MarriagesinPrideandPrejudice从《傲慢与偏见》看18世纪的婚姻观

1、姓 名： 学号：20123703 学院：外国语学院 专业班级：2012 级英语三班 论文标题：Marriages in Pride and Prejudice 任课老师： 2013年6月13日 i Contents 摘要 Abstract I .Introduction II Four Marriages in Pride and Prejudice A. Collins and Charlotte s Marriage B. Lydia and Wickham s Marriage C. Jane and Mr. Bingley s Marriage D. Darcy and Elizabe

2、th s Marriage 皿 The Different Understanding about Marriage A. The Marriage Based on Money or Benefit B. The Marriage Based on sense and sensibility IV . Conclusion Bibliography 8 摘 要 : 傲慢与偏见 是奥斯汀的一部伟大著作， 小说中的四段婚姻基本完 全概括了 18 世纪社会中爱情和婚姻的状况 .小说通过对四种不同婚姻 和爱情的描写，解析和探讨，充分体现了作者的爱情和婚姻观。这篇 论文就是通过对这四段婚姻的详细的分析

3、，来探讨傲慢与偏见中 的爱情观和婚姻观。那就是：恋爱婚姻与财产和社会地位相互关联， 但恋爱婚姻不能仅取决于财产和社会地位 ,正确的婚姻应当建立在相 互爱慕、相互尊重的基础上。爱情是婚姻幸福的根源 .她既反对为钱 而结婚，也反对轻率结婚，强调婚姻中感情因素的重要 关键词：爱情 ; 婚姻 ; 金钱 ; 社会地位 Abstract Pride and Prejudice is one of Austin s great wos.rkThe four marriages in the novel completely summarize peoples attitude towards the lov

4、e and marriage at 18th centurys society situation. Through the discussion of the different marriages and love, the writer demonstrates her concept about love and marriage: love and marriage is closely associated with property and society, however, love and marriage cannot only be decided by the prop

5、erty and social status. An ideal marriage should be based on mutual affection and respect. Love is the root of a happy marriage. She rejects the marriage based on wealth and stressesthe element of emotion in a marriage. Key Words：Love; marriage; property; social status Marriage in Pride and Prejudic

6、e I .Introduction This novel takes young people s marriage as the thread and it covers the inheritance of fortune, women ssocial status, ethics and customs. Being the masterpiece of Jane Austen, it comes to the extensive favor of literary lovers and experts at the same time. This paper makes an anal

7、ysis of four marriages in pride and prejudice and discusses the deepoutlook for their love and marriage in the light of social background at the time. n Four Marriages in Pride and Prejudice A. Collins and Charlotte s Marriage Charlotte is Elizabeth Bennetts neighbor, and her familysituation was not

8、 very well . In addition, Charlotte is a mediocre intelligence girl, so she was still not married at the age of 26. Mrs. Bennett could not give birth to a boy; instead, she had given birth to five girls. Due to the special inherent law, the fathers heritage cannot be inherited by his 5 daughters, bu

9、t his nephew Collins could inherit. So, Mrs. Bennett put all her expectation on Collins With Mrs. Lindbergs help, Collins became a priest smoothly. Then he came to his uncles house, and wanted to become Bennetts son-in-law. He thought that used this way he could make up his cousins in some degree. H

10、e stayed at his uncleshouse for a long time. When he knew the eldest daughter Jane has a boyfriend, he just turned his attention to the second daughter Elizabeth. She refuses him with a sharp tongue. But Collins quickly finds comfort from Charlotte who desires to get love from a male and believes ma

11、rriage is the elegant way for a girl with some education, and then they get married as quickly as the lightning. A mediocre love, a dull marriage has been established effortlessly. Such marriage without love is too practical, so it is a kind of superficial marriage without happiness. B. Lydia and Wi

12、ckham s Marriage Wickham is the son of the Darcys housekeeper. At the beginning,the master treated him very well but he was a man without any responsibility and was in debts. He also spoken ill of Darcy everywhere. His marriage is to open the source of wealth, for this purpose, he was prepared to us

