Austen was able to effectively mesh her voice within the narrator’s and the dialogue that occurs throughout the novel. She uses a rational voice to mock several things; Austen satirized business in a marriage, gender roles, and class. For example, a symbol of marriage being a business transaction is (insert quote from PP about Darcy paying Wickham to marry Lydia). Throughout the entire novel there are minute examples of marriage as a business transactions; Charlotte, for example, married Mr. Collins for a comfortable lifestyle rather than love. Austen’s satire is subtle, impactful, and humorous which makes the novel so well written; without her voice affecting the narrative voice “the moral structure of the novel would crumble”(Brown 106). Depending on how you read Pride and Prejudice, comically or ironically, it can be interpreted differently.(The Narrator’s Voice Brown) Generally speaking, satire is used to bring comic relief to
Austen was able to effectively mesh her voice within the narrator’s and the dialogue that occurs throughout the novel. She uses a rational voice to mock several things; Austen satirized business in a marriage, gender roles, and class. For example, a symbol of marriage being a business transaction is (insert quote from PP about Darcy paying Wickham to marry Lydia). Throughout the entire novel there are minute examples of marriage as a business transactions; Charlotte, for example, married Mr. Collins for a comfortable lifestyle rather than love. Austen’s satire is subtle, impactful, and humorous which makes the novel so well written; without her voice affecting the narrative voice “the moral structure of the novel would crumble”(Brown 106). Depending on how you read Pride and Prejudice, comically or ironically, it can be interpreted differently.(The Narrator’s Voice Brown) Generally speaking, satire is used to bring comic relief to