英语--浅谈傲慢及偏见中的婚姻观

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1、-图书：学院英国文学史论文浅谈傲慢与偏见中的婚姻观班级英语教育141*13学生王梦霞学院名称教师教育学院专业名称英语教育指导教师何青芒 2016年12月6日ContentsAbstract.31. Introduction.32. Historical Background43. Views of Marriages.43.1 The marriage of Jane and Bingley.43.2 The marriage of Lydia and Wickham.63.3The marriage of Charlotte and Collins73.4 The marriage of E

2、lizabeth and Darcy.74. Views of the Author.85. Conclusion96. Works sited9A Brief Talk about Views of Marriagein Pride and PrejudiceAbstract:Nowadays marriage means two loved individuals set up a relationship and forms a social bination of domestic relation between people. In this way, the couple can

3、 get together properly and legally. For the purpose of love without any other substances, people marry happily. However, I can realize different views of marriage among the young people in the book of Pride and Prejudice and by the way of reading it, I have deeper thought about marriage.key words: m

4、arriage social status wealth family background1. IntroductionPride and Prejudice, taking the daily life for the material, reflects the real English countryside life and ways of the world in the condition of conservation and obstruction. By using the technique of writing of satire and humor, the work

5、 tells different kinds of personalities and life attitudes. The writer shows different views of marriage in the book. For them, marriage is sometimes equal to a business in which people can get what they are eager for e*cept love. It seems that marriage cannot bring true love but materials. This boo

6、k arouses my curiosity and lets us wonder which form of marriage can make happiness and suit ourselves. Both in the west and in China, Pride and Prejudice has got great attention from the critics and many critics have mented it from sociohistorical aspect. Although some scholars analyzed Austens vie

7、ws on marriage, the marriage should aim to make a deep analysis in order that we can pletely understand the original views on marriage and add something new into the literary criticism of the great work of Jane Austen.The young people have distinct attitudes towards marriage and choose their loved o

8、nes differently. People marry for different purposes, some for wealth, some for appearance, some for desire and some only for love. E*actly their attitudes towards a man to marry reflect their view of life. Through what kind of marriage they choose, we can judge the personalities on the people. Ther

9、e are four couples getting married leaving me a great e*pression in this book but neither of them have same opinion for marriage. From their choice, we can easily see marriage means what for them. Love without romantics loses its own beautiful color as well.2. Historical BackgroundThe story happened

10、 at the end of 18th century and the start of 19th century and was called First Impression at beginning. At that time, the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century made womens liberation possible, which provided a good condition for Jane Austen to create the book. There is no possibility for female

11、to fight for their freedom and equality before and this was a rare chance for them to voice in the public.Besides, Economic Independence heightening made people start to care about humanity rather than the problem of food and clothing. More and more women have the right to accept education and reali

12、zed that there is many unequal phenomenon in the society. The educated female began to turn to the liberation of women.Traditional beliefs of social and family roles of men and women began to change. As more female were educated and able to work outside, the roles of husband and wife may change. Fem

13、ale gradually became independent and could earn money as male, which made them proud and at same time, they wonder why female should accept unequal treatment now that they were as e*cellent as male.The pioneering women novelists such as Jane Austen broke out to a private world and entered into a pub

14、lic world. Female began to appear in the public and work on social contact just like male do. This made female more independent and realized that there is no need for female to attach to their husband. They can make a good living without the help of rich men and do the work by themselves. Therefore,

15、 more and more female came out to voice for their rights of freedom, equality and liberation. The appearance of Pride and Prejudice is e*actly suitable for the society then and got a real hit when it was published. It really attracted peoples eyes and arouse them to rethink about humanity.3.1 The ma

16、rriage of Jane and BingleyJane，the eldest daughter of Mr.Bennet, is beautiful, good-natured and elegant, which seems to be a great attraction for Bingley. Meanwhile, Bingley is in possession of a great fortune as well as handsome appearance and modest attitude. The bination of the two young people s

17、eems to be braw. However, their love is pure as we think The answer is not of course. Although they fall in love with each other and get together, their marriage is set up on the appearance. There is no doubt that Jane is charming by her posture and behaviors, which draws the eyes of Mr.Darcy. After

18、 all, Jane lives in a family of developing a lady and her mother requires her to behave properly. His nice temperament sends forth from her body. Darcy, as a gentleman, has grown up in a wealthy family and bee a young spark. Both of them possess so many mon virtues: They are good-tempered and modest

