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’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.     

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.     

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.     

Another Kind of Pride and Prejudice

This article has an analysis of the theme in Jane Austen’s novel,Pride and Prejudice,with reference to its irony and satire.     

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.     

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.     

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.     

“Thou hast thy music too”:The Autumnal Duet in Jane Austen’s Persuasion

Jane Austen’s posthumously published novel Persuasion has been regarded as a foreshadowing of Romanticism, especially in its autumnal tone that has inherent intimacy with John Keats’s To Autumn and Percy Bysshe Shelley’s Ode to the West Wind. Blending the stylistic disparities in the two Romanticist poems, Persuasion ’s autumnal sensation changes its colors from being tinged with Keats’s melancholy to the touch of Shelley’s animation. The integration of both tones has created a unique autumnal duet that is remindful of its Romanticist followers.     

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...     

Film Adaptations of British Literature

Recent years,both BBC and Hollywoodare interested in making films related to the classic masterpieces.From classic book to popular movie,film adaptations give a new life to the British literature.Different adaptations of classics can act as an indicator of diverse film-making philosophies,which vividly present some of the cultural and social differences between Britain and America.     

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.     

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.     

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 Eyre’s Character Displayed in Her Experience of Marriage and Love

Charlotte Bronte is a famous English woman novelist in the 19th century.Her masterpiece Jane Eyre creates a bright figure in the world’s literature,attracting readers of generations all through the globe with her character of both unconvention and convention,which is a unity of contradictions.In this paper,the author presents the analysis in two parts:Jane Eyre’s convention presented in her experience of marriage and love,and Jane Eyre’s unconvention presented in her experience of marriage and love,drawing a conclusion finally that the two aspects of Jane Eyre’s nature-unconvention and convention are indispensable for portraying the heroine.     

Female Silence and Resistance: Feminist Interpretation on Entailment of“Pride and Prejudice”

"Pride and Prejudice"is a classic masterpiece written by British female novelist Jane Austen.In this outstanding novel,Austen vividly portrays the romantic love stories among four young couples.They believe that being deprived of basic working right is the root cause of their dependence on their husbands.This paper analyses the complicated relations between Elizabeth Bennett and other main characters in the level of legislation to expose the reality of entailment and female’s discourse power loss and to promote new women images characterized by Elizabeth’s rebellious spirit towards unfair legal system.