Pride and Prejudice (2003)

Discussion Questions

1. Does the movie have the same themes of first impression and prejudgments as in the book?
2. Comment of the friendship group standing in for the Bennet sisters.
3. Lizzie wants to be a writer. Is this to pay homage to Jane Austen or a plot device or for character development?
4. Did the director and screenwriters turn this into a romance movie? How?
5. What aspects of the movie worked well and what didn’t? Was there anything missing?
6. Discuss what in the movie would be the ballrooms scenes, letters, and other critical parts of the book.
7. Discuss religious themes in the movie and book? How do they emerge? What do they say about the movie and Jane Austen?