Pride And Prejudice Duality

Literature is constanting changing from different styles and different subjects. However, there are repeating themes/dualities that occur. These dualities including appearance/ reality, morality/immorality, and lightness/heaviness. By recognizing these dualities, readers can learn to reevaluate and deal with their own personal lives. In The Metamorphosis, Black Swan Green, and Pride and Prejudice, appearance is often used as the base for all judgement in society, no matter the time period. In Pride and Prejudice, Darcy and Elizabeth struggle with separating appearances from reality. In Darcy’s case, Elizabeth’s low social standing overshadowed her endless wit and personality while Elizabeth was blinded by Darcy’s initial arrogance, almost failing to see the caring side of him.In Black Swan Green, Jason is also blinded by the bedazzled appearance of popularity. The numerous occasions he’s had chances at popularity, such as the

In Candide, after living comfortably, Candide, Cunégonde, Cacambo, Pangloss, and the old woman, all grow insanely bored and thus more irritable. This torment leads the old woman to ask “... which is worse,... all the miseries through which we have passed—or else just sitting here and doing nothing?”. This brings up the question of whether it's better to suffer through a life of excitement (and possible sin) than to live a boring, uneventful life. Seeing boredom as the root of their problems, they seek a life of work, deciding to have a purpose and goal in life rather than just living just for the sake of living. Their actions are similar to those of Dorian, Madame Bovary, and Tomas. Although we see their actions as sinful, we cannot blame them, as they themselves didn’t want to torture themselves in a simple ordinary life. This makes us wonder, is immorality worth