Pride And Prejudice By Jane Austen

Collins, a family cousin, who will upon Mr. Bennet’s death, inherit the family lands leaving the Bennet daughters without a home or money” (Telgen 285). This financial plight emphasizes the societal background of the time period in which women heavily rely on males, along with the reality that the Bennet daughters must marry if they are to support and house the family. In fact, Austen also reinforces the central role of this specific setting to her work, in which she begins her novel, “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife” (Austen 5). Already, the audience is made aware that meaningful social connections, relationships, and marriage, are especially essential to the society that Elizabeth Bennet and her family, reside in. However, in this setting, many females marry under the idea of pragmatism in which they marry to secure a comfortable and financial future that heavily contrasts with Elizabeth’s own idealism of marriage as romantic and individual (Pride and Prejudice). In fact, Austen stresses the pragmatic outlook of many of the characters in her work in the scene in which she introduces Darcy, where he “drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien, and the report which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year”

Elizabeth becomes acquainted with and attracted to a young officer named Wickham who tells her of how he and Darcy used to live under the same house because the late Darcy was his guardian. Wickham explains that Darcy cruelly cheated him out an inheritance. This information makes Elizabeth despise Darcy’s character even more than before. Meanwhile, Mrs. Bennet eagerly waits for Mr. Bingley to visit them like he said he would, however, Jane suddenly receives a letter in the mail from Miss Bingley informing her that the Bingleys and Darcy have returned to London for the winter. Jane is sad but does her best to hide it. Meanwhile another shock arrives for Elizabeth when Charlotte Lucas tells her that she is engaged to Mr. Collins. Charlotte explains that she is getting old and needs security and a comfortable home and that she is not looking for love in a marriage. Elizabeth does not believe that Charlotte will be happy but agrees to visit her and Mr. Collins after they are married. Jane travels to London with her aunt and uncle, the Gardiners, to get away from the family and the countryside and also in hopes that she will see Mr. Bingley. However, Miss Bingley visits her and behaves very rudely, reassuring Jane that Miss Bingley never intended to be her friend in the first place, and that her friendship with Mr. Bingley is beginning to look very unfortunate. Later in the spring, Elizabeth visits her best friend Charlotte Lucas, who is now known as Mrs.

Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, is a well-known classic. However, it was a radical work in Austen’s society, during the Regency period. In the romance novel Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen uses Mr. Collins to satirize marriage and relationships of the Regency period.

Bennet is a anxious, senseless, and woman, who is the mother of Elizabeth and her four sisters. While Mrs. Bennet has five unmarried daughters, she tries to arrange a marriage between Charles Bingley and her eldest daughter Jane. Mrs. Bennet is so foolish that she would put her daughters at risk just for the chance of a proposal, “...if she should die, it would be a comfort to know that it was all in pursuit if Mr. Bingley, and under your orders.” (30) Elizabeth makes this remark to expose Mrs. Bennet’s priority of marriage which comes before anything in her eyes. Mrs. Bennet is a greedy woman who will use anything as a weapon to tempt men, even her daughter Jane’s illness, “She will be taken very good care of. As long as she stays there , it is all very well. ” (30) Austen exposes the flaws of Mrs. Bennet, to display a mother’s view of marriage, which was a woman should marry for money and social status not for happiness. Another character that illustrates satirical elements in Pride and Prejudice is Lydia Bennet due to her over the top personality a lot of comic relief is given to the reader and shows her views on marriage in comparison to every else . Lydia shows no common sense and liability when she elopes and marries Mr.Wickham causing her

The Bennets are eager to marry their daughters because they do not have a male heir for their estate, and once Mr. Bennet dies, the government would take the estate away from the family; but, if the daughters were to marry, the husbands could serve as heirs. To add to the burden of marriage, Mrs. Bennet only looks for husbands of class and wealth because these were the archetypal traits of a husband during the nineteenth century, and she thinks reputation and wealth directly leads to happiness. Due to this ideology, Mrs. Bennet is jubilant when she hears that a man of wealth has moved to Netherfield: “Oh! single. my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!” (Austen 6). Without looking into anything other than Bingley’s “fortune,” Mrs. Bennet immediately draws the conclusion that Bingley would be a “fine thing for [her] girls.” Moreover, marriage is more of a transaction because in exchange for her daughter to Mr. Bingley, Mrs. Bennet can retain power over Mr. Bennet’s estate once he dies. Likewise, Mrs. Bennet is a conformist with the patriarchal ideas of the time because she limits the say of her daughters, and assumes that they will not be able to pick husbands for themselves. However, since Mrs. Bennet conforms to the social norms, she does not account the personality of prospect husband's, and

There has been news of a young man in Netherfield Park, not too far from Longbourn, and he is known to be very rich, making four or five thousand a year, and best of all, he is single; his name is Charles Bingley. This spur’s the area of Longbourn, as the surrounding families are fixed on the idea of hopefully marrying him. Mrs. Bennet is the first to to impress Bingley as she invites him to a ball, or a formal dance party; and at this ball, he brings a friend named Mr. Darcy, and the two Bennet sisters, Jane and Elizabeth join their mother as well at the ball. The relations between Mr. Bingley and Jane ameliorates as they are seen dancing twice together, and he states “Oh! she is the most beautiful creature I ever beheld!” (Pg.29) On the other hand,

In my personal cherished novel, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, the worlds of two immensely divergent people display the marxist idea of the importance of social status and its affect on the people. The two main characters seem to be on opposite ends of the earth in terms of an affluent Mr. Darcy being so privileged while on the contrary, Miss Elizabeth Bennet is of a lower class. Throughout the novel, there is a fine distinction between their clashing opinions and actions that are highly influenced by both their social classes as well as the society that surrounds them. As one can assume by basing the theme of the novel upon its title, the differences in Miss Bennet and Mr. Darcy’s social rankings causes great discord leading both to a test of conquering their pride and bigotry against their opinions of each other and their families.

