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1、An Analysis of Elizabeths views about Marriage in Pride and Prejudice Abstract: Pride and Prejudice is a very popular novel by Jane Austen and it was read widely all over the world. This novel is written in 1813. We main agronomic characters of the marriage as a typical cases in books, how to influe
2、nce their marriage value orientation of money. Some people may realize that marriage can provide opportunities of class mobility and financial support; money and class are thus closely connected in their decision of marital partners. If marriage is a castle, but the hero and heroine is like Darcy an
3、d Elizabeth such person, so, even a not pleasing to begin their mutual see each other bias, and ultimately willing to be trapped in such a city. The power of love is great, it can let a hate in human love change, can let you cast prejudice, and re-know and accept a person.Key words: Pride and Prejud
4、ice money value orientation marriage viewI. Introduction After reading this book，I searched the Internet and found something about the author Jane Austen. Her novels were witty, warm and ironic portraits of the privileged classes of 18th- and 19th-century England. Her best-known works are Emma (1815
5、), Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Sense and Sensibility (1811).The main object of Janes satire in the novel is the mercenary and the ignorance of the people, a common criticism of the 18th century.The first sentence in this novel is impressive.It reads: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a
6、 single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.Sun 83 The undertone is very clear: the foundation of the marriage at that time is not love but possession.The main story of the novel happens between Elizabeth Bennet and Darcy. Although, it seems that, they havent attracted any
7、ones eyes. I mean that nobody has thought that love will exist between they two. Because almost everyone has heart of the complaint from their mouths about the other. So it is not surprise to see the father become so amazed when Lizzy says that she loves Darcy. But whats the reason? What stopped the
8、m from getting together at first? Its pride and prejudice. We all know that at the first ball, when Lizzy asked Mr Darcy to have a dance. He refused. He didnt think that anyone at the village can deserve him. After this, Lizzy promised not to pay attention to him any more because of his pride. There
9、 are other two things that make the impression of the hero worse.One is that she thinks its he that had separated her sister and her lover. The second is that she heard of something bad ,fabricated by Wickham who has antinomies with Darcy. These make the feeling of prejudice stronger and stronger.At
10、 last, when everything comes to light Lizzy regretted. She found that she had misunderstood him. And Darcy had although changed.He made an offer of marriage to her again and was accepted. No pride and no prejudice are between them.The novel also reflected the author oneselfs marriage view: It is wro
11、ng to marry for the property, money and position. She emphasizes the importance of the ideal marriage, and regard men and womens emotion as the foundation stone which concludes the ideal marriage .In modern society, a lot of parents try to interfere their childrens marriages. Education background, j
12、obs and possessions may influence ones marriage. Marry for money is still a bog problem.I want to saycan money determine everything？I believe that true love is the most important thing.Just because Pride and Prejudice, I have a profound thinking about marriage. The writer uses intelligent words to d
13、epict a few different marriages in the book, each of which reflects peoples attitudes toward marriage in that time. We can comprehend the essence of Jane,and Bingleys marriage, Elizabeth and Darcys marriage , Lydia and Wickhams marriage and Charlotte and Collinss marriage through Elizabeths views. T
14、hrough the wise heroine, we see marriage description. To marry for wealth and beauty is wrong. This kind of marriage cannot retain long-term happiness, and truly happy marriage is based on love and sense. Elizabeth Bennet was a 20-year-old girl, and the protagonist of the story. She is her fathers f
15、avourite and inherits his intelligence and wit. She is generally regarded as one of the most enduring and popular female protagonists in English literature.II. The analysis of Elizabeths character Elizabeth Bennet is a person worthy of our imitation. She is a model because she is different from all
16、the other characters, except Darcy, and because she does not adhere rigidly to the standards set forth by society, she is self-reliant and independent. Elizabeth rejects Mr. Collins proposal because she does not think that marriage was boring, nor does she believe in marriage of convenience. When Mr
