Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 10 AIL 0921 short lesson, about 20 seconds
"Rightful Property"
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The idea
The phrase rightful property is the sharpest thing in the opening, and it belongs to the families rather than to the narrator. Austen lets them convict themselves in their own vocabulary, which is the same mechanism unit five found in Browning's Duke.
In practice
They convict themselves in their words.
Where people slip
The same mechanism as the Duke's.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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