Analysis Of Jane Austen's View On Marriage

Jane Austen was a famous writer that graced our bookshelves in the 18th century. She was born in Steventon Hampshire England into a middle class family. Over time, Jane created six famous books and has became an important literary influence to readers even after she passed away at the young age of 42. She had a huge family including six brothers and one sister. Being a rather large family made up of males, Jane had a deep relationship with her only sister named Cassandra.

During the 18th century in England, society portrayed women as individuals that were dependent on man and needed to take care of their children. Through this view, females had no real aspirations outside marriage and being a loyal wife to their husband. Also, they were restricted

Bingley. Jane, the eldest daughter of the Bennet family is a beautiful and nice individual that longed to find love. Mr. Bingley is a rich man that serves as a character foil to the cold Mr. Darcy. Originally when the two lovebirds met, they felt positive vibes from each other’s appearance. Basically, the motto “love at first sight” was implemented and they were into each other immediately “When Jane and Elizabeth were alone, the former, who had been cautious in her praise of Mr. Bingley before, expressed to her sister how very much she admired him” (Austen, 1970). Not only did appearence play a key part, but both characters were also attracted to each other from their counterparts manors. Jane being attracted to Bingley’s gentle manner and Bingley attracted to Jane’s tenderness manor. Based off this relationship, the whole package of appearance/emotion helped these characters be equals and find true love which was very important to Ms.

Austen is significant. In her view, Austen believed that wealth played no role in finding true love and that couples are equal. The affection between the characters in Pride and Prejudice further back this statement because none of the characters felt that they were underneath their counterpart. Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett are a great example of this because Elizabeth believes that she had all qualities that men desire. Knowing this, she feels that her future husband should never dictate her life and they are equal. Enter the cold/calculating man named Mr. Darcy. Initially, Elizabeth hated Darcy because she could not stomach the immense amount of pride that he possessed. After learning more about each other and interacting, both characters learned to respect one another as equals and fell in love. Basically, the tenderness of one's heart was the underlying factor to finding love in the eyes of Jane