Jane Austen 's Pride And Prejudice

In Pride and Prejudice Author Jane Austen claims that marriage should be between a man and women who love each other equally. Austen's disgust of Marriage and decorum in British culture is written through the eyes of main the main character in Pride and Prejudice, Miss Elizabeth Bennett. It is sad to think that marriage could be bought or in Elizabeth Bennett’s case not afforded. Marriage shouldn’t be the only measure of worth for women. Someone should not feel “repugnance” for a marriage due to situation.

During the Victorian era, expectations of a demanding society were high in regards to finding a prestigious mate of good wealth and social status. The primary goal for woman from this era was marriage. After reading Jane Austen’s most popular piece of work, the effects of the high societal expectations can be acknowledged through viewing the lives of the Bennet family and friends and noting such effects. Through the examination of the characters in Pride and Prejudice it is easily deciphered between marriages based upon true love and marriage based upon the expectations of society.

In the novel Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen uses satire to prove how all relationships should be filled with love, happiness, and understanding, despite the universal views of social standings determining an individual’s likeness. Once the two main characters: Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet first meet at the Meryton Ball, Austen struggles to find a mutual interest between the two, due to their contradicting outlooks on societies. Mr. Darcy, who is in the upper class, views all lower class citizens to be beneath him and his standards, unlike Elizabeth, who in the middle class, relies heavily on first impressions and accepts everyone with a respectful demeanor. As Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet progress in their relationship though, their stubborn personalities begin to fade, creating a new and refreshing outlook on their family, friends, and each other.

But how little of permanent happiness could belong to a couple who were only brought together because their passions were stronger than the virtue, she could easily conjecture” (Austen 266). A marriage created solely because of the idiotic endeavours of a teenage girl is not one that is bound to be happy. Especially when Wickham was paid to marry Lydia in order to try to save some sliver of the Bennets’ reputation. Lydia did not marry for true love, and while, during this time period, love is not the biggest concern, love is still important. Marriages that aren’t based on a mutual love end with both parties involved miserable, just like the Bennet parents. Lydia’s failure of a marriage highlights Jane and Lizzy’s happy, successful marriages.

Just as one cannot love anyone else until they love themselves, one cannot be true to anyone else until they are true to themselves. The novel Pride and Prejudice illustrates a powerful message of being true to oneself through the powers of the author 's own outlook. As an opinionated women of her time, Jane Austen voiced her views through her own writing. Even though the objective of the book was to entertain readers, Austen never failed to wittily use plot and characters to express her own stance. Her distinctive own style of writing has left future generations something to scrutinize over. In the play, “Hamlet”, Shakespeare wrote “to thine own self be true,/And it must follow, as the night the day,/Thou canst not then be false to any

Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austen, is a humorous portrayal of the social atmosphere of late eighteenth and early nineteenth century England. The novel is much more than a comedic love story. However, through Austen’s subtle and ironic style, it addresses economic, political, feminist, sociological, philosophical themes, inspiring a great deal of diverse critical commentary on the meaning of the work. The proposal of the Mr. Collins to Elizabeth occurs in Chapter 19 of the novel and is a typical example of his stupidity and arrogance. Austen use of the art of dialogue is modeled the characters usage of verbal irony, or satire which is what ‘holds’ the conversations/ disagreements together. Chapter 19 is a great example of how she

Pride and Prejudice is a novel which follows the fine, beautiful, and single Bennett daughters and in more particular, Elizabeth Bennett, who copes with trials and tribulations of life, morals, and marriage. Throughout the novel, most of the issues that Elizabeth must deal with have to do with her and her family’s social ranking. Since the novel takes place in a society of the landed gentry of the British regency, social class/status is among the utmost importance of a person during this time. Jane Austen uses her satirical and witty writing style to depict certain characters in this novel to represent the various class rankings and the differences they cause between people who are not of the same class. In more detail, Austen portrays the effects of different statuses and income among the lives of women, especially single women. She also uses family income, property, consumer items, and language to differentiate different social rankings. One of the most important rankings for Austen in this novel is the status of a ‘gentleman’. She portrays many of her characters in this way and on the contrary characterizes some characters as snobbish and superficial (Stafford 302).

Each individual in this world surely have a dream to get married once they grow up, especially with the one they love. Even though today’s society accepts unmarried relationship where couples live together and have babies out of wedlock, in the end marriage is what they hope for as a symbol of their relationship. Clearly, marriage is a must in human’s life. This necessity influences humans to create stories that end with marriage and live happily ever after. Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austen, is also one of those stories that fulfils this criterion. In this novel, Jane Austen described various marriages which differ from each other. Instead of love, there are marriages that are

The novel Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen is a satirical depiction of the social life and atmosphere of eighteenth and nineteenth century England, which at the time was predominantly concerned with the courtship customs of the English gentry. The novel, through Austen’s ironic and subtle writing style, is far more than just a romantic comedy, since it skillfully addresses and combines the political, economic, philosophical and feminist themes of its period with parody and drama to accentuate the overall basic plot of the story. The title of the novel is also an allusion that reflects and supports the running theme which is pride and prejudice. The story centers on an unlikely pair, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet; both whom endure many challenges before coming together. Jane Austen dramatized the theme of pride and prejudice through the plot and the two main characters to portray how woman’s status in society and social ranking play an important role as well. The author also wittily intends to use the opening line of the novel to introduce to the reader a satirical view of the institution of marriage, not love, concepts that were not necessarily closely related in early nineteenth century England. However, the concepts of pride, prejudice, and “universally acknowledged truth” are not only the central ideas of the novel, but they also foreshadow all the main events of the story and dictate almost all of the major characters’

Social norms are the unwritten rules of society, which serve as a blueprint on how one should act. In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, this idea is supported by the opening statement, as it creates the perception of social protocols having a role in how individuals are supposed to act. In addition, it allows for the characters to follow the societal standards, as well as to go against them. In the statement, Austen has declared that the main subject of the novel will be courtship and marriage, along with establishing the tone of the novel and preparing the reader for an occurrence of either a man in search of a wife, or a woman in pursuit of a husband. In essence, it sets the stage for the entire novel and serves as an important reflection with its prominent as well as reverse meaning.

Jane Austen’s novels are known for not only being enthralling but also as characteristic of British society in the nineteenth century. Her novels present a compelling view on the historical, psychological, and sociological issues woven into the plots that are ironic and, farce, and versatile characters. One of Jane Austen’s most appreciated novels Pride and Prejudice illustrates the topic that I will explore in my extended essay, which is the male domain versus the female one. In order to address my question- How does social status and gender bias influence life decisions and perceptions of the world in Austen’s Pride and Prejudice?- I will investigate and reveal the specific views of both gender’s worlds as offered by Austen in comparison to the established ones from Nineteenth Century England. The social status and genders of the characters influence their lives in all aspects, from determining their perceptions of the world to limiting their potentials in life decisions.

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is one of the most widely read and studied English novels of the 19th century. Austen’s characters, in Pride and Prejudice in particular seem to think and act like real people, and the worlds Austen creates around her characters seem logical and realistic. The novel gives an idea about how human psychology and gender relations looked like during the 19th century in England. “The novel is regularly interpreted from a feminist theory perspective, with theorists arguing that Elizabeth Bennet resists patriarchal authority and refuses to subject herself to the will and power of men.” (Chapman, R.W.55)

Nowadays the society looks at marriage in a way were in order to get married, people must be in love. However, Jane Austen proves that marriage isn’t always based on love, it is sometimes also based on sustainability. In Jane’s story “Pride and Prejudice”, she describes many different situations on why people would get married to one another. Most of her points would be based on the person's wealth and reasons of shame. For example, Charlotte got married to Mr.Collins for the sake of security and financial stability. As for Lydia, she tide the knot due to shame and the sake of saving the families name. Nevertheless, Elizabeth’s relationship with Darcy presents a way more complicated path before marriage; they both go through the true love track of getting to know each other before

The characters of the story have unrelated thoughts and reasons about why marriage is important. Lydia is convinced that she will never be happy without Wickham, and he becomes her husband. On the other hand, Elizabeth believes that matrimony should only occur when the man and lady love each other. In spite of that, Charlotte becomes Collin’s wife because she is getting too old, especially for the time of the 19th century; therefore, accepts Collin’s proposal to assure that she is safe. Conclusively, women have their mind set that marriage is a necessity to have a fulfilled way of

THE FORMATION OF JANE AUSTEN 'S MARRIAGE CONCEPT AND THE REFLECTION IN PRIDE AND PREJUDICE