Jane Austen Research Paper

Imagine living in a world where one gender was just focused on getting married. That one gender would endlessly look for anything to make sure that they were desirable for marriage. It sounds terrible and absolutely ridiculous. Right? Wrong. Way back in the 18th century, wealthy women were keen on finding their prey, the desirable husband. This man would support and cushion his wife’s life forever. Jane Austen uses her wit and mockery to critique and ridicule the subservient role of women in the 18th century.

Jane Austen lived in the time period before the Victorian era officially started, but she addresses topics that Victorian literature also addresses. She was a pioneer for this type of literature, which was famous for its characterization

Although her book is based on a romance between a wealthy and a relatively middle class woman, she is able to show different aspects of society though a different lens than normal people. Austen grew up in an environment that stressed the importance of education and the ability to think in a creative way. Through her background of higher level education, she is smart enough give social commentary in a book addressing romance and realism. The ability to mock society while writing a completely different story is what makes Pride and Prejudice the great work of literature that it is. And example of this is in Pride and Prejudice, where she does so through Charlotte and Mr.Collins. In page 1112, “... and Miss Lucas, who accepted him solely from the pure and disinterested desire of an establishment, cared not how soon that establishment were

Her family wanted her to get the best education possible. Even though she was a women, her father wanted to make sure she received plenty of knowledge. This was very important, especially at that time because women played a different role than what Austen went through. Sure, she would get dressed up, but she never was taught to play a subservient role that most women in that age played in society. She never was taught to look for a husband, in fact, her father wanted her to develop all her assets, from dancing, playing piano, and storywriting. Her family encouraged her and her siblings to be creative, which made Austen the great writer she was. She gained the ability to realize what is real and what is fake. She is able to portray it to the reader when Elizabeth and Darcy start falling in love with each other. Elizabeth and Darcy were actually never meant to be with each other through society's eyes, after all, Elizabeth was in a totally different class than Darcy. Darcy was actually supposed to marry someone in his social standing, yet manages to fall for Elizabeth out of love, who he deems is below him at first. Jane Austen depicts how true love shouldn't be shadowed over by something as shallow as to how much money someone owns. Austen even suggests that love can overpower even the most prideful and prejudiced people. She insinuates that love can even