Money vs. Society

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In society, money plays a major role. It is a necessity that is needed in order to survive in the world today. In Pride and Prejudice, it is the one element that determines one’s whole life and future. Not only is it needed to live, but it determines who you will marry as well as your social status in society. In this book, it is repeatedly shown that money plays one of the most important roles in society.
First of all, from the very beginning of the book, it is shown that money plays a major role. Mrs. Bennet hears about Mr. Bingley, a handsome and wealthy man, and immediately begins to speak to Mr. Bennet about him. She is trying to get her daughters married to good and wealthy men, since they will not be inheriting money from their father. She is persistent at this because she wants her daughters to rise in society as well as live happily and comfortably. “Oh! single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls”(6). “...You must know that I am thinking of his marrying one of them”(6). These two quotes both take place just shortly after Mrs. Bennet finds out Mr. Bingley is in Netherfield. She is extremely happy because it gives her a chance to get one of her daughters married to a successful and wealthy man. It is everything to her and her daughters because it is the only way out of becoming poor and lowering in ...

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