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1、ThemajorthemeinPrideandPrejudiceisquiteobvious,andisgiventousintheveryfirstlines,"Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife."AustenfocuseshernovelabouttheBennetfamily,andtheirchallengeofmarryingtheir5daughters.Mrs.Bennetisparticularlyconcern
2、edwiththesemarriages,andinhereffortstoensuretheirmarriagesasquicklyandadvantageouslyaspossible,createsahilariousdramaaboutfamily,society,andmarriage.Itisthelatterspecifically,though,thatAustenismostthoroughinpresentingtous.Hernovelisaboutthedifferenttypesofrelationshipsthatpeopleendupinandho
3、wtheyhandlethem.Weencounterseveralproposalsandmarriagesthroughoutthenovel,eachcharacterizedbythepersonsinvolved,theirstatuses,andtheirfamilies,amongotherthings.Whatismosttelling,though,isAusten'suseofhumorindescribingandexploringthesedifferentrelationships.TherearetwomaintypesofhumorusedinPr
4、ideandPrejudice.Thefirstistheverysubtle,particularhumorwhichusuallycomesoutinthedialogueofthenovel,especiallyfromMr.Bennet,Elizabeth,andDarcy.Thesecondisamoreobviouskindofawkward,'slapstick'comedyasseeninMrs.Bennetjumpingbetweennervousbreakdownsandexcitementoveranewrichmanintown,orMr.Collins
5、'incessantbowing.Theformertypeofhumorismostlyfoundbetweenpeopleinarelationship,andisusedtoshowtheleveloffamiliarityandcomfortthatexistsinrelationships,suchasthatbetweenElizabethandDarcyandbetweentheGardiners.ThelatterhumorisusedbyAustentomockandridiculecertainpeopleandsituationsthatshedisapp
6、rovesof,suchaspeoplewhobasetheirlivesandrelationshipsonflattery,orpeoplewhoaretoofullofthemselves.HereitwouldbemosthelpfultoexaminesomeofthemainrelationshipsthatAustenpresentstousandheruseofcomedyindescribingthem,inordertoperhapsunderstandheruseofhumorhere,andtoseewhatherpointisindoingso.The
7、Bennetsarethefirstandoldestcouplethatappearsinthenovel,andalsothemosthilarious.Austengivesusaperfectintroductiontotheminthefirstchapter,lettingusknowwhattoexpectintherestofthenovel;Mrs.BennetisanxioustomeetMr.Bingley,awealthymanwhohasjustmovedtothe
