Pride and Prejudice

Introduction

The novel describes something more than a year in the life of a small number of young people in the countryside near London at the turn of the 18th to 19 Century. In the innermost circle of wealthy and aristocratic families, rich and sometimes the Bennet family is with her five daughters between the ages of fifteen and early twenties. Main topic is the ultimately successful marriages of three of these young women who find in their choice of marriage partners for each individual, a balance of love, of economic security and professional affiliations. This start an independent life by many intrigues and misunderstandings, just because of pride and prejudice influenced and delayed (Moore, 45-61).

Discussion

The book focuses on English rural society of the nineteenth century. This is described through the lens of two interesting female characters. This is very effective to explore the role that was accorded to women in those times: zero. The woman could not work, it was the exclusive work of men. So, it was so important to a "good" marriage. Theme, the latter very common in the works of Jane Austen, who shapes the great concern of course was the female at the time. This is a perfect portrait of Regency society, where we see different human prototypes. Furthermore, the novel we see how and to what extent traditional customs were oppressive to women as restless as the protagonist (Daiches, 13-36).

Furthermore, emphasize of the novel is on the issues related to women and their lives. As it gets noticed, Pride and Prejudice begins with the interest become Mrs. Bennet's obsession to get a rich husband for their daughters. The real plot of the play begins when Charles Bingley, who fits the profile that the demand Bennet appears on the scene. Mr. Bingley and his friend Fitzwilliam Darcy, revolutionize the female population of Meryton, where people are Longbourn and Netherfield Park, residences Bennet and Bingley respectively. Thus, Jane Austen reflects upon the influence that a person's social environment has on their personal opinions, which can be observed through their actions on the matter of marriage (Liukkonen, 19-28).

Moreover, the marriage issue has for the Bennets and thus of great importance because of its status after a family estate entailed estate, and only as a whole, and only in the male line (as far away always used) may be inherited. Died, the family man would lose mother and daughters, most of their assets to the heirs (Liukkonen, 19-28).

However, marriage was something that Jane Austen believed should be carried out as a result of love between two people, rather than what society recognized. She herself never married, and also rarely had much to do with courtship and its ideals of her time, which was something rather abnormal for a young woman, as there were more than enough reasons other than love for a girl to become a wife. For the same reasons other than love that a marriage could occur, it might also not take place, such as a ...