Mansfield
Park - Jane Austen
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Discussion
questions:
1.
Many readers and critics think
'Mansfield Park' is the most serious
and most profound novel written by
Jane Austen. Do you agree? Why
(not)?
2.
Is Fanny a real fictional heroin
(like Austen's other ones (Emma,
Elizabeth Bennet (P&P)))? How is
Fanny portrayed in the book? How is
she portrayed in the movie?
3.
This question can be answered for
both book and movie: What are the
similarities and differences between
the courtship of Edmund and Mary and
that of Fanny and Henry. Why did
these two courtships fail? To what
extent were the trials of these
courtships responsible for Edmund's
change of heart
toward Fanny?
4.
A question for both book and movie:
What role does the play have in the
story? Does it stand for something?
Is it a metaphor or symbol for
something? How do the different
characters react to the play? What
does this say about the characters?
5.
How does Austen structure her plot?
Does the three-volume structure of
the typical nineteenth-century novel
influence the structure of the
events? Is there a special structure
found in the movie?
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