Views On Female Marriages in "Pride and Prejudice" and "Jane Eyre".

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Introduction.

There were two great novels about love and marriage coming into being in the 19th century ---- "Pride and Prejudice" and "Jane Eyre", which were written by Jane Austen and Charlotte Bronte. The two books give us two women's totally different concepts of love.

1.1 The main content and background of Pride and Prejudice

Pride and Prejudice is actually a love comedy, which is filled with intelligence and humor. The first sentence of the first chapter has already made the comedic tone of the whole novel:

"IT IS A TRUTH universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."

As a matter of fact, the whole novel is based on this "universally acknowledged truth". When the Bennets are worried about the marriage of their five daughters, "single men in possession of a good fortune" ---- Mr. Bingley and Mr.

Darcy have come, which gives them the hope. However, the hope has soon been broken. The stupid one, Mrs. Bennet has been rattling off a list of complaints on Mr. Bingley. Then, a dramatic scene appears. The arrogant Mr. Darcy sends his love message to Elizabeth, the second daughter of the Bennet family, but she treats him with her prejudice and refuses his courtship. The matter has been in trouble again. After various theatrical occurrences, the story finally ends with comedy. Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy become a blest pair and Mr. Bingley and Jane, the eldest daughter also get married.

Pride and Prejudice shows us the common people's lives and ideas in the villages and towns in England under the state of occlusive society in the early 19th century. This novel, like a painting expressing social amorous feelings, not only had a great attraction to the readers at...