Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Compare and contrast the variety of attitudes to marriage as expressed

Compare and contrast the variety of attitudes to marriage as expressedby different characters in conceit and Prejudice.Pride and Prejudice is one of the about famous novels in the history ofEnglish Literature. Written in the year of 1813 by the very well knownauthor, Jane Austen, whose novels all examine the nature of love. Thegeneral tone of the novel is light, but serious.Pride and Prejudice is a story that focuses on the life of marriage,it is full of love. Money and wealth is also a main aspect of thebook.Marriage in Pride and Prejudice is acknowledged in that a single manin possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. The firstsentence of Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice could not have betterprepared the reader for the rest of the novel. The thread that sewstogether the lives of all the characters in the novel is theestablishment of marriage. Jane Austen uses the Bennet family ofLongbourn to garnish the good and bad reasons behind marriage.Mrs. Bennet is an irritat ing woman whose main goal in life is to gether five daughters married. It might be adapt in assuming that shefelt social and financial pressure to do so. Her husbands estate wasentailed to his nephew, Mr. Collins, when Mr. Bennet was to pass away.Therefore, Mrs. Bennet wanted her daughters to have financial stability elsewhere in case of their fathers death.In the time period of this story there was very little socialacceptance of women who were single their whole lives. For the closelypart, women could not acquire money on their own without inheriting ormarrying into good fortune. Women who could not find a husband wereoften referred to as senescent maids and lived their whole lives withtheir p... ...daughters were pleasant and appear to be ideal. Janehad longed for Mr. Bingley for quite a while. Bingley was handsome,rich, kind, and well liked. He and Jane share many conversations andhad complimentary personalities. They were pleasantly matched and Ibelieve that they shared a happy life together.Elizabeth (the main character in the novel) and Darcys marriage wasan excellent match. Though she thought him a cold, aloof snobbish manat first, this soon evolved into something else, it was love. Theywere equal in intellect, had tangible attraction and deep love for oneanother, financial security, romance, and companionship. They are thetwo I believe would be most happy in life. Jane Austen wanted thereader to know that marriage should be approached as a package deal -a package of love, financial stability, physical attraction, andhappiness.

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