13、e unscrupulous divisive tactics with Darcys sister Georgiana to elope. Fortunately, Darcy stopped it in time. He once won Elizabeths favor, but when Elizabeth left home to Charlotte home for a period of time, he was immediately ready to get married with another lady who was not beautiful but wealthy

14、. But he failed. Later, Elizabeths sister Lydia had a blind affection on him, and eloped with him. Finally,in Darcys funding he promised to marry Lydia. Their marriage was Bennetts scandal C. Jane and Mr. Bingley s Marriage Bingley is a friend of Darcy. Bingley s sister loves Darcy very much She wan

15、ts Bingley to get married with Darcy s sister Georgiana, because she wants to get love from Darcy by this way, which also reflects the selfishness the sister. The marriage of the able man- Bingley and the beautiful girl- Jane is ideal in most people eyses. Of course, the couple meets many setbacks,

16、such as the misunderstanding of Darcy and Bingleys selfish sister. At last, the lovers get married as the misunderstanding between Elizabeth and Darcy has been solved. D. Darcy and Elizabeth s Marriage At the beginning, Elizabeth rejected Darcys pursuit, because she does not like him, even looks dow

17、n upon him though Darcy loves her very much. In Elizabeth s eyes, he is arrogant and unreasonable because he is rich and has high social status. Realizing that, Darcy begins to get rid of those bad habits quietly to crate her taste and get good impression and love of her. Because of Darcy s perfect

18、behavior and good education, Elizabeth gradually eliminates the bias on Darcy. Then they spontaneously fall in love. So when Darcy second suitor is sent to Elizabeth, Elizabeth readily agree with, and they get married and have happy family lives. III. The Different Understanding about Marriage in Pr

19、ide and Prejudice. A. The Marriage Based on Money or Benefit Charlotte knew that the marriage withou t property would eventually move toward disappointment and suffering. Even if the couple loves each other deeply at first, when Collins, known as a social climber, is rejected by Elizabeth, he immedi

20、ately turns to fall in love with Miss Charlotte. Although Collins is an inborn fool, his love could not move the heart of a woman, charlotte acceptshim, becauseher purpose is to get married. Almost all the girls born in a family without good education always regard marriage as the decent way, althou

21、gh marriage might not necessarily bring happiness to them. She manages to arrange one of the most reliable way by marriage, thus she would not be exposed to the cold temperatures and suffer hunger in the future. She now gets a storage room. Charlotte is like a roadman catching a plump fish Collins.

22、But if he doesnt meet a setback from Elizabeth, and the encouragement of charlotte, I am afraid that he would not be so willing to propose marriage to Charlotte. The man like Bentley who has fairly numerable money need a beautiful wife, the poor man needs a wife with a huge wealth, like Wickham; it

23、was lucky for Charlotte that she could gain the marriage with Collins although their marriage is not happy at all. B.The Marriage Based on Sense and Sensibility Sense and sensibility is thefooting stone of a happy marriage. Elizabeth and Darcys marriage is the most successful and perfect ideal marri

24、age in Pride and Prejudice . Their combination is really built based on love. The combination of them proves that sense and sensibility is necessary for a happy marriage. From 16th to 18th Century, while criteria of choosing spouse in English upper-and-middle class from 16th to18th century emphasize

25、d equal, but they did not deny love and affection are the prerequisite for marriage. Elizabeth did not have the same beauty with Jane, but she was clever and sensible, lively and lovely. She is rich in personality and connotation. Elizabeth knew that in society people like connect marriage with weal

26、th and social status but she did not lose herself. Instead she chose to continue pursue her love bravely. It was her unusual style of conversation and noble sentiments attracted Darcy and then let Darcy full love on her. Love is unconditional, just when the thing person depends on peoples feeling. But marriage is different from love, marriage must have the material basis and economic basis. Marriage is inevitable for peoples survival and development, and it must consider many factors. A happy marriage is