• Viewing marriage as a business venture between families, therefore, continued to be widely accepted .At the same time, however, the political and social climate was encouraging the view of individual as an individual. The idea of marrying for love took hold of many in society at this time.
• Lydia and Wickham's marriage was based on appearances, good looks, and youthful vivacity. Once these qualities can no longer be seen by each other, the once strong relationship will slowly fade away.
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It was a time of serious reconsideration of what marriage meant and how it was to be lived. The traditional view of marriage as a joining of families through the physical joining of two people continued to have much support.
True Love • The marriage between Darcy and Elizabeth reveals the characteristics which constitutes a successful marriage.
The marriage of Jane Bennet and Bingley is also an example of successful marriage.
Issues
• • • • • literary analysis eighteenth-century views of arriage character analysis women’s education and moral conduct law and custom: inheritance and marriage
Brief Introduction of Jane Austen
At a dancing ball, Mr. Bingley could not help falling in love with Miss Jane at the first sight because of her beauty. Mrs. Benne was
Relationship Between Characters
• General Idea
• Mrs. Bonnet had no other wish if her five daughters could get married with someone wealthy as soon as possible.
The marriage between Mr. Collins and Charlotte is based on economics rather than on love or appearance.
• It was a common practice during Austen's time for women to marry a husband to save herself from spinsterhood or to gain financial security.