Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice

Introduction

The opening sentences of Pride and Prejudice reflects the importance of marriage in the contemporary world of the novel. It illustrates the attainment of higher social class as the main reason of marriages and not the love. It shows that the marriages are used solely for the purpose of social security. In the society portrayed in this novel, the real source of the girls' parents was finding the most suitable spouses for their daughters. However, the character of Elizabeth Bennet stood out of this typical norm.

Pride and Prejudice is the most famous novels of Jane Austen. It was first published on January 28, 1813 as an anonymous work, without giving the name of its author. It is one of the first romantic comedies in the history of the novel and its first phrase is one of the most famous in English literature. The core aim of the famous author Jane Austin behind writing the classic novel “Pride and Prejudice” was to express her opinions and views about the significance of marital joy and class snobbery. Austen carried extra ordinarily revolutionary views for her era. She had a belief that the shallow, fake, and superficial feelings should not be the basis of marriages. Similarly, marriages should not be used for attaining any kind of social status (Austen, 1983).

Discussion and Analysis

Jane Austen's values and beliefs on love marriage has been illustrated through the Elizabeth's character, her character has been used as a literary device by Austen. Elizabeth often works as readers eyes, and readers are positioned in such a way that we sympathize with Elizabeth's view on the irrational reasons for getting married except for love. Elizabeth's character is of a free-spirited person, significantly different and strong from the rest of the novel's female characters, she refuses to marry ...