Thoughts of Marriage in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is a great realistic novel of the 18th century, in which Jane Austen presents us a central topic on marriage: the plots of the novels and the actions of the characters revolve around marriage.The thesis analyzes women's opinion on marriage in different two times-the end of the 18th century, the beginning of the 19th century and modern society. How the novel influence the people's views of marriage in that period, and what we can learn about marriage from it.     

Jane Austen & Pride and Prejudice

About the Authoress:Jane Austen was born at Steventon,Hampshire,in 1775,the daughter of a clergyman. At the age of nine she was sent to school with her elder sister Cassandra,who was her lifelong friend and confida-nte,but largely taught by her fath-er.She began to write for recreation while still in her teens.In 1801 the family moved to Bath,the scene of so many episode in her books and,after the death of her father in 1805,to Southampton and then to the village of Chawton,near Alton in Hampshire.Here she lived uneventfully until May 1817,when the family moved to Winchester seeking skilled medical attention for her ill health,but she died two months later.She is buried in Winchester Cathedral.     

Thoughts of Marriage in Jane Austen＇s Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is a great realistic novel of the 18th century, in which Jane Austen presents us a central topic on marriage： the plots of the novels and the actions of the characters revolve around marriage.The thesis analyzes women＇s opinion on marriage in different two times-the end of the 18th century, the beginning of the 19th century and modern society. How the novel influence the people＇s views of marriage in that period, and what we can learn about marriage from it.     

Jane Austen’s Ambivalent Feminism in Pride and Prejudice

"Ambivalence" is a word which entered the language only in this century,the feminism reflected in Pride and Prejudice is ambivalent.Not only was Jane Austen’s novel composed almost 200 years ago,but in it she seems to attack love-as-attraction,a notion presupposed in the idea of emotional ambivalence,which is reflected from Austen’ subconciousness,from the main themes of the novel,from the characters’ modelling and from four marriages in the novel,which also boasts the significance of studying ambivalent feminism in literature.In addition,it manifests the limitations and awakening of feminist consciousness.The thesis also applies the influence of Jane Austen’s ambivalent feminism in the field of literature.     

Women’s Virtue——Comparison and Contrast between Jane Eyre in Jane Eyre and Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice

Jane Eyre in Jane Eyre and Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice are two outstanding female characters in literature.They have similar admirable qualities as well as distinctive defeats.However,they deserve careful analysis and learning.They are both well-aware of women’ s virtue-self-respect,defying power and influence,pursuit of true love and kindness.All these qualities are demonstrated incisively and vividly by their conducts.Despite their similarities,Jane and Elizabeth also differ in many aspects.Jane is more initiative in pursuing love,while Elizabeth is more humorous and poised than Jane,which makes her lovely and popular.     

An Analysis of Jane Austen’s Outlook on Marriage in Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen,one of the most influential female novelists in the history of world literature,is the first female to break up the monopoly of male writing.Her famous work Pride and Prejudice was created in 1813,which gained her lasting fame and popularity.In this novel,the characters of the four ladies are impressive:Jane is mild;Charlotte is mediocre;Lydia is ignorant;Elizabeth is wise.Different characters result in different marriages which are moral marriage,utilitarian marriage,sex-oriented marriage and perfect marriage.Through the analysis of the characters and these four marriages,this thesis aims to conclude Jane Austen’s Perception of Marriage,that is,character determines marriage.     

Stubborn Soul——Feminism in Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen(1775—1817),the famous writer in the early 19th century,she was well-known and regarded as one of female novelists,her work"Pride and Prejudice",is one of most popular one among her novels.This paper mainly discusses about the feminism reflected in"Pride and Prejudice"and also analyses the reason.     

Jane Austen’s Feminine Consciousness That Reflected in Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen is one of the most famous female novelists in the world.Among her works,"Pride and Prejudice" is her most outstanding representative.The story of "Pride and Prejudice" happened in Britain in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century.At that time,Women regarded marriage as goods to climb up the upper class and to obtain the financial support and their attitudes towards marriage was affected by material factors in determine way.The story of this novel and the behavior of the characters develop around marriage.It mainly talks about Elizabeth,Jane,Charlotte and Lydia these four young ladies’ marriages.There are three kinds of motivations of or attitudes towards marriage that are presented for manifestation.First,Charlotte’s marriage to Mr.Collins is just for money and social position.Second,Lydia’s marriage to Wickham is for beauty regardless of personal morality.Third,is the marriage of Elizabeth and Darcy and that of Jane and Mr.Bingley which are for love and personal merits.Their love stories reveal different views to marriage among young women of the middle class and express Jane Austen her own attitude towards marriage.What’s more important,we find that Jane Austen concerns about women’s lives and their unfair conditions by means of her feminine consciousness.By examining Jane Austen’s social conditions that she lived in and her experiences and analyzing these four marriages,this paper attempts to find the Austen’s views of marriage and her feminine consciousness that reflected in this novel.     

Be Reserved in Front of Love—A Brief Analysis on the Characteristic of Jane Bennet in the Novel Pride and Prejudice

This essay mainly discusses the attitude that modern ladies should preserve towards love since people treat love and divorce as less seriously as before.It reveals the idea that to be reserved in front of love should be considered by nowadays people according to analyzing the characteristic of the female image,Jane Bennet,in Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice.     

The value of love in“Pride and Prejudice”

With a careful textual study of this novel,it can be found that its title implies true love can overcome the obstacles of pride and prejudice. Pride, is not love, because love empties itself of worldly desires, in order to giv selflessly. Austen ＇s fictional hero and heroines have faithfully reflected the authoress＇s real thoughts and true value of love. She depicted different attitudes to the love question of young girl of the family origin of middle class of villages. The four couples of this novel, varied in their love concepts, presented us with different distinct ending.[第一段]     

The value of love in“Pride and Prejudice”

With a careful textual study of this novel,it can be found that its title implies true love can overcome the obstacles of pride and prejudice. Pride, is not love, because love empties itself of worldly desires, in order to giv selflessly.     

On Jane Austin’s Ironic and Dramatic Effect of Narrative and Dialogues——Based on Stylistic Analyses of Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austin,a renowned British novelist,is a great master of language.She is skilled in depicting ironic,dramatic effect of narrative and dialogues.Pride and Prejudice is her masterpiece,whose unique artistic characteristics with dramatic effect attract generations of readers.To explore Austin’s dramatic effect and to further appreciate her amazing writing techniques,this paper conducts stylistic analyses of Pride and Prejudice.Firstly,Austin’s narrative techniques are explored stylistically from syntactic structure and schema refreshment perspective.Secondly,the dramatic dialogues between Bennet couple are analyzed from speech presentation and cooperative principles.     

Jane Austen’s Contradictory Feminist Views:An Analysis of Mr. Darcy in Pride and Prejudice

With the rise of feminist criticism from 1960s, some feminists think Jane Austen has a feminist consciousness to some degree, but others think she has put too much emphasis on women’s dependence on mal...     

Marriage View of One-Child in China——Comparing with the Matrimonial Value Orientation in Pride and Prejudice

This paper illustrates a social burning issue : the marriage view of one-child generation in China. Nowdays money plays a key role in their marriage life and determines their matrimonial value orientation.The Matrimonial Value Orientation of most young people in China was getting familiar with most characters in Pride and Prejudice. In this paper the writer makes use of Narration Research to illustrate the role of money in marriage life, It can stimulate the young people to take further into consideration the relationship between money and marriage. At the same time,the writer also expects young people to take right attitude towards their love and money.     

What Leads to a Happy Marriage——Matrimonial Value in Pride and Prejudice

This thesis attempts to analyze the marriage of various characters in Pride and Prejudice, such as the marriages of Charlotte and Collins based on economic status,and the marriage of Elizabeth and Darcy on the basis of true love and morals; and finally leads to a conclusion about Jane Austen's matrimonial value.     

A Simple Analysis of Elizabeth and Darcy’s Marriage in Pride and Prejudice

Marriage is the main idea of Jane Austen’s novels. The novel reflects the ideal marriage views by describing several different marriages. It reveals a real marriage should be based on love, actual need, morality and equality. It creates a contrast between a successful marriage and an unsuccessful one. Elizabeth and Darcy’s marriage is considered as a successful one. In fact it embodies the author’s own concept of marriage, it is a fault to get married for only money and social status, but it is also foolish without thinking of these factors.     

Peculiaritiesin Austen’s Pride and Prejudice

In point of chronology, Jane Austen belongs to the age of Romanticism, but she would be placed with the realistic novelists because of her realism half a century later. Her sagacious perception and progressive thought made her one who surpassed her time. This essay introduces Austen briefly and probes into the charm of her most well-known novel Pride and Prejudice whose peculiarities lie in the humorous and ironical language and also in the ordinary world it presents where human beings are imperfect.It aims to shed some light on better understanding and appreciation of this masterpiece.