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3、 </p><p>　　Jane Austen’s Outlook on Marriage</p><p><b>　　12秋 英語</b></p><p>　　Abstract：Everyone eager to get a happy marriage.To the deconstruction of marriage ,i

4、s a quite remarkable features in Jane Austen’s novel. Pride and prejudice is Jane Austin’s great work, discussing the different marriages and love. In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen comments that marriage in her time i

5、s a financial contract, where love is strictly a matter of chance. A perfect marriage meant having it all - love and money. She rejects the marriage based on wealth and stresses the element of emo</p><p>　　K

6、eywords:Jane Austen;marital viewpoint;Pride and Prejudice;sense and sensibility ;marriage;love</p><p>　　Jane Austen’s Outlook on Marriage</p><p>　　Ⅰ. Introduction</p><p>　　Jane Aust

7、en (1775-1817) is the greatest English women in writing the realistic novelists in the 19th century. Her greatness lies in her ability to stimulate readers to supply what is love and the view of marriage form our life sc

8、enes. Jane Austen wrote only six complete novels. In these novels, an assembly of characters, men and women, old and young some, but not many, Austen criticized comically “the overvaluation of love, the miseducation of

9、women, the subterfuges of the marriage market, the </p><p>　　In Jane Austen’s novels, innocent courting and proper marriages constitute the central strands of the story, but behind these we can see that ther

10、e hides the ulterior motive of loving an marrying for money and social position. This is a truthful reflection of the specific historical period of the author’s time during which people seemed to take money much more ser

11、iously than other times, especially the women awaiting their marriage. </p><p>　　As a realistic novelist, Jane Austen’s view of marriage expressed in her works .For example,Pride and Prejudice, Sence and Sen

12、cibility.The paper is to analyze some cultural background of women’s marriage in Austen’s time and the economic status and property elements that influenced their marriage and thus we can obtain a further understanding o

13、f Jane Austen’s view of marriage.</p><p>　?、?The background</p><p>　　The Background of that time</p><p>　　19th century England had serious social problems from the heyday of Royalty

14、 and Nobility. One of the most significant of these was the tendency to marry for money. A person sought a partner based on the dowry receivable and their allowance. This process went both ways: a beautiful woman might b

15、e able to snag a rich husband, or a charring and handsome man could woo a rich young girl. In these marriages, money was the only consideration. Love was left out, with the thought that it would develop as</p><

16、;p>　　The Background of Jane Austen</p><p>　　Jane Austen was born at Steventon on December 16, 1775, the youngest of seven children. She received her education—scanty enough, by modern standards—at home. B

17、esides the usual elementary subjects, she learned French and some Italian, sang a little, and became an expert needle-woman. Her reading extended little beyond the literature of the eighteenth century, and within that pe

18、riod she seems to have cared most for the novels of Richardson and Miss Burney, and the poems of Cowper and Crabbe. Dr. </p><p>　　But quiet and uneventful though her life was, it yet supplied her with materi

19、al for half a dozen novels as perfect of their kind as any in the language. While still a young girl she had experimented with various styles of writing, and when she completed Pride and Prejudice at the age of twenty-t

20、wo, it was clear that she had found her appropriate form. This novel, which in many respects she never surpassed, was followed a year later by Northanger Abbey, a satire on the Gothic romances then in vo</p><p

21、>　　The most remarkable characteristic of Jane Austen as a novelist is her recognition of the limits of her knowledge of life and her determination never to go beyond these limits in her books. She describes her own cl

22、ass, in the part of the country with which she was acquainted; and both the types of character and the events are such as she knew from first-hand observation and experience.</p><p>　　Literature Review</p

23、><p>　　“It is truth universally acknowledge that a single man in possession of good fortune must be in want of a wife.” This first sentence in Pride and Prejudice determines the tone of the whole novel, which t

24、ells us that all the stories told are based on marriage. Sense and Sensibility was the first novel Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epist

25、olary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: </p><p>　　Marriage of Austen’s time actually was a kind of foundation stone and its function was mainly the key to the connection

26、of fortune, the decision of relation and the right of inheritance. (Wilkes 84) What it valued was to be matched for marriage. Nowadays the marriage for love is different from Jane Austen’s time. It needs equality and fre