19、. Besides, their love both depends on appearance in some way. As long as they get older and the appearance changes a lot, the love can be everlasting Everyone has a get-older day and when the day es, the couple might be tired to each other and marriage may fall apart. They both have some weakness: J

20、ane lacks strength and self-confidence and Bingley does not have his strong and determined disposition at all. It seems that the two youngers are similar to each other themselves. But it is lucky that Jane and Bingley can always receive considerate and beneficial advice from Elizabeth and Darcy. Tha

21、nks to Elizabeths kindness, Jane can pull through difficulties when Bingley left.Fortunately Bingley eventually came back and met with Jane, they two were together again. Nowadays our society has a phenomenon that young people are likely to choose those who look nice for their partners, which can be

22、 called see the face of social. There is no doubt that good look can feast others eyes. However, the true heart makes relationship stronger and deeper no matter how time flies. Just like a saying goesA long journey proves the stamina of a horse and the passage of time tells the true from the false!

23、Ones heart can not be changed easily while their appearance changes in a short time as long as time goes.Therefore, you are supposed to judge whether your personality is suitable to the other if you need to have a partner in your life. Dont care about their appearance because the heart will not chan

24、ge. Interesting souls meet with each other when their love es and beautiful looks end up when time flies. Like an old Chinese saying goes appearance is easy to old while heart is hard to change.The bination of Jane and Bingley is just like an enjoyable appreciation on their faces and falling love at

25、 first sight. We cant say that this marriage is not timeless but this love based on appearance is terrifying. The result between Jane and Bingley remains a mystery to the reader and makes us wonder. Whether this marriage is suitable for young people at present in this society Whether their marriage

26、results from impulsion and sightless worship Whether they would acpany a lifetimeCan the love based on appearance be long This is a question deserved to be considered in current society. 3.2 The marriage of Lydia and WickhamLydia is a rude girl with full of impulsion and passion. To be honest, she i

27、s frivolous to things and eager for social contact when she is a little girl of young age. She is likely to have contact with military officers in Meriton and proud of it. It is said that she is easily to be together with anyone if she is tantalized.Therefore her love to Wickham is just like a busin

28、ess of flesh and se*ual passion. Her love es with hotness like a windstorm. When she firstly meets with Wickham, she is attracted by his handsome appearance. However, Wickham is a man without good morality and he is so le*ual and mean. This kind of man can be said Satyr prodigal and speciosity. Wick

29、ham has wanted to get together with Miss.Darcy and finally he failed. Therefore he turns to Lydia, the babyish and foolish girl. Their elopement is really a shame for the family of Mr.Bennet. Luckily they get the help of Mr.Darcy and can live by their own due to his kindness of a great fortune.The b

30、ination of Lydia and Wickham is just a marriage with lust and out of e*ploration to heterose*ual feeling. Their elopement can be regarded as an immature behavior and it is amusing for all of us in their marriage. Their marriage is set up without any based on love, which can be said unpractical. The

31、same point between the couple is that both of them like to squander without any control. Never considering the life of future, the postnuptial marriage is bound to be tough. Wickham gets what he wantswealth under the help of Darcy and Lydia gets what she wants as wellsatisfaction of erotic feeling f

32、rom Wickham. The marriage is best for both of them.There are many other couples like them. The couples are just like kids themselves and they are not able to bring up a baby by themselves. It is a behavior without any responsibility and obligation. You can see many people get married at a young age

33、and soon they divorce unfortunately, which makes the old generation feel curious and shocked. I wonder why it happens monly. As a matter of fact, the young people are so young that they can not afford to set up a sense of responsibility to others, such as their parents, loved ones, workmates and str

34、angers. Grown up in a white-headed family, the young generation tends to be self-centered and selfish, which is no benefit for them to live in a society of helping each other when they are adults.When you are likely to marry to someone, please consider what duties you shall have to do and what can y

35、ou give to the other and don not ask for getting all the time. This is important in a marriage to balance.(Li Dapeng, 2015: 2)3.3 The marriage of Charlotte and CollinsCharlotte is a mundane woman without wealth or charming appearance. However she is full of wisdom and she thinks the marriage is happ

36、y or not depends on an opportunity you seize. Out of realistic consideration, she regards the marriage as a deal. When she meets with Collins at first, she does not like him at all. Charlotte praises that Collins is handsome and wise while she knows he is foolish in her eyes. Collins will e into a f

37、ortune of Mr.Bennet and he is a wealthy man soon, which makes Charlotte want to marry him. As a matter of fact, family background and social class are matched for marriage nowadays. Someone is forced to marry to a rich man but she does not love him at all. Some couples are broken up due to ones bein

