Marriage Proposal In Pride And Prejudice By Jane Austen

A certain means of survival in society for women used to prominently be by marriage. Jane Austen represented this method of survival within several marriage proposals in Pride and Prejudice. Many of these relations defied societal expectations, especially through the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet. Crucial marriage proposals throughout this novel embodied the works uncivilized free and wild thinking. These propositions centralized the values that marriage was a business proposal, money and class influence actions and attitudes, and love is a force that can overcome great struggles. To start, one proposal that provided not only satire but utter dismay, was between Mr. Collins and Elizabeth. This was most definitely the most unfavorable declaration
Collins proposal to Elizabeth displeasing, but Darcy’s first proposal to her was as well. To begin, Darcy proclaimed his love for Elizabeth after insulting her family and class. Darcy angrily asked Elizabeth after his proposal, “Could you expect me to rejoice in the inferiority of your connections? To congratulate myself on the hope of relations whose condition in life in life is so decidedly beneath my own?” (Austen, 145) Darcy conveyed how wage and class affects someone’s demeanor because with Elizabeth’s poor connections and income, men such as Darcy did not find her attractive. Darcy even tried to get rid of his sentiments towards Elizabeth because he was so opposed to her relations. Right from the beginning Darcy said to her, “My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” (Austen, 142) Darcy even told Elizabeth he was struggling not to love her because a woman with so little was not supposed to please him. Elizabeth was clearly
“Wickham of course wanted more than he could get, but at length was reduced to be reasonable.” (Austen, 241) Lydia still could have helped Wickham’s situation, but driven by his selfishness, Wickham absurdly needed more. This made their marriage a business proposal. Ironically Lydia took pride in being the first Bennet married when her marriage is the worst of anyone’s. She said, “Ah! Jane, I take your place now, and you must go lower, because I am a married woman.” (Austen, 235) Her irresponsibility disgraced her family and their reputation. All in all, Lydia and Wickham’s unabashed marriage never ended happily for