Marriages in Pride and Prejudice 从《傲慢与偏见》看18世纪的婚姻观

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外国语学院

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级英语三班

论文标题

:

Marriages in

Pride and Prejudice

任课老师：

2013

年

6

月

13

日

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Contents

摘要

Abstract

Ⅰ

.

Introduction

Ⅱ

Four Marriages in

Pride and Prejudice

A.

Collins and Charlotte’s Marriage

B. Lydia and Wickha

m’s Marriage

C.

Jane and Mr. Bingley’s Marriage

D.

Darcy and Elizabeth’s Marriage

Ⅲ

.

The Different Understanding about Marriage

A.

The Marriage Based on Money or Benefit

B.

The Marriage Based on sense and sensibility

Ⅳ

.

Conclusion

Bibliography

2

摘

要

:

《傲慢 与偏见》

是奥斯汀的一部伟大著作，

小说中的四段婚姻基本完< /p>

全概括了

18

世纪社会中爱情和婚姻的状 况

.

小说通过对四种不同婚姻

和爱情的 描写，解析和探讨，充分体现了作者的爱情和婚姻观。这篇

论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。那就是：恋爱婚姻与财产和社 会地位相互关联，

但恋爱婚姻不能仅取决于财产和社会地位

,< /p>

正确的婚姻应当建立在相

互爱慕、相互尊重的基础上。爱情是婚姻 幸福的根源

.

她既反对为钱

而结婚，也 反对轻率结婚，强调婚姻中感情因素的重要

关键词：爱情

;

婚姻

;

金钱

;

社会地位

Abstract

Pride and Prejudice

is one of

Austin’s great work

s. The four marriages in

the

novel

completely

summarize

people

’

s

attitude

towards

the

love

and

marriage at 18th century

’

s society situation. Through the discussion of the

different

marriages and love, the

writer demonstrates

her

concept about

love and marriage: love and marriage is closely associated with property

and society, however, love and marriage cannot only be decided by the

property and social status. An ideal marriage should be based on mutual

affection and respect. Love is the root of a happy

marriage. She rejects

the

marriage

based

on

wealth

and

stresses

the

element

of

emotion

in

a

marriage.

Key Words

：

Love; marriage; property; social status

3

Marriage in

Pride and Prejudice

Ⅰ

.

Introduction

This novel takes young people’s marriage as the thread and it covers

the

inheritance

of

fortune,

women’s

social

status,

ethics

and

customs.

Being the masterpiece of Jane Austen, it comes to the extensive favor of

literary lovers and experts at the same time.

This

paper

makes

an

analysis

of

four

marriages

in

pride

and

prejudice

and

discusses the deep

outlook

for their love and marriage in

the light of social background at the time.

Ⅱ

.

Four Marriages in

Pride and Prejudice

A

.

Collins

and Charlotte’s Marriage

Charlotte is Elizabet

h

·

Bennetts

’

neighbor, and her family

’

s situation

was not very well . In addition, Charlotte is a mediocre intelligence girl,

so she was still not married at the age of 26.

Mrs.

Bennett

could

not give birth

to

a boy;

instead,

she had

given

birth

to

five

girls.

Due

to

the

special

inherent

law,

the

father's

heritage

cannot

be

inherited

by

his

5

daughters,

but

his

nephew

Collins

could

inherit. So, Mrs. Bennett put all her expectation on Collins

With Mrs. Lindberg's help, Collins became a priest smoothly. Then

he came to his uncle's house, and wanted to become Bennett's son-in-law.

He

thought

that

used

this

way

he

could

make

up

his

cousins

in

some

degree.

He stayed at his uncle

’

s house for a long time. When he knew

the eldest daughter Jane has a boyfriend, he just turned his attention to the

second

daughter

Elizabeth.

She

refuses

him

with

a

sharp

tongue.

But

Collins quickly finds comfort from Charlotte who desires to get love from

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