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The importance of social status
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Extract-based option: Lady Catherine visits Elizabeth to warn her against becoming engaged to Darcy.
How does Austen present the importance of social status, in this extract and elsewhere in the novel?
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Marking points
- 1 Uses extract and wider novel evidence.
- 2 Explores social status, family, money and marriage.
- 3 Analyses Austen's dialogue and characterisation.
Why this answer loses marks
Lady Catherine is snobbish about Elizabeth.
This needs to move beyond character description to wider status, Austen's dialogue and Regency context.