Pride And Prejudice By Jane Austen - 1470 Words

In her novel, Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen portrays a world in which society is actively involved in almost every individual’s lives. Its affects not only the individual, but the world around them. It has the power to affect the social conventions of the world, such as how people love, the ideals of a family, and how high or low an individual holds themselves in the world. Jane Austen illustrates this in her novel, Pride and Prejudice, by the novel s reoccurring themes of love, family and pride. As Jane worries about the future of her marriage, Elizabeth comforts her: Indeed, Jane, you ought to believe me. No one who has ever seen you together can doubt his affection. Miss Bingley, I am sure, cannot. She is not such a simpleton.†¦show more content†¦In later events, Elizabeth reflects on the news of Charlotte’s engagement. â€Å"It was a long time before she became at all reconciled to the idea of so unsuitable a match. The strangeness of Mr. Collins s making two offers of marriage within three days was nothing in comparison of his being now accepted. She had always felt that Charlotte s opinion of matrimony was not exactly like her own, but she had not supposed it to be possible that, when called into action, she would have sacrificed every better feeling to worldly advantage. Charlotte the wife of Mr. Collins was a most humiliating picture! And to the pang of a friend disgracing herself and sunk in her esteem, was added the distressing conviction that it w as impossible for that friend to be tolerably happy in the lot she had chosen (22.18) Where marrying for financial security is fairly common, Elizabeth s opinion and views of marrying for love does not mirror that of the time she lives in. Elizabeth is therefore unsurprisingly disappointed and shocked that her friend has settled to marry someone, who although is wealthy, is also much less desirable in character, only on the basis of financial security. She finds it shameful that someone who is a sensible, intelligent young woman† (5.2), should have to settle for someone like Mr. Collins just so she no longer has to worry about becoming a spinster. But Charlotte poses a sound