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1、LOVE,FINANCIALSTATUS,MARRIAGEabstract:intheeyesofthesensibleenglishmen,marriagehasastrongconnectionwithfinancialstatus.whileholdingthisprinciplefirmly,janeaustenhasamatureunderstanding.thisessayanalyzestherelationshipsamongmarriage,love,andfinancialstatus,basedonprideandprejudice.keywords:l
2、ove,financialstatus,marriagejaneausten,thebestrepresentativeofrealisticliterarilyclassinthelate18thandearly19thcenturiesengland,describedhersenseof“marriageandlove”inhernovels.prideandprejudicecouldbestrevealhersenseofmarriage.thefirstsentence,alsothemostpopularwords——“itisatruthuniversally
3、acknowledgedthatasinglemaninpossessionofgoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife”(1)——bestreflectshermarriagesense.thestoryofprideandprejudicemainlyfocusesonthefamilyofbennet.itdescribesfourcouplesinthisnovel.amongthem,elizabeth’smarriagetodarcy,whichispraