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.     

An Analysis of Jane Austen’s view of Marriage in Her Book Sense and Sensibility

In this paper,I focus on Jane Austen’s book Sense and Sensibility,discuss characters and views of marriage of Elinor and Marianne in this book.Consequently,that leads to the conclusion of Jane Austen’s view of marriage.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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 nov?elists because of her realism half a century later. Her sagacious perception and pr...     

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.     

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.     

Henry James’ View on Marriage in The Portrait of a Lady

Henry James is a great master of world literature and a prolific American writer in the 19th century.The portrayal of woman has been a prominent feature of his works.This thesis is mainly about Henry James’s view of marriage revealed in the Portrait of a Lady,and the relationship between his life and his works.     

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...     

Golding’s Language View in Lord of the Flies and Darkness Visible

Beyond the stories,Golding spends much effort on an issue called"impotence of language"in his works,especially Lord of the Flies and Darkness Visible.Thus Golding’s language view is worthwhile to research.With help of Lacan’s theory of signifier and signified,this paper made a primary glance about Golding’s language view within the two novels.     

Cinderella Archetypal Interpretation of Jane Austen’s Heroines——Case Study of Elizabeth and Catherine

Cinderella is a well-known fairy-tale heroine,whose love and marriage has been considered as a typical pattern.In the article,the two protagonists,Elizabeth and Catherine,will be explored from the perspective of Cinderella archetype,from which the conclusion can be drawn Jane Austen’s viewpoint about marriage based on love and her feminist consciousness.     

On the Points of View Used in Mansfield’ s “Miss Brill”

Point of view has been a big playground for study in fiction for about a century.Mansfield’ s "Miss Brill" is featured by its successful use of points of view.This paper will discuss how Mansfield’ s choice of a particular point of view helps to communicate the central theme of the story.     

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.     

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.     

Functions of “Marriage” in Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure

Marriage is usually associated with happiness and harmony. But in Shakespear’s Measure for Measure, it seems it is infused with power of law. Is it a clear-cut punishment or reward? Its qualities revolve around the individual situations in which it occurs, which is interpreted and deployed by characters in the play in different ways.