Setting

The setting of a novel or a play is very important as the setting is the only physical aspect of the novel or play that is concrete.  We can always interpret differently the characters and their attitude and purpose.  But the setting can never be taken away from the story.  In Austen's Pride and Prejudice, setting plays an important part to the story and the plot. We see that the Bennets and the Lucas' live in the countryside in Longbourne.  This is not the richest and most wealthiest spot in England.  The houses are not as elegant as some of the houses else where.  This immediate conclusion that the other characters make about the Bennets is evident with Ms. Bingley as she immediately dismisses Jane as a viable partner for Bingley.  Ms. Bingley wants his brother to marry Darcy's sister who lives in Pemberly.  The setting of Pemberly is significant as it is the place that all the estates are and where most of the rich people reside.  The quick judgment of the people that live in Pemberly is evident as it is the place that all the extravagant and the rich people reside.  The characters make the judgement that the rich should marry the rich and the not the poor.  Ms. Bingley takes Bingley to London.  She tries to get her brother away from the "poor setting of the Bennets" and takes him to London, where people are of the same social standing as the Bingley's.  In Hamlet, the setting of is really important to the plot and theme of the book.  When Hamlet is in the woods with Horatio and Marcellus, we can come to the conclusion that because of the setting we see that there might be something dark happening or something bad.  As the scene progresses, we see that the conclusion we make about the setting, is true as the ghost tells Hamlet about the person who killed Hamlet sr.  Also as seen in the movie, we see that the King and the Queen live in an extravagant palace.  This demonstrates their superiority.  In both pride and Prejudice and Hamlet, we see the importance of setting as it dictates the for the most part the plot.