This thesis aims at illuminating characters' thoughts and actions revealed in their marriages in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in the context of the eighteenth-century English society. In the eighteenth-century England, in which men were the center of society, economy, and politics, by monopoliz...
This thesis aims at illuminating characters' thoughts and actions revealed in their marriages in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in the context of the eighteenth-century English society. In the eighteenth-century England, in which men were the center of society, economy, and politics, by monopolizing wealth and power, women were considered to be inferior and subordinate to men. However, under the circumstances of such political and social inequality, Austen's novel argued for the possibility of a marriages of equals. Among the daughters of the Bennets, Elizabeth, having an independent mind and strong self-esteem, rejects her position as an subordinate object of the male-dominant society, and asks for an equal relationship in marriage with Darcy. Jane is described as a peaceful, warm, and lovely woman, but the male-centered ideology of society is deeply internalized in her, so she accepts passivity in her marriage with Bingley. Charlotte feels that happiness in marriage is entire a matter of chance, so marriage with Collins just like a system to her. Lydia's love of and flight with Wickham is exceptional according to the norm of morality. Attaining a desirable and successful marriage was not a matter of social status and pretensions, but of subjective self-awareness and control of their own lives. Austen believes that ideal marriage is based on passionate and true love in a harmonious and mutually-enhancing relationship. She strongly believes that marriage is the starting point for woman's true personal growth.
This thesis aims at illuminating characters' thoughts and actions revealed in their marriages in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in the context of the eighteenth-century English society. In the eighteenth-century England, in which men were the center of society, economy, and politics, by monopolizing wealth and power, women were considered to be inferior and subordinate to men. However, under the circumstances of such political and social inequality, Austen's novel argued for the possibility of a marriages of equals. Among the daughters of the Bennets, Elizabeth, having an independent mind and strong self-esteem, rejects her position as an subordinate object of the male-dominant society, and asks for an equal relationship in marriage with Darcy. Jane is described as a peaceful, warm, and lovely woman, but the male-centered ideology of society is deeply internalized in her, so she accepts passivity in her marriage with Bingley. Charlotte feels that happiness in marriage is entire a matter of chance, so marriage with Collins just like a system to her. Lydia's love of and flight with Wickham is exceptional according to the norm of morality. Attaining a desirable and successful marriage was not a matter of social status and pretensions, but of subjective self-awareness and control of their own lives. Austen believes that ideal marriage is based on passionate and true love in a harmonious and mutually-enhancing relationship. She strongly believes that marriage is the starting point for woman's true personal growth.
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