38、g as poor as a church mouse. Can this kind of marriage make couples happy Im afraid not.For some poor girls, they are used to making a short and uptight living and eager to escape from present situation. Therefore, happiness means having a great deal of money and they would like to marry a rich man

39、rather than a loved one instead. In the words of people now, bread and love are difficult to choose. In this society with full of materials and people are more likely to pay attention to e*terior conditions. They are not certain whether they would get happiness or fortability in the marriage but thi

40、s is the only chance for them to get away from poverty, which arouses others sympathy and resonance.We can not easily say the girls choices are true or false, we can not accuse them of being greedy and vain. Because there is no qualification for us to judge others behaviors and life if we have not e

41、*perienced what they had e*perienced. Charlotte can get a sense of safety by getting the source of the economic and this sense is from Collins. Therefore, no matter how foolish and smarmy he is, she still thinks marriage is home to return. At the same time, Collins can get a warm family from her. Th

42、e bination between the two is a best way for them.3.4 The marriage of Elizabeth and DarcyElizabeth and Mr.Darcy seemed to have some contradiction. Darcy was a young man with pride due to his glorious family background. With different growing environment, Elizabeth had prejudice to Darcy and said wor

43、ds with cold if necessary. However, e*actly her e*traordinariness, Darcy treated her with different eyes and gradually loved this girl. A Netherfield ball began. Elizabeth and Darcy talked about Wickham and she blamed that Wickham lost friendship of him. The two became embarrassed.Later, Bingley lef

44、t the town and Jane was inconsolable. Elizabeth thought that was all Darcys false because of his instigation. At the same time, Darcy unburdened himself to Elizabeth and was refused by her. Luckily with the perseverance of Darcy and misunderstanding being untied, Elizabeth was moved by his courage a

45、nd kindness to others. Therefore she loved the man deeply just like the man liked her. The love between Elizabeth and Darcy is so romantic and moving for all of readers, which is e*actly our desire for love and marriage. The marriage of them seems to be unpractical but in fact is suitable for their

46、personality. Elizabeth has a deep realization of marriage and love and therefore she refuses the proposal of Collins because she knows there is no affection base between her and Collins. Her view of marriage is based on love, only love. There is no need to treat marriage as a business in our lives a

47、nd the view of Elizabeth is right for love choosing. All the things Elizabeth gets is deserved due to her pureness. Although she is not trapped in her mothers desire of marrying a rich man, eventually she marries to a rich man who loves her deeply as well, which moved me a lot.Luckily Elizabeth find

48、s a true love and gets a soulmate forever and in her marriage there is pure love!4. Views of the AuthorJane Austen is a progressive female writer and her original views on marriage e*pressed in her masterpiece Pride and Prejudice obviously have progressiveness. She saw that women had to obey men and

49、 depended on them to gain fortable living conditions, which made her think it is unequal at all. In this sense, marriage was merely a decent way of survival for women. Women had few e*pectations of emotional feelings in their marriages. However she had a strong belief that marriage determined by eco

50、nomic and social status can not bring real happiness for women and only love can awake womens life and happiness. In her work, she inspired female to pursue their love and keep energetic to marriage and do not give in to unequal family background just like Elizabeth who definitely got her love witho

51、ut any doubt and Elizabeth achieved her dream of marrying a man she really loved, which was e*actly Jane Austens dream as well.5. ConclusionThere is a realistic problem in the novel what is different family background. No matter how time goes, people are more likely to match marriage with identifica

52、tion, social class, wealth or other corporeal things. In their eyes, they regard marriage as a business and are used to matching the marriage to other materials. As a matter of fact, marriage should be the loved ones get together forever in spite of other factors. No matter how rich, handsome, charm

53、ing the other is, you shall stick to your own loved one in your heart and never give in to other people or society. In the novel, Elizabeth is so e*traordinary due to her ignorance of Darcys wealth. She was not truckling like other girls who wanted to marry Darcy in order to get a great of possessio

54、n. E*actly her pureness, love seemed to be gracious in her eyes, which attracted Darcy a lot.The true love is like this! No matter how poor you are, Im with you just because I love you. However you shall pocket your pride and prejudice and treat me honestly. Just like a Chinese saying Hold hands to

55、me and grow old with you. We are supposed to have the sweetest and best wishes to love. We shall meet with a great number of obstacles in the pursuit of love but keeping an positive and persistent attitude. Stick to love and have a strong belief that true love will approach to you in the near future

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