeth. I say this because I realize that when we give-up the ghost our sympathy to Kathleens plight in Youve Got Mail and to Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, thereby connecting the two characters, we are not thinking of how readers of Pride and Prejudice when it was written felt when reading it.In their opinion, it had to consume been Darcy who faced the dilemma, not Elizabeth. You see, in both the book and novel the traditional ways, whether they are of mincing Era England or the fastness West Side, are being unavoidably replaced by new amicable or economic standards. In Pride and Prejudice the noble fall unconnected was sinking as the middle class rose, with the middle class seen much like a modern stove investment firm in comparison to a classic book pasture that had been in personalised line of credit for generations.It is in this way that Elizabeths family is t argetn as a virus in aristocratic England much as the FoxBooks franchise is to proud Upper West Siders. Not only was the societal situation of Pride and Prejudice well represented in Youve Got Mail, but also FoxBooks perfectly mirroring the incursion of a noble family by one with disgraceful connections played it out with the take everywhere of Kathleens shop. It was this and a difference of humankindners that initially kept the characters apart in both books but was conquered by a growth in their realizeing of each other.In any case, the characters of Youve Got Mail help show the connection to the novels societal aspects mostly in that of Frank, Kathleens boyfriend. He represents the values in a character that were sh feature in one like Lady Catherine, in which he despises the musical theme that the new world and technology are pickings over. You think this machines your friend, but its not are his initial words to Kathleen active her use of the computer. As a part of moder n society, he hates it, and because of her situation, she is somehow pass judgment to share those feelings.She does not, which is a large part of her connection to Darcys character, which is expected by all, including Elizabeth, to be proud and to never associate with those of a less noble blood than his own. Kathleens breakup with Frank broadcasts their internal differences, just as Darcy is written as different from most aristocrats in his ignoring class lines in recognizing morals. Kathleen Kelly is always shown as the heroine in Youve Got Mail because of her fence to move on her small, pricey shop open in the shadow of the terrible FoxBooks Store.In the equal way, Darcy throw out be seen as courageous in his internal conflict of whether or not to break away from social standards placed upon him by his family. These same expectations are in some form placed on Kathleen, who runs her store in her mothers shadow. She hit the hays the store, but in some ways is shown as one of those in Youve Got Mail who is the least affected by its closing. The people who most actively wish the shop to stay open are those who have grown up with it in their neighborhood.As Kathleen declares in a proceed of passionate anger to Joe, People may not remember me, either, but lots of people remember my mother. In comparing Kathleens noble struggle to that of Darcys, I am not discrediting Elizabeth Bennet as the heroine of Pride and Prejudice, kinda I am simply comparing two characters whose situations in life sentence compare, regardless of anything else. Although the economic situations in Youve Got Mail closely reflect the social issues in Pride and Prejudice, there are still many more similarities between the book and the movie, and also between the video and the film it was originally based upon, The Shop Around the Corner.The one main similarity between all three was that of the love-hate relationship that defines Darcy and Elizabeth and is mirrored in Joe and Kathl een and Kralik and Klara in The Shop Around the Corner. In Pride and Prejudice, Darcy and Elizabeth are at premier and passim most of the book kept apart by their conflicting social ranks, just as Joe and Kathleen are kept apart by their business competition. The characters of Kralik and Klara actually help explain the two other relationships because just as they are kept apart by competition in the workplace, they keep in touch through letters without knowing who the other one is.They hate each other, as do Joe and Kathleen, in person, but both couples evidently have a relationship where despite their feelings that the other is a bad person, they find each others considerably points online or by post. This is shown in The Shop Around the Corner in a quote from Klara, who says to Kralik, Why, I could show you letters that would open your look. No, I guess you probably wouldnt understand whats in them. Theyre written by a type of man so far superior to you it isnt even funny.The same basic statement is make by Kathleen to Joe in Youve Got Mail, where she remarks, The man who is coming here tonight is all in all unlike you. There is not a cruel or base bone in his body. This, the fact that Klara reveals that there were dates Kralik could have brush her off her feet, and the obvious notion that Joe and Kathleen could get along had they not been FoxBooks and The Shop Around the Corner gives some insight into the more complex characters of Elizabeth and Darcy, who were obviously set for each other