Cambridge Companion Chapter 3

Chapter three of Cambridge Companion showed Austen's education in theatre and how she incorporated that into her writing. The chapter showed how her experiences affected her invention of her novels. It related her knowledge in playwrights to her novel of Pride and Prejudice and that the context is going to be much like a playwright. She also used William Shakespeare as a role model to her writing. Having read Pride and Prejudice before, I clearly see how it is much like watching a play. Her "scenes" are well detailed and thought out, enough to easily imagine the characters but not too much where you lose interest. After reading the chapter, I saw the connection but had a hard time understanding the overall vocabulary.