1a. "Which do you mean?” and turning round, he looked for a moment at Elizabeth, till catching her eye, he withdrew his own and coldly said, 'She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me'” (Austen, 50/51).
1b. "I would much prefer their minds be engaged in the deadly arts than clouded with the dreams of marriage and fortune, as your own so clearly is!...I warn you that none of our girls has much to recommend them; they are silly and ignorant...the exception being Lizzy, who has something more of the killer instinct than her sisters" (Austen,Grahame-Smith,8).
2. I find the comparison between the dating scene and a zombie apocalypse quite enjoyable.
3. I'm not certain that there was a carefully thought out reason on the author's part in comparing a zombie apocalypse to the dating scene, however, I am going to take on the role of every other English student and assume the author had deep and carefully thought out intentions in this writing, even though in all likelihood there is not any real intention of knowledge to be gained here. Furthermore, I am going to assume that the prior mentioned author and was not simply jumping on the "zombies and monsters bandwagon" that has swept over our culture in the last few years and actually was seeking to provide insight, however humorous, into Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
I chose the above quotes because I thought they highlighted the brutality of trying to find solid relationships and the hardships that people face. Firstly, however one tries to slice it, members of the opposite gender are usually giant butt-holes. Darcy completely degrades Elizabeth in the first quote when she does absolutely nothing to even warrant such negative attention. The second quote I personally enjoyed because it emphasizes the brutal mentality it takes to succeed in such a cut-throat environment. The emphasis place on a "killer instinct" instead of being "clouded" with dreams of functional relationships that in all honesty, rarely exist is humorously refreshing and fairly accurate.
In conclusion, the humorous zombie twist given to Austen's Pride although scoring high in raw entertainment value, also scores high in the lessons learned category by illustrating the author's goal of the craziness of a marriage and relationship oriented culture.
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