Woman’s views of Love in Pride and
Prejudice
Content
ChapterⅠ Introduction
ChapterⅡ Woman’s views of marriages in the novel
1.Mrs. Bennet's views of love
2.Jane Bennet’s views of love
3.Elizabeth Bennet ’s views of love
4.Lydia Bennet’s views of love
ChapterⅢ. Conclusion
Abstract
Pride and Prejudice, a classic, displayed many fascinating ideas. This novel is narrow but deep. On the analysis of woman’s views of marriage, this article demonstrates the true feeling of women and the multi-faceted human nature in this contemporary society, which plays a certain role in studying the social environment. Key word:Pride and Prejudice; views of love; character;environment
ChapterⅠ. Introduction
Jane Austen is an earliest and most important woman novelist in English Literature. Different from the style of Scott’s fictions. She kept her eyes steadily upon the people and incident about her, and writer about the small world she lived in. “She was the founder of the novel which deals with unimportant middle-class people and of which there are many fine examples in later English fiction.” English novel describe marriage and family in that society too much all log. But different from the common novels, it reflects the life of middle-class in capitalist society through the description of marriage problem. Jane Austen describes four couples’ marriage mainly in it. Their attitude towards marriage are completely different. Through the life of middle-class in the middle of 18th century, the four couples joys and sorrows affect me, especially the four women, Mrs.Bennet's moral marriage, Elizabeth’s perfect marriage, Jane Bennet’s happy marriage, Lydia’s sex-oriented marriage. Mrs. Bennet's main interest in life is to find suitable husbands for her five daughters, while the heroin Elizabeth is intelligent, lively and humor. She has strong human dignity. She refuses the proposal of Collins who is rich but she don’t love, refuses steadily rich young noble Darcy’s proposal because Elizabeth thinks Darcy is condescend and pride, she can’t bear. Jane is the eldest in the family. Beautiful, good-tempered, sweet, amiable, and modest, she is universally well liked. She refuses to judge anyone badly. Lidia is uncontrolled ,
fearless. She enjoys searching of the officer in Meryton. Wickham is one of them. She can’t resit Wickham’s sweet words and run away with him. So, I’m interested in studying their four women of view on marriage.
ChapterⅡWoman’s views of love in the novel
Women play a very important role in a marriage. Of course, Marriage is a very important part in everybody’s life, especially for woman. This article is analysis the four women in Bennets’ family.
1.Mrs. Bennet's views of love
Mrs.Bennet, a empty-mind ,noisy woman whose only goal in life is to see her daughters married. Because of her own breeding and often unbecoming behavior, Mrs. Bennet often repels the very suitors whom she tries to attract for her daughters. Ironically, her single-minded pursuit of this goal tends to backfire, as her lack of social graces alienates the very people (Darcy and Bingley) whom she tries desperately to attract. Austen uses her continually to highlight the necessity of marriage for young women. Mrs. Bennet also serves as a middle-class counterpoint to such upper-class snobs as Lady Catherine and Miss Bingley, demonstrating that foolishness can be found at every level of society. In the end, however, Mrs. Bennet proves such an unattractive figure, lacking redeeming characteristics of any kind, that some readers have accused Austen of unfairness in portraying her—as if Austen, like Mr. Bennet, took perverse pleasure in poking fun at a woman already scorned as a result of her ill breeding.
But Mrs. Bennet is totally obedient and submissive in her marriage, and Mr. Bennet would rather laugh at her than help her, Austen shows her sympathy with women in their traditional marriages and low status in society.
2.Jane Bennet’s views of love
Jane Bennet,the eldest daughter. She is kind and beautiful, but too good-hearted. As to Jane, she never thinks ill for any body and she shows her warm sympathetic feelings in an easy manner. Her character is vividly showed in many parts of the novel. The writer used words as “mild”,”steady”, “rectitude”, and “delicacy”to describe her. Besides these, she wrote, “All loveliness and goodness as she is!” Her understanding excellent, her mind improved, and her manner captivating.”All her good qualities decide her love to Bingley is constant, but she lacks strength and self-confidence when he is separated from Bingly. She is loyal in love, on the other hand she has the shortcoming of lacking strength and self-confidence. The rumour has almost made her believe Bingly loves her no more. It is Elizabeth who assures her of his loving and his coming back. She should be brave for love.
3. Elizabeth Bennet ’s views of love