all along, but had been kept apart on unfortunate technicalities.Although each couple may have been right for each other, they may have been kept apart by more than just business or class lines. They hurt each others pride, which was something that could only be ca employ by bad ingenuity and repaired by good ones. This report culminates in the scene in Pride and Prejudice where Darcy proposes to Elizabeth for the first time, and in both movies in the cafe scen es where the couple was supposedly to meet for the first time as mail correspondents. In all three, the characters erupt at the others attack on their pride and become so angry, all satisfaction may come out impossible.From the very beginning, from the first moment, I may virtually say, of my acquaintance with you, your manners impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain of the feelings of others, were such as to form that groundwork of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike and I had not cognise you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed upon to marry. These words of Elizabeth Bennet affected Darcy in the same way that those of Kathleen and Klara affected Joe and Kralik, respectively.That is to say, it hurt his pride. A lot. In any event, this experience served to make Darcy grow, with respect to manner and his circumspection of pride . The same effect was had on Joe and Kralik, and they forgave Kathleen and Klara in the meantime. This further advanced their relationships last leading to all three couples ending up in love with each other despite all odds against them. Manners were an cardinal part of Pride and Prejudice and were reflected in Youve Got Mail through communication. good enough manners were shown by email while bad ones were apparent in Joe and Kathleens verbally abusive relationship, their avoidance of each other, and in their misperceptions of the other. In my opinion, the Gardiners, who brought Darcy and Elizabeth together in the book, had a lot to do with the concept of email and manners in Youve Got Mail. Their true selves were made clear online, and once Joe learned the truth, he began to see past what had been going on between them and fell in love with Kathleen.She, of course, still had the misperception of him that had been dictated by their economic/social relationship, and even this die d away after(prenominal) Joe showed her some of the good manners she had been exposed to throughout their internet relationship. This exact situation was displayed in The Shop Around the Corner, and with a few surface differences, is what happened between Elizabeth and Darcy in Pride and Prejudice after the proposal scene. In all situations, manners were dictated by prejudices dictated down by society and in turn altered personal perception, where good manners were untainted by society and bad ones were prejudiced.Therefore, good manners lead to friendly relationships and bad ones lead to conflict. At first, I did not see the same humor in Youve Got Mail that had been utilize in Pride and Prejudice, primarily because I was looking for Jane Austens personal regulate hatred instead of that of modern culture. It is undisputable that the same satire used in Pride and Prejudice is shown in the character of Patricia Eden, Joes girlfriend. She represents materialism in her blind yet sel f-proclaimed insensitivity.When Frank, Kathleens boyfriend, asks Joe Fox at a party how he sleeps at night, Patricia jumps in and responds, I use a great over the counter drug- Ultra Dorm. you wake up without the slightest hangover other time, right before Joe decides to break up with her, four people are stuck in an elevator. Each person talks about what they plan to do if they get out alive.The first two are sincere and have to do with family and relationships. When it is her turn to speak, Patricia says, If I ever get out of here, Im having my eyes lasered. Another character that is humorous and at the same time represents a commentary on society is Gillian, Joes fathers fiancee. She goes to get her eggs harvested in one scene, buys tacky items only because they are expensive, makes passes at Joe, and finally runs off with her daughters nanny. She and Patricia seem to represent people who in todays world are trendy and have no character whatsoever, as opposed to those in Pride and Prejudice who represent those who are stupid, marry for money, and follow ridiculous customs.They are essentially the same because each shows what seems to be morally wrong with the people in the time period in which each was written. The one factor I did not see in Youve Got Mail that reflected a major idea in Pride and Prejudice was feminism. It was apparently groundbreaking at that time for Elizabeth to reject two out of three potentially successful offers of marriage, and I just didnt see any such signs of independence besides Kathleen owning her own store, which I did not see as the same.In any case, Youve Got Mail more than anything was a successful contemporary adaptation to Pride and Prejudice, in particular in representing the social and economic situations in a variety of ways. Youve Got Mail and The Shop Around the Corner were also successful in present the dynamics of the relationship between Darcy and Elizabeth though that of Joe and Kathleen and Klara and Kralik with respect to manners, morals, and romance.