jane austen s marriage views

Jane Austen's Personal View on Marriage in Pride And Prejudice

by kate on Aug 9, 2010

The novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is set in the 19th century where family respect and social differences were very important to everyone. This novel is a love story with various forms of marriage such as; marriage as and economic contract, marrying outside out side of your social class, marriage to a person whose personality and character are unequal to your own and marriage for love. Jane Austen has different opinions to each one of these, this essay is going to analyse each one to see which she most agrees with.

Throughout the book many forms of marriage are seen evident, one of the most obvious being marriage for economic reasons. What this means is that people in the 19th century especially women would get married for economical reasons such as to be able to have a decent house with something to eat.

Mrs. Bennett has a strong opinion on this subject due to her situation in life which is that she should be concerned with herself and...Read More >>