Views on love and marriage in “Pride and Prejudice”分析《傲慢与偏见》中的爱情观和婚姻观

Views on love and marriage in ―Pride and Prejudice‖分析《傲慢与偏见》中的爱情观和婚姻观

Contents

Abstract (1)

Keywords (1)

Introduction (3)

1、Jane Austen and the Background of Pride and Prejudice (3)

1.1 Jane Austen (3)

1.2The Background of Pride and Prejudice (4)

2、Four Marriages and Ideals on Love and Marriage Shown in Pride andPrejudice (5)

2.1Four Marriages in Pride and Prejudice (5)

2.1.1 Collins and Charlotte’s Marriage (5)

2.1.2 Lydia and Wickham’s Marr iage (7)

2.1.3 Jane and Mr. Bingley’s Marriage (7)

2.1.4 Darcy and Elizabeth’s Marriage (8)

3. Austen’s Concept about Love and Marriage (12)

4、Conclusion (14)

References (16)

Acknowledgements (19)

Abstract

"Pride and Prejudice" is Austen's masterpiece which described four different marriages and love .Until today, this novel is still very popular among many readers and arouses people's observation and unlimited thinking of marriage .This paper aims to probe into the views on love an d marriage in ―Pride and Prejudice‖. That is: love and marriage are associated with, but not totally lie on the property and social status. The marriage which is based on the love, mutual understanding and mutual respect is a true happy marriage. Austen not only opposes marriage for money, but also is against the hasty marriage. She attaches great importance to ideal marriage and regards the feelings between men and women as the cornerstone of the ideal marriage.

Keywords

―Pride and Prejudice‖; viewpoint of love; viewpoint of marriage;

摘要

《傲慢与偏见》是奥斯汀的代表作，小说以讽刺为基调描写了四种不同形态的婚姻观和爱情观，时至今日，这部小说仍然吸引着众多读者，引发了人们对婚姻的观察和无限思考。本文就是通过对这四段婚姻的详细的分析，来探讨《傲慢与偏见》中的爱情观和婚姻观。笔者认为：爱情婚姻与财产和社会地位相互关联，但绝不能仅取于它，以爱情、相互理解及相互尊重为基础的婚姻才是幸福的婚姻。奥斯汀既反对为金钱而结婚，也反对草率结婚。她强调理想婚姻的重要性，并把男女双方感情作为缔结理想婚姻的基石。

关键词

《傲慢与偏见》；爱情观；婚姻观;

Introduction

Jane Austen humorously described the marriage in the "Pride and Prejudice" and a series of marriage-related activities in a relaxed manner. The novel consisted of how man picking their wives, how the young women choosing their future husbands and how their mothers selecting their son-in-low in many wonderful scenes. By studying the marital relationship, the authors strive to portray several different marriage and love relations. Although they had got married, the happiness of marriage is differs. This was because Austen's novels the marriage was involving not only the feelings, but also social status and money. "The bachelor who own property must marry a wife, it has become a universally recognized truth." [6], But that really is a truth? In this paper, the novel's four marriages vividly reflected the British town life and the world state of human of 18 century to the early 19th century in a conservative and isolated state.

1. Jane Austen and the Background of Pride and Prejudice

1.1. Jane Austen

Jane Austen (1775 – 1817，) was one of the most outstanding writer who described the middle-class in the south of England with realism. From a unique female perspective, she left six immortal works .Her works were full of rich comedy conflicts in humorous and satirical style, so they were regarded as "the art of simplicity". In Jane Austen's works, the content was not very wide and all were related to the life of a few middle-class families. The theme was about love and marriage between men and women. In the "Simple" works of Jane Austen, they showed us, truly and accurately, the social life and interrelationship and described the social state, marriage as well as political and economic relations between middle-class women at that time.

And she expressed her views on marriage, directly or indirectly, by analyzing these phenomena. She believed that marriage just for money was wrong, but marriage of no money was stupid. She also frankly disclosed the inseparable relationship between marriages, property and family status. In her novel, as long as a woman who was intelligent, decent,