Topic > ""Pride and Prejudice": Exploring the gulf between love...

"Pride and Prejudice", is a novel that explores the yawning gulf between love and marriage in Georgian England. The presentation of passion and of Jane Austen's marriage reiterates the fact that marriage is a "business arrangement". Austen uses irony to poke fun at polite society in this satire and Austen also makes the point that social hierarchy determines who you can marry. The pressures of men and women in Georgian England are revealed through his exploration of the aristocracy's prejudice against the middle class society he lived in. Finally he uses comedy to expose the hypocrisy At the beginning of the novel, Jane Austen comes initially presented to Mr. Collins with comic irony and as an absurd figure to be mocked as a potential husband; reveals Mr. Collin's palpable and selfish reasons for marrying in a simple comic statement "Mr. Collins just had to change from Jane to Elizabeth - and it was soon done - done while Mrs. Bennet was stoking the fire" Mr. Collins an obsequious,. the selfish and despicable man uses a superficial approach to marriage, this is demonstrated by the word “agitation”. Jane Austen uses a comic comparison to reveal how little time Mr. Collins devoted to this change of heart. Mr. Collins is presented as a male whose "business" is to get married due to societal pressures. Likewise, Mr. Collins's proposal further emphasizes how he is willing to marry without passionate feelings, Jane Austen presents the endearing, selfish centered side of Mr. Collins in the line "I am convinced that he will add much to my happiness" First place this quote evidently suggests that Mr. Collins is a flatterer and is seeking to marry solely for selfish reasons and for his social status. Secondly, Mr Collins is also trying to… halfway through the document… views should be accepted. At the end an allegory is used when he mentions Pemberley which could reflect the true character of Darcy and Rosings where much of the embellishments are deliberately flamboyant just like Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Jane Austen exemplifies how Elizabeth's kindness increases Darcy's ability to accept love and marriage. Similarly Jane Austen highlights the fact that the love and marriage between Elizabeth and Darcy may be uncertain but there are possibilities for mutual respect and affection. The fairytale factor of the ending, with Darcy flouting family honor, underlines the point that "love" can redeem a Man. While Darcy represents pride and Elizabeth represents prejudice, most of the characters in “Pride and Prejudice” are influenced by both pride and prejudice, and their contempt towards the novel's two central characters becomes only hypocritical..