17、. Collins says arrogantly to Elizabeth, she politely refused him. Unlike Charlotte Lucas, Elizabeth would never violate her principle and her integrity and throw away her talents by marrying Mr. Collins, a conceited, narrow-minded, and pompous fool. Elizabeth looks nature because she puts her trust
18、in her own perceptions and impressions. On the other hand, she is not ready to rebel against society. She does not totally disregard social proprietary. She has good manners; her slight breach of decorum walking alone to Nether field Park is justified by her genuine concern for her sister who is ill
19、. She has good manners. When Lady Catherine criticizes Elizabeth skill of playing piano, she can have good manners to keep polite. Elizabeth demonstrates that she has great restraint even under tremendous pressure. Elizabeth realizes that she must take responsibility for her own education because sh
20、e can not look to either of her parents for advice, and she must ultimately depend on her own experiences,instincts, and judgments. Her self-reliant attitude causes her to think of herself as to be independent, but her views are distorted because she also regards herself as above normal social relat
21、ionship. Elizabeth is unconscious that she suffers from pride. She does not realize the inherent dangers of her error. According to Darcy, Elizabeths defects are her willful tendency to misunderstand others. She embraces stubbornly her own quick perceptions about the people around her as true and ac
22、curate. The flaws in her character are revealed by her prejudices. Elizabeths initial prejudices against Darcy are rooted in the pride of her own quick perception, and her distorted perception of reality. Elizabeth believes that Darcy is bad, so she naturally gives Wickham the benefit of the doubt w
23、hen he told her about Darcys breach of agreement without hearing Darcys side of the story. Elizabeth is disposed to think badly of Darcy because of his ungentlemanly behaviour, but she thinks well of Mr. Wickham because his charm, his smoother facade, and his sharper wit endears him to everyone. Her
24、 prejudice renders her incapable of judging the merits of Darcy.On the surface, Elizabeth is just ordinary. She is attractive but not beautiful; she is endowed with certain graces and talents, but not unusually gifted, she is appealing without being exquisite. In the end, she wins everything: the pr
25、ince, the castle, the happiness, and the esteem. Elizabeth will find happiness because she learns to recognize her faults, but characters like Lady Catherine and Ms. Bingley will never find happiness because they do not learn from experience. Elizabeth becomes more of a lady than Lady Catherine. Lad
26、y Catherines defeat was brought about by her arrogance. Her display of egotism not only fail to dissuade Elizabeth from marrying Darcy, but led Darcy to propose the second time; Lady Catherines disdainful act makes Darcy realize that Elizabeth still has some feelings for him. On the other hand, Ms.
27、Bingley possesses self-defeating cunning, Jane will also never find enduring happiness. Elizabeths blindness of her faults was opened by Darcys letter. She learns to judge others more accurately and not be blinded by first impressions. Elizabeth realizes that whenever she discusses Darcys faults, sh
28、e unconsciously touches upon her own. Elizabeths confession that she was guilty of prejudices based on her own judgment tells us that she is superior to the other characters, such as Lady Catherine, Ms. Bingley, Mrs. Bennet, Mr. Collins, Lydia, and Wickham, but above all that she is human. She also
29、realizes that people cannot be judged based solely by their appearance, and that character evaluations must also take into account the substance behind a persons appearance. Elizabeth becomes a rational creature speaking the truth from her heart. Without neither family wealth nor wisdom to aid her,
30、Elizabeths success is a attribute to her inner strength. Darcy in the beginning is snobbish and proud. III. Elizabeths views about her sisters and friends marriage A.The most realistic marriage Charlottes marriage Charlottes Elizabeths best friend, but they have different choices on marriage.Althoug
31、h Charlotte is a well-educated girl but she doesnt have much property.She isnt as beautiful as other girls. She realize that marriage isnt equal with happiness, but it is inherently like a safe to a woman(Sun 83). To get financial guarantees of security, opportunity really rare, we must cache it qui
32、ckly,it is almost irrelevant about what kind of person the man was(Zhu 78). And Charlotte is different from Elizabeth.She has no wealth.She is unremarkable, but she is smart. She thinks it is a chance about whether marriage life will be happiness or not. As an already 27 years old woman, her choice
33、of marriage is entirely out of realistic consideration. When she first met Collins, she saw his folly, and when he asked her to marry him, she also clearly know Collinss certainly not a reasonable person, and do not let people like. But she still accepts the proposal, for marriage has been her goal,
