Social Etiquette

Social Etiquette

1. The question of a woman riding alone in a carriage with a man

   • With John Thorpe she does, not knowing it was not socially acceptable, and then refuses to again
   • When General Tilney asks her to ride with Henry however she agrees to

2. Mrs Allen claims to be Catherine's supervisor yet does not aid her in terms of what to and what not to do

   • It is Mr Allen who in fact tells Catherine it is wrong to ride alone with a man, only however after she asks

3. The General turns Catherine out of the house to travel unnacompanied to Fullerton

4. The fact that a woman cannot fall in love with a man before his love for her is made clear