Original artwork, not a still
Pride and Prejudice ‧ 1813
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours, and laugh at them in our turn?
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The line makes a wry, slightly unkind bargain: we live to amuse our neighbours and then to laugh back. It treats social life as a game of mutual entertainment, where being watched and watching are two halves of the same pastime. The question mark leaves a bit of room to wonder how serious it is.
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