Pride And Prejudice: The Fish In The Sea, Holy Matrimony

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During the course of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice (1813) The protagonist Elizabeth Bennet receives two marriage proposals from her cousin Mr. Collins and the prideful gentleman Mr. Darcy. Both proposals serve as commentary on view regarding marriage from the Regency era, with Collin’s methodical and satirically written monologue encouraging the reader to condemn the traditionalist view that marriage should be based on social and economic assets, whilst Darcy’s more emotionally charged but still belittling exclamation invites the reader to consider the more modernist view of marriage being centered around love. The propositions serve as a comparison between society’s idea of marriage being more akin to a business transaction and Austen’s more romantic ideals.

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice focuses on the restrictive gender roles of early 19th century England. The only possibility of upwards social mobility for women is through marriage. However, the prospect of marriage is directly by men, leaving women at their mercy. Austen depicts marriage as a social construct designed to maintain gender roles in England’s Regency era.

Pride and Prejudice depicts the unfairness of marriage that was often an unhappy one for women during the nineteenth century. Once a woman had successfully managed to secure a marriage that would guarantee financial security, there was no guarantee that they would have obtained happiness. For most men, exemplified by Mr. Collins, the happiness of their wives was of no consequence:

In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen introduces the major thematic concept of marriage and financial wealth. Throughout the novel, Austen depicts various relationships that exhibit the two recurring themes. Set during the regency period, the perception of marriage revolves around a universal truth. Austen claims that a single man “must be in want of a wife.” Hence, the social stature and wealth of men were of principal importance for women. Austen, however, hints that the opposite may prove more exact: a single woman, under the social limitations, is in want of a husband. Through this speculation, Austen acknowledges that the economic pressure of social acceptance serves as a foundation for a proper marriage.

Jane Austen’s novel is commanded by women; Pride and Prejudice explores the expectations of women in a society that is set at the turn of the 19th century. Throughout the plot, Austen’s female characters are all influenced by their peers, pressures from their family, and their own desires. The social struggle of men and women is seen throughout the novel. Characters, like Elizabeth, are examples of females not acting as proper as women were supposed to, while other women like Mrs. Bennett allow themselves to be controlled by men and society. Mr. Collins is a representation of the struggles males deal with in a novel dominated by women. The theme of marriage is prominent during Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Marriage can be examined in

“Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen represents a protest to the societal norms and oppression women faced during the time of the Regency Era and some time onward. Society expected women to act more as mindless children than as competent human beings. Additionally, society held unmarried women in especially low regard, causing many to marry unhappily in order to appease public opinion. The novel demonstrates the despair these standards bring by including three bad marriages between characters with invalid rationales for matrimony, and includes two additional healthy marriages to demonstrate the real reason for marriage.

The type of marriages in the seventeenth century is seen through the novel persuasion and readers can see how it is like through it. Marriage plays a strong role in Austen’s novel. She reflects the change that occur in her society where marriage was all about family statues and finance, but the romantics change the view from focusing on class to focusing on passion and sensibility. There are two types marriages in the novel austen makes it clear that the characters who have it, have a good marriage. Equality in marriage and happiness in marriage in austen’s opinion are the keys to have a good marriage and the characters she put in reflect them. For example, the crofts , Mr. and Mrs. musgrove and Captain and Mrs. harville meet Austen’s qualification on a good marriage. “ the musgroves,..were a very good sort of people; friendly and hospitable,..Anne always contemplated them as some of the happiest creatures of her acquaintance.”( Austen, 39). The Musgrove couple have respect for each other and raise their children to be well mannered and it advocates to the idea that having mutual understanding and equality will later build

In Jane Austen’s 1813 Pride and Prejudice displayed the 1800’s culture revolving around marriage, gentry, and the Rights of Women. The time era in Pride and prejudice, wealth influenced social interactions, and matrimonies. Pride and prejudice revolved around a conservative view of social life gradually branching throughout “wants and needs” into an ongoing profession of modern day marriages. Mainly focused on the Bennet family regarding marriage due to Mrs. Bennet advocates her five daughters to pursue connubial; largely directed on Jane, Elizabeth, and Lydia Bennet.

The novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen depicts the endeavours of two sisters finding lovers in the late 18th century. Austen’s novel takes place during the turning of the 19th century in Regency England, an age in which societal status is of the utmost importance and each individual is ranked based on their family name, wealth, and education. This common ideal of the time period is detrimental to the livelihood of the sisters and the probability of them marrying the men that they truly love. The novel portrays this common prejudice among the social classes, specifically when Mrs Bennet insists that her daughter marry a man in order to keep their estate, Mr. Darcy’s initial dismissal of Elizabeth due to her class, and Miss Bingley's manipulation of her brother in order to maintain their families’ immaculate reputation.

In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen explores nineteenth-century ideas about marriage and social status. Austen uses Pride and Prejudice to suggest that marriage is only a matter of social rank and social opportunity, rather than a union of two people who have love and affection for each other. Using this, Austen proves that an advantageous marriage is practically one of the only ways a woman can improve her social position in society. By showing how interrelated a woman’s social potential and the institution of marriage is, Austen is able to create commentary on the nature of marriage itself and women’s social positions in the nineteenth century.

In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, an overarching issue is the idea of propriety within society and its conflict with love and passion. The majority of the Bennet family is subject to the whims of passion and very often forgets their presentation to the rest of their peers. Other characters found themselves putting aside their own desires in order to do what was expected of them. On both sides, there are both positive and negative effects that come from this placement of priorities.

“I wish someone would have told me that, just because I’m a girl, doesn’t mean I have to get married.” (Marlo Thomas). Standards were set during the 1700’s that women must get married to live up to their expectations set by society. In Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice that is set in the 1700’s, there are many different personalities between the characters. Mary has knowledge, Jane has kindness, Elizabeth has self confidence, Mr. Bennet has the laid back personality, Lydia has the sporadic attitude, ect. Most characters seem to bicker throughout the novel causing a lot of conflicts. For example, Mary and Lydia contradict each other at Netherfield when first bringing up the idea about a ball being held there. Lydia is very eager to

The social world of Jane Austen’s, Pride and Prejudice is one in which women’s rights were limited due to society’s patriarchal point of view. In Jane Austen’s world, women suffered on the account of their gender in a class pretension society making it only possible to increase social mobility through the mean of marriage. Austen depicts marriage as an economical business, needed to rescue women from succumbing to a life of poverty and disgrace. In a society that affirm the principle values of marriage as a social institution, Austen shows the many sides of marriage and satirizes marriage that base love on appearances, wealth and class by showing that it only leads to shame, unhappiness, and misery while true love leads to happiness and

Jane Austen’s well-known novel, Pride and Prejudice, discussed multiple social themes in the 19th century. Austen mainly criticized marriage during her era, when she says that, “it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife” (Austen 3). As she explains that it was valuable to women since it provided them with security and a social title. The author explored the diverse motives behind matrimony in her time period by using a humorous and romantic plot to discuss the social issues. For instance, Charlotte Lucas’s unreasonable marriage to Mr. Collins is a vital example of how women needed to secure a future and attain social status. To conclude, Lydia Bennet’s meaningless marriage to George Wickham shows that entering the marriage estate could have also been for mainly financial purposes. Contrastingly, Jane Bennet, the heroine’s older sister, marries Charles Bingley for love, security, and a social ranking. On the other hand, Elizabeth Bennet marries Fitzwilliam Darcy after months of misunderstandings and romantic drama for none other than true love. Thus, Austen uses her leading characters’ marriages in Pride and Prejudice to exhibit the various attitudes and reasons for marrying in the 19th century. (Lane 2015)