Pride And Prejudice Rhetorical Analysis

In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, women in the Regency period had no right to pursue a career, to suffrage, to have political thoughts. Women with high level of education was deemed unnecessary as the parents believed marriage was the success of a wealthy and comfortable future. This is demonstrated in the quote “No governess! How was that possible? Five daughters brought up at home without of governess! I never heard of such a thing. Your mother must have been a quite a salve to your education”, as Lady Catherine was in shock and disbelief that Mr. and Mrs. Bennet did not employ a governess for the family. Austen uses exclamation and rhetorical question to portray that the family unit is primarily responsible for one’s intellectual and