The Cambridge Companion Chapter 8 1/31/12

Chapter 8 of The Cambridge Companion helped me to understand the "power" aspect of the prompt because it explained the hierarchies that existed in the time period that Pride and Prejudice is set in. Before reading this chapter, I didn't have much knowledge about the class system in Europe during this time period. I knew that there was probably a King or Queen and many other people that had some power, but I didn't know what this power meant. This chapter will also help me as I continue to read Pride and Prejudice because I will now have a better understanding of the roles that the characters in the novel play and the positions they hold in society. Learning what power a clergyman, lady, and baronet hold and the titles that they are given helps the book make more sense.