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1、**省高等教育自学考试英语专业毕业论文论《傲慢与偏见》中的金钱和婚姻学生姓名:*******指导教师:*******二零一一年三月摘要《傲慢与偏见》为奥斯汀赢得了永恒的荣誉。通过对四种不同婚姻和爱情的描写,小说充分体现了十八世纪社会的爱情观和婚姻观。同时,奥斯汀的爱情观和婚姻观通过这篇小说也展现得淋漓尽致,即:婚姻与财产和社会地位紧密相联,但是财产和社会地位不是保证婚姻幸福的唯一因素。美好的婚姻应当建立在相互爱慕、相互尊重的基础上。作者既反对因钱而结婚,也反对草率结婚,充分强调了婚姻中真情实感的重要性。关键词:爱情;婚姻;金钱;社会地位
2、OnMoneyandMarriageinPrideandPrejudiceAbstractPrideandPrejudice,Austen’sgreatwork,earnsanenduringfameforJaneAusten.JaneAustendemonstratesthesocialattitudestowardsmarriageandmoneyandhersviadescriptionoffourcourtships-----DarcyandElizabeth’sMarriage,JaneandMr.Bingley’sMarriag
3、e,CollinsandCharlotte’sMarriage,LydiaandWickham’sMarriage.Unlikethesocialconcept,shebelievesthatloveandmarriagearecloselyassociatedwithpropertyandsociety,however,loveandmarriagecannotbedecidedonlybythepropertyandsocialstatus.Anidealmarriageshouldbebasedonmutualaffectionand
4、respect.KeyWords:love;marriage;property;socialstatusIntroductionPrideandPrejudice,themostpopularnovelbyJaneAusten,firstrejectedbythepublishers,wasnotbroughttofinalformuntil1813.Ittalksabouttrivialmattersoflove,marriageandfamilylifebetweencountrysquiresandfairladiesinBritai
5、ninthe18thcentury,whichisfrequentlydiscussedinJaneAusten’snovels.Theplotisverysimple,focusingontheyoungladies’choosingtheirhusbands.Thecharactersarewellshapedwiththehelpofdialoguesandnarratives.Fourkindsofmarriagesaredisplayedvividlytodemonstratetheconceptofmarriageatthatt
6、ime,whilemoneyisthecluethroughthenovelfrombeginningtoend.Thispaperprobesintofourmarriagesinprideandprejudicetodisclosethedeep-rootedoutlookonloveandmarriagein18thcentury.1.TheBackgroundofAustenandHerPrideandPrejudice1.1TheBackgroundofAusten JaneAusten(1775-1817)wasabeautif
7、ul,talentedmiddleclasswomanwithextraordinarytemperamentandgoodcultivation.Sheshowedgreatinterestinliteraturewhileyoung.Andshebegantowriteinherteens.Hersixnovels-SenseandSensibility,PrideandPrejudice,NorthangerAbbey,ManshifeierdeManor,Emma,Persuasionalldescribemorethanmarri
8、age.”(WangShouren,2005,p.64)However,duringAusten’slife,onlyherimmediatefamilyknewofheraut