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Pride and Prejudice is justly regarded as a conservative text, though with minor risks taken on the strict class system present in the early nineteenth century. The risk being that Bingley and Darcy chose to marry into the far less wealthy family of the Bennets. However, the concepts of early, wealthy marrying being the life goal of the average lady of the time, alongside the rigid aristocratic class system based all around the money a family possessed, best exemplified by Darcy’s sense of Elizabeth’s

place in this world. Women were thought of as objects to the men, they were supposed to be stay at home mothers, or simple just a accessory to their partner. Women were the subordinates in life, as they still are today. Austen tells the story of how Mrs. Bennet (a mother of 5) works tirelessly to get her daughters married off to an upper class of people. Despite her hard efforts the only way she can achieve her goal is if her husband is willing to help. In Pride and Prejudice Austen uses impactful

Darcy is not interested in her. By portraying Elizabeth like this, Austen emphasizes how Elizabeth is her own individual and deserves respect: “She is the solitary instance of a young, unmarried girl of strong individuality as the chief and most interesting figure in the novel, which does really represent the life of what early Victorian England called the gentry” (Courtney 665). Also, another instance where Elizabeth acts against the patriarchal rules is during Mr. Collin’s proposal

Sensibility is the story about three sisters Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Elinor is the eldest daughter of Mr. Dashwood and according to the Southam criticism Marianne Dashwood, sister of Elinor represents the "sense" and "sensibility" of the title. Mr. Henry Dashwood the father of Elinor and Marianne leaves all his money to John Dashwood son from his first wife when he dies. The second wife of Mr. Dashwood and her three daughters are left with no home to live and with a very less income. This showed

become obvious as she lets them possess good personalities with promising capabilities; conversely, the characters, or personifications of people that she knew, that she does not like are also obvious as she uses satire to present them; Mrs. Bennet is one of the best examples of this: "She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper." Lizzy's view, being the most similar to Austen's, views her younger sister, Lydia, as being, "Vain, ignorant

physical attraction and money. The marriage between Mr. Wickham and Lydia is due in part to their physical attraction to one another and Mr. Wickham’s love of money. On the other hand, we see the marriages between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, and Jane and Mr. Bingley are due to love. Both marriages are very different from the start and have to overcome different problems, Jane and Mr. Bingley clicking right away while Elizabeth 's distain with Mr. Darcy only seems to grow as the book progresses, and although

Darcy. The marriage of this couple is quite different than the normal marriage would be like in the Regency Period. The first ingredient to add to this marriage's success is that Elizabeth and Darcy marry for love, rather than social status and wealth. Mr. Darcy is fortunately wealthy, so Elizabeth will be well off throughout her whole life, rather than being poor since she would not inherit any of Longbourne. Adding to the bad parenting factor of the Bennet's was when Mrs. Bennet told

should be looked upon in society. In the novel Pride and Prejudice, Austen expresses her critical commentary by using the characters’ views on the idea of female accomplishment. Through the character of Mr. Bingley, Austen criticizes an ironic view of female accomplishment during the Victorian Era. Mr. Bingley believed that if a women could perform any simple homemaking task, she would pass as an accomplished women. He states, “It is amazing to me," said Bingley, "how young ladies can have patience

of the situation is that Mr. Darcy paid Wickham large sums of money to rid his guilt and make Wickham stay with Lydia. With this conflict resolved, the marriage of Elizabeth and Darcy is able to move forward and end the novel—which, without the various conflicts in the story, could have occurred much sooner. The plot in A Christmas Carol is completely different, but it uses the same type of plot development. The reader

earns her much discrimination from Lady Catherine, Mrs. Hurst and Miss. Bingley. Upon walking to visit Jane during her illness, Elizabeth arrives at Nether field Hall looking far from presentable and shocking Bingley’s sisters, who pride them selves on their looks, ‘I shall never forget her appearance this morning. She really looked almost wild.’ Her petticoat, six inches deep in mud and her hair so untidy are talked about by Miss. Bingley and Mrs. Hurstas if unbelievably outrageous. Additionally