1. Colonel Fitzwilliam is the nephew of Lady Catherine. He is intelligent and talks pleasantly with others. He is also very charming. 2. As they are all talking in chapter thirty-one, Lady Catherine chimes in with rather rude comments. She talks about how practice is necessary to become a proficient musician. She specifically addresses this to Miss Bennet and Mrs. Collins. Mr. Darcy found this to be shameful. 3. Fitzwilliam finds it amusing that Elizabeth’s surmise about Mr. Darcy only lessens
Introduction The following review will be on the book of English writer, “messenger” of realism in British literature, a satirist, wrote the so-called novel of manners – Jane Austen, called “Pride and Prejudice”. Her books are recognized as masterpieces and conquer the sincerity and simplicity of the plot against the background of a deep psychological penetration into the souls of heroes and ironic, mild, truly "British" humour. Jane Austen is still considered the "First Lady" of English literature
Zumbi dos Palmares was an Afro-Brazilian legend and symbol of resistance from Brazil’s colonial time. He was the leader of the quilombos, a community formed by fugitive slave farmers, Indians and poor whites. He officially became the chief of the Quilombo dos Palmares, located in Pernambuco, in 1680 after leading a civil war and defeating their current leader, Ganga Zumba. Zumbi resisted the Portuguese colonial oppression for 14 years until the expedition led by Domingos Jorge Velho destroyed the
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