27、edom in any aspect. A happy marriage should be based on true love. In modern people’s view of marriage is that a marriage either for money or for lust is an unh</p><p>　　In Sense and Sensibility, Jane reveal

28、s that marriage is based on love, but just romantic love is not enough in marriage, for people need money to support their lives. On the other hand, money plays an important role in marriage. In her opinion, it is the co

29、mbination of love and money that can be perfect and bring people real happiness. Jane Austen’s sensible view on marriage is closely related to women’s low social status at that time and her own love experience. In her ey

30、es, it is not ethical t</p><p>　　In Pride and Prejudice, all theses marriages reflect people’s life and fate of that time. They reflect the society of the day. The other young couple’s marriages in the book

31、are only comparison to Elizabeth and Darcy’s marriage. It indicates their brave behavior that they dare to look down upon common customs-everything is decided by love and money; Tony Tanner once said: Jane Austen, as wel

32、l as other authors, is very clear that no feeling could be extremely pure and no motive could be definitel</p><p>　?、?Jane Austen’viewpoints on marriage as reflected in Sense and Sensibility</p><p

33、>　　Summary of Sense and Sensibility</p><p>　　Sense and Sensibility was published in 1811,which was the first published novell and one of the representative novels to show Austen’s view on marriage. The st

34、ory revoled around the Dashwood sisters,,Elinor and marianne.linor is sensible and rational,while Marianne is romantic and emotional.The sisters have met a lot of difficulties on marriage.Finally,they both have happy and

35、 successul marriage.</p><p>　　Nineteen-year-old Elinor and seventeen-year-old Marianne Dashwood are sisiter,one prudent,the other romantic.At first,their father was dead and left little money orstatus,and mo

36、ve with their mother and youngest sister to a humble cottage on the Devonshire estate of a rich relation Sir Jhon Middleton. Here Morianne is soon swept off her feet by the handsome,dashing Willoughby, while Elonor quiet

37、ly nurses her preference for Edward Ferrars,a sensile but strangely melancholic young man whose affecti</p><p>　　Different characteristics between two sisters</p><p>　　Reasonable Elinor falls in

38、 love with a gentleman already engaged. When Marianne likes to read and express her feelings, Elinor prefers to draw and design and be silent of his desires. Elinor is kind and can keep clam when problems arised In the n

39、ovel, When she is injured, she can try her best to control her feeling in order to let her mother and her sister not knows the truth. With the sober judgment and special view, she knows low to control her feelings. “ I c

40、ould not be happy with a man whose</p><p>　　However, her sister Marianne has a completely different attitude towards love. When she meets Willoughby, she can’t help falling in love with him at the first sigh

41、t who is a handsome man. When he comes, Marianne pays much attention to him; she believes in first sight and passionate love, a meeting of tastes and minds; she trusts her feelings to guide her conduct. When she knows th

42、at Willoughby will part from her, she is in deep sorrow. Later the social and psychological dangers of showing feelin</p><p>　　Austen’s view of marriage on Sense and Sensibility</p><p>　　In Sens

43、e an Sensibility , Austen creates two vividly characters: Elinor is sensible while Marianne is emotional . Elinor finds her match in Edward Ferrars, a gentleman with whom she falls quickly, completely, albeit quietly in

44、 love. The relationship between Elinor and Edward contains both elements that must be present to have a good marriage in Austen’s view. They are most certainly in love with each other and they also struggle through Edwar

45、d’s engagement to Lucy Steele together. Edward and El</p><p>　　The actor reveals to us through the sisters’ different attitudes toward love that attachment without sense is not reliable. Here Austen is criti

46、cizing people’s sheer value on marriage like Mrs.Ferrars s, but Elinor and Marianne are not meant to be criticized by the author, cspecially the prudence and rationality Elinor shows is just what the auther appreciates a

47、nd advocates. Judging form this,their apprehension to some extent reveals the author’s view .Lacking money will affect the well-being of</p><p>　　Jane Austen was truly one of the excellent novelists in Engli

48、sh literature.The reason why her works can be prevailing throughout the world after more than twenty decades is owing to people in the modern time are also eager to the perfect marriage,which unifies the elements of love

