A Study Of Marriage Outlook In Pride And Prejudice

Jane Austen, as one of England’s foremost realistic female novelists, her worksare characterized by a fondness for detailed descriptions and clear themes. In Prideand Prejudice, Jane Austen depicts four pairs of young people’s marriage, which arerespectively established on virtues, true love, sex impulse and money. Nevertheless, ifreaders read it more carefully, they will discover a fact that each marriage pattern isbacked by some fortune.The thesis includes four chapters. In Chapter One, it studies the marriage of Janeand Mr. Bingley and marriage of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. The two marriages areregarded as the happiest marriage patterns in people’s eyes; Chapter Two comparesthe marriage of Charlotte and Mr. Collins and marriage of Lydia and Mr. Wickham,which are usually diagnosed to be tragic marriages in the author’s opinion; the thirdChapter introduces the marriage construction theories, which will explain the differentendings and reasons of the happy marriage and tragic marriage in Pride and Prejudice.In the final Chapter, the author brings forward the foundation of an ideal marriage. Andeal marriage should be featured by true love and money.The viewpoint of love and marriage in Pride and Prejudice inspires people toreflect on the combination of realistic marriage. True love is the prerequisite of onehappy marriage, but if there is no enough money as the foundation in one marriage, itwill be not a wise marriage, and it must not be stable. Finally, this paper attempts toprove to people that they should keep a rational attitude towards marriage. Peoplemarry not only considering love, but also amount of fortune and other factors.Therefore, a happy stable marriage is never a combination of sex impulse or the otherimpure intention.