Object of the Study

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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY

This chapter consists of three parts. The first part is the object of the study. The second part presents the approach of the study. The third is the method of the study. In this chapter, the writer would like to describe the physical description of the novel, the approach that is employed in analyzing the work, and also the procedures of the analysis of the work.

A. Object of the Study

The object of the study is a novel entitled Pride and Prejudice. Pride and Prejudice is a novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The writer used the copy of the novel. It is published by Rohan Book Company, copyright 2004. There are 61 chapters in the novel. The writer would like to present what the novel is all about. The story is about the Bennet family. Mrs. Bennet intends to see her daughters, Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine, and Lydia Bennet, to get married to wealthy men. When Charles Bingley arrives at nearby Netherfield Park, she is excited by the prospect of introducing her daughters to him. She immediately sends her husband to visit him on the first day he arrives. When he arrives, Bingley comes with Mr. Darcy and his two sisters, Caroline Bingley and Mrs. Hurst. Elizabeth quickly realizes that Caroline Bingley seems to dislike the Bennet family and that she only pretends to be friends with Jane. Soon after, Bingley, his sisters, and Darcy depart 13 for London and announce to Jane that they have no intentions of returning to Netherfield anytime soon. They also tell Jane that Bingley will marry Mr. Darcy’s sister. Jane goes to stay in London. She tries to see Bingley but she is rebuked by Caroline Bingley. Caroline Bingley does not want Bingley to know that Jane is in London and Jane slowly begins to accept the rejection. Elizabeth goes to visit Mr. Collins and her friend, Charlotte. At that time, Elizabeth meets again with Mr. Darcy. Mr. Darcy proposes marriage to her, but she refuses. However, he gives her a letter explaining that Wickham has lied and that Jane has seemed to be disinterested by Bingley. Elizabeth calls back home quickly when she gets the news that Lydia has run away with Wickham. She returns home while her father and Mr. Gardiner are searching for the two in London. It is revealed that Darcy actually finds them eventually and helps to pay the dowry for Wickham to take Lydia in marriage. It is an act that impresses Elizabeth greatly. Bingley reappears in Netherfield Park for a short while and resumes courting Jane while Lady de Bourgh arrives and acts rudely towards the Bennets. She warns Elizabeth not to marry Darcy, as her daughter is supposed to marry him. A few days later, Darcy returns himself and reproposes Elizabeth that she now accepts. Jane and Bingley a re also engaged shortly before Elizabeth’s engagement. The two are married on the same day. Bingley and Jane move to Derbyshire in the following year while Elizabeth and Darcy live together in Pemberley. 14 This novel mostly tells about how the Bennet family as a middle class family has to survive against the high class people. Jane Austen gives a clear description about how the powerful people often use their power to oppress the powerless people. In the novel, the life problems of Bennet family mostly deal with powerful people. It is starts when the Bennets meet Mr. Bingley ’s family and Mr. Darcy. At the end of the novel, those two men become a part of Bennet family and the story ends in happy ending.

B. Approach of the Study