49、 ,morality and money Austin proposed for.</p><p>　　Sense and Sensibility can be said a perfect work. The characters in this novel are the middle class people that Austin is quite familiar with.She shows us m

50、any distinctive characters that are difficult to forget after reading. And they are so real as for our readers that we can not thinking them as our friend and relatives in reality.All in all,women should treat love in an

51、 integral attitude of sense and sensibility.</p><p>　?、?Jane Austen’s viewpoint on marriage as reflected in Pride and Prejudice</p><p>　　Summary of Pride and Prejudice</p><p>　　Prid

52、e and Prejudice is a popular novel by Jane Austen, first published in 1813. The plot is very simple.That is how the young ladies choose their husbands. The story follows the main character Elizabeth Bennet as she deals w

53、ith issues of manners, upbringing, morality, education and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of early 19th-century England. Elizabeth is the second of five daughters of a country gentleman, living near the fic

54、tional town of Meryton in Hertfordshire, near London.Fro</p><p>　　Tought the story setting is characteristically turn-of-the-19th-century, it retains a fascination for modern readers, continuing near the top

55、 of lists of 'most loved books' such as The Big Read. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, and receives considerable attention from literary scholars.</p><p>　　Differen

56、t characteristics among woman</p><p>　　Elizabeth is her father’s favorite daughter, having inherited his wit and intelligence. whose appearance is beautiful. But she always prided herself on her judgment at

57、the beginning of the novel. She is generally regarded as one of the most enduring and popular female protagonists in English literature.Until Mr. Darcy changed, she realizes that vanity has been the cause of her prejudic

58、e. Her elder sister Jane, a beautiful, good-tempered, sweet, amiable, humble and selfless woman, has a happy mar</p><p>　　Jane Bennet is the eldest of the Bennets' five daughters and the one considered t

59、he most beautiful. She has a reserved personality and tends to hide her feelings. She is incapable of suspecting the worst of people, preferring to see only the good.</p><p>　　Mary Bennet is the third sister

60、, bookish and shy. Mortified by unfavorable comparisons between her appearance and that of her beautiful sisters, she disdains their frivolous interests and seeks to impress others instead with her scholarly yet ill-time

61、d aphorisms and limited musical abilities.</p><p>　　Lydia Bennet is the youngest sister at 15 years of age. She is extremely flirtatious, naive, headstrong and reckless. And she lacks any sense of virtue, p

62、ropriety or good-judgment, as seen in her elopement with Wickham. She is deceived by Wickham’s appearance of goodness and virtue.</p><p>　　Different values in their marriage</p><p>　　Darcy and E

63、lizabeth’s Marriage.</p><p>　　The fourth marriage is the main theme of the works. That is Darcy and Elizabeth’s marriage. At the beginning, Elizabeth rejects the pursuer-Darcy, because she does not like him,

64、 even looks down upon him though Darcy loves her very much. In Elizabeth’s eyes, he is arrogant and unreasonable because he is rich and has high social status. Realizing that, Darcy begins to get rid of those bad habits

65、quietly to crate her taste and get good impression and love of her. Because of Darcy’s perfect behavior</p><p>　　Jane and Mr. Bingley’s Marriage</p><p>　　The second marriage is of the eldest dau

66、ghter Jane and Mr. Bingley. Jane, the eldest daughter of the Bennet family, is a typically good-natured and gentle woman in the novel. At a dancing party in Meryton, Jane and Mr. Bingley fall in love with each other at f

67、irst sight. Since Jane unites composure of temper and a uniform cheerfulness of manner with great strength of feeling, which keeps her from being impertinent, it is difficult to perceive her preference she entertains for

68、 Mr. Bingley from th</p><p>　　3.3 Lydia and Wickham’s Marriage</p><p>　　The third marriage is between Bennett’s third daughter Lydia and Wickham, the son of the housekeeper. Lydia is the younge

69、st daughter, she is very keen on taking part in social activities, indulging herself in flirtation with the “red coats” all the time. Naturally, the public notice of her unguarded and imprudent manner causes great disadv

70、antage to Elizabeth and Jane, but she does not feel ashamed of her own deeds and words at all. Besides, the wild volatility, the assurance and the disdain of a</p><p>　　3.3 Collins and Charlotte’s Marriag<