34、 as to find that kind of guy, married life is less concerned about how well educated, education but property for the young woman, it not marry is the only a decent way to happiness, and although can doubt and married also must be their most agreeable can from poverty refuge. For money and marriage,
35、Charlotte by marriage just wants to get a rich husband, thus she can have the economic security. Marriage for them is a task, but Collins couples obtain from the marriage what they want: Charlotte gets stable of rich life; Collins also gets a warm home. This is their understanding of marriage. B. Th
36、e most ridiculous marriage Lydias marriageBennetts daughter Lydia is a simple, frivolous and vanity girl, the young age and keen on social, like and merrys officer exchanges, and proud of it. If anyone a urged, she will devote anyones arms. Her feelings always kept fluctuating, wavering. Wickham is
37、a handsome appearance, actual moral corruption, very luxury, and treachery. First he deceived rich Darcy miss, he failed. Centuries later, he joined the first to Elizabeth, then and all the gold to rich miss launch to pursue, finally unexpectedly and Lydia elopement.Lydia and Wickham is absurd combi
38、nation of extremely. Their relationship is completely built on lust and appearance, no love foundation, say, is neither practical nor romantic. The marriage between them is conditional, and it is in Darcys help, the two talents grudgingly married. But two extravagant, consider eyes comfortable and h
39、appy, CARES in the future, they often depend to Jane or Elizabeth write for help, hoping their put to pay bills. Wickham to Lydia love soon turned into a cold. Lydia and Wickham is also from marriage got what they want: Lydia got erotic satisfied; Wickham also get what he wanted wealth, this is thei
40、r understanding of marriage. C. The most happy marriage Janes marriageAmong all the marriages in this novel, the combination of pleasant Bingley and mild Jane is the most blessed and happy one. The couple has similar interests and they insisted on pursuing their true love, which leads them to a happ
41、y and perfect marriage. Mr. Bingley was a good looking and he is the person who has giant fortune about 5,000 pounds a year. As a young man who had good breeding, he was cordial and simple with disposition. With this character, he never appeared dissatisfied. He was easy to approach and constant in
42、love although he was very rich. However, he is lacked of strength and independence in his marriage, which was a grievous defect of him. In the novel, Bingley was popular with almost everybody in everywhere. He had a pleasant countenance and easy unaffected manners. It is easy to find that he was agr
43、eeable both in appearance and character. But the exact time when the readers began to know him was some days later. At the first ball at Nether field, he was shown to everybody and the readers began to make acquaintance of his personality through his behaviour. Mr. Bingley also noticed Jane at that
44、night. He fell in love with Jane at their first ball and their romance flourished quietly and steadily. His affection toward Jane was obviously sincere and unaffected. It was obvious that when Jane suffered a trifling cold, he was worried about her. It is not difficult for the readers to find Bingle
45、ys real concern and affection toward Jane from these details. He was cordial and constant in his love. Generally speaking, his marriage with Jane was successful by the help of Darcy. They were good friends although they were different in character. There was a very steady and constant friendship bet
46、ween them. Bingley was endeared to Darcy by the easiness, openness and ductility of his temper. It is no doubt for Darcy that Bingley had the firmest reliance. Jane was the first children in her family. She was a kind and mild girl who was the most beautiful one among her sisters. As an introverted
47、girl, she is constant in her love but lacks strength and self-confidence. She didnt want others to know her love to Mr. Bingley, so she pretended that she had nothing to do with him. Compared with other girls, she was the mildest, kind, modest and almost perfect girl in this novel. Sometimes she was
48、 a little innocent. In her eyes, everybody is perfect. She never saw the ugly fact of life even she was deceived. Her character is vividly showed in many parts of the novel. According to the above, Darcy thought that though Jane was pleased with Bingley, she didnt love him. In his eyes, Bingley was
49、involved in an unavailable love. So after then, he made great efforts to separate Bingley from Jane. After Bingleys departure, Jane suffered great distress. She was very depressed. But because of the defect of her character, she pretended to be all right and said nothing about her sadness. Here, readers can find that her weakness and obedience had been thoroughly exposed. According to the relationship between Bingley and Jane, lov