Analysis of the way voice and dialogue are used in a passage from Pride and Predjudice.

The passage used is from Volume 1 chapter IX, running from 'And so ended his affection' and running to the end of the chapter. The passage concentrates on the interplay between the various 'voices' and as such is dialogic. Our understanding of events and characters is enhanced by the combination of 'showing' (dialogue) and 'telling' (narrative), which includes techniques such as free indirect speech and focalisation. The passage opens with direct speech from Elizabeth. Her words …showed first 75 words of 1126 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1126 total…the fewest amount of words whilst subtly manipulating our opinions. - BIBLIOGRAPHY Austen Jane (1998 edn) Pride and Prejudice ed. Kinsley & <Tab/>Bradbrook, Oxford <Tab/>University Press (first pub.1813) Padley, Steve (2002 edn) Approaching Prose Fiction, Open <Tab/>University Morris, Pam Reading Pride and Prejudice in Dennis Walder (ed) <Tab/>(2002) The <Tab/>Realist Novel, Routledge