71、;/p><p>　　The last part is the marriage of Charlotte and Collins, their marriage is lucky and natural. They get married without any expectation. Charlotte is William Lucas’s daughter, who is the neighbor of Liz

72、zy Bennett. She was born of humble parentage and very mediocre in every aspect. So she has not got married even until she is 26 years old. She may be a typical questionable girl. However, there are 5 daughters in the Ben

73、netts, the five daughters are gradually growing up to the age for marriage. So b</p><p>　　The marriage of Elizabeth</p><p>　　Elizabeth was the actress in the "Pride and Prejudice". Her

74、 love and marriage was the main thread running through the entire novel. At the beginning of the "recognized the truth" mentioned in the novel, all the girls in the middle-class families wanted to marry a good

75、man. But Elizabeth had a different interpretation for a "good husband". She believed that a husband not only need have certain number of family property but also must respect women, and at the same time there m

76、ust be mutual underst</p><p>　　Pride and Prejudice depicts a society in which a woman’s reputation is of the utmost importance. A woman is expected to behave in certain ways. Stepping outside the social norm

77、s makes her vulnerable to ostracism. This theme appears in the novel, when Elizabeth walks to Netherfield and arrives with muddy skirts, to the shock of the reputation-conscious Miss Bingley and her friends.</p>&

78、lt;p>　?、?Jane Austen’s view on marriage</p><p>　　Jane Austin expressed her marital outlook that marriage should be on the basis of love but at the same time should take wealth and equal social status into

79、 account.</p><p>　　As we all know, Austen was unmarried all her life, but it didn’t mean she had no chance to be in love or get married. She had been in love with two young men when she was young, but none o

80、f them could go to a good ending. When she was twenty-seven years old, a man with great fortune asked her to marry him Austen agreed, but after a sleepless night, she regretted. When she was thirty-three, she almost agre

81、ed to marry a clergyman who was in middle age, but at the end, it was settled by leaving uns</p><p>　　In short, Austen’s viewpoints are: love is the foundation for a happy marriage, which should be based on

82、great fortune. Although property is the guarantee of happy marriage, a marriage lack of love and understanding is unaccepted. Although fine looks can give good impression to others, only independent individuality and goo

83、d character can attract each other forever. As to the union of man and woman, Jane Austen believes that there should be a balance between sense and sensibility in love, equal </p><p>　?、?Conclution</p>

84、<p>　　Austen is neither a historian nor a sociologist.But her novels present the modern readers with rich connotations that might be neglected by the historians or the sociologists. We can see the cultural traditi

85、on of a society and its value concept through Austen's description of the ordinary daily life. At the same time, Austen's novels tell the awakening of the feminine consciousness.</p><p>　　The marriag

86、e based on social position and money can’t bring happy life. Aimless marriage and love are impracticable. Austen’s views on marriage and love are also suitable for our real social. We youth should make right marriage

87、 and love views to orient our lives.</p><p>　　During Jane Austin’s life, she didn’t marry. She devoted to creating happy marriages without creating hers. Maybe Austen’s failure in marriage just because she

88、had the desire to get rid of earthly marital outlook at that time, but at the same time she couldn’t find the one who matched her from all aspects. Therefore, she gave up; instead, she poured all her feelings into lovers

89、 in her books and delivered her ideal pattern of marriage.</p><p>　　1. Introduction</p><p>　　2. The Background</p><p>　　2.1 The Background of that time</p><p>　　2.2 The

90、 Background of Jane Austin</p><p>　　3. Four Marriages in Pride and Prejudice</p><p>　　3.1 Collins and Charlotte’s Marriage</p><p>　　3.2 Lydia and Wickham’s Marriage</p><p

91、>　　3.3 Jane and Mr. Bingley’s Marriage</p><p>　　3.4 Darcy and Elizabeth’s Marriage</p><p>　　4. The Different Understanding about Love and Marriage in Pride and Prejudice</p><p>　

92、　4.1 The Marriage Based on Same Interests</p><p>　　4.2 The Marriage Based on Vanity and Carelessness</p><p>　　4.3 The Marriage Based on Money or Benefit</p><p>　　4.4 The Marriage Ba