Collins, an odd, slightly unpleasant man, is entirely based on the comfortable home he will provide her. By characterizing Charlotte as a rational, level-headed person, Austen “endorses, with qualifications, an economically pragmatic view” of marriage (Frost 265). Additionally, Elizabeth Bennet is considered foolish by those around her because she refuses both Mr. Collins’s and Mr. Darcy’s proposals of marriage. By turning both men down, Elizabeth “stuns the offerers, not because Collins and Darcy believe Elizabeth loves them, but because they calculate their proposals to be economically unrefusable” (Frost 263). Through the characterization of Charlotte and Elizabeth as rational and foolish respectively, Austen suggests the absolute necessity of marriage, no matter the feelings of the couple for one another.

The basic story line and plot of Pride and Prejudice involves a year in the life of 20 year old Elizabeth Bennet. Because her family has a modest income and no brothers to entail their land to, Elizabeth and her sister’s comfortable lives are in jeopardy, making it necessary that they marry men with good livings. Mrs. Bennet is well aware of this and has made it her primary goal to marry off her daughters as soon as possible. This fervent goal of hers leads to some uncomfortable and even embarrassing behavior by Mrs. Bennet and ultimately her husband and youngest daughters as well. Elizabeth and her older sister Jane seem to be the most sensible and well mannered of the family. The eldest sister Jane has fallen in love with a wealthy, good natured, gentleman named Mr. Bingley. Elizabeth wants to see her sister happy, yet Mr. Darcy is determined that his friend not marry beneath him. This sets up the basic struggle between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy who are continually being thrown together through circumstances. The awkwardness of their first meeting was spurred on by their unyielding personalities. His pride and her prejudice stood in the way of them understanding each other.

Because Elizabeth does not perceive any love in her relationship with Mr. Collins, Mr. Bennet does not want Elizabeth to marry him, and says that “Your mother will never see your face if you do not marry Mr. Collins and I will never see you again if you do”(99).

In Jane Austen 's dialogue heavy novel Pride and Prejudice, much of each page is consumed by in depth conversations between her characters; only infrequently does she break to a narrative to make asides about the story. With a style of writing such as this, it is quite difficult as a writer to portray the private inner thoughts of characters. In order to provide this necessary element of inner character thought, Jane Austen makes use of written letters to reveal such inner thoughts of her characters that would otherwise be absent. Letters are used as a dramatic device in the novel to expand upon the plot, reveal critical information about the characters and is a minor theme in Jane 's book.

In the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, it is illustrated through the motif of sense that when it comes to reason versus passion, man should be more sensible in choosing the better for them. She emphasizes this through some of the characters and their relationships in the novel, such as, Jane Austen and Mr. Bingley, Mr. Collins and Charlotte, Mr. Wickham and Elizabeth, and Lydia and Mr.Wickham. Within many of these relationships a lot of suspicion and scandal takes place. In the novel, Austen attest that people should use your mind more when it comes to relationships and sometimes passion could prevent people from making logical decisions.

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice wasn't alike any other Romantic or Gothic novels written at the time, it was the first novel to porttrait real characters and everyday life. Jane doesn't display much evidence of the Romantic movement in her works and she is the only author that seems to be untouched by the political, intellectial and artistic revolutions of her time. As Rebecca West stated “Austen's novels contain no mention of the Napoleonic wars because she had nothing to say about them”

The book chosen for review is titled Pride and Prejudice, categorized as a novel of manners as well as a satire. First published in the year of 1813 by Whitehall, it is written by the renowned Jane Austen, an English novelist who remains one of the most highly read authors to this day. Austen conveys to the readers a depiction of life in this era and well as a message of romance and loyalty. The setting of the novel is England during the early nineteenth century, telling the story of a young woman growing up in high the society of the British Regency, dealing with romance, morals, and education. Our leading lady is Elizabeth Bennet, one of five daughters born to the Bennets. Her sisters are the pretty Jane, the studious Mary,the flirty

Collins must first be examined. When Mr. Collins decided to propose to Elizabeth, he presumes and fully believes that Elizabeth could not possibly reject him, for his status in society has made him a rather eligible bachelor. Alternatively, Elizabeth has a very different thought which can be seen when she exclaims: “You could not make me happy, and I am convinced that I am the last woman in the world who would make you” (Austen 172). It is Elizabeth through which Austen’s on views on marriage are clearly expressed because she fully believes that the basis for marriage should be happiness and love, not money and property. If Mr. Collins’s proposal to Elizabeth had been accepted, she would have submitted herself to a life of unhappiness, trapped inside a loveless marriage. When Mr. Darcy comes into the picture, love begins to emerge, and therefore, the reader feels an attraction towards their future relationship. Austen makes the reader want Elizabeth and Darcy to marry because, just as she would favor, it is out of love and not a want for money or power. Their relationship is based on mutual admiration, respect, and appreciation. This stems from a clear understanding of the other’s character. Elizabeth does not care about Collins’s wealth or power. She thinks that if they were to marry, the relationship would be an unsuccessful one because they are not attracted to each other. From Darcy’s and Elizabeth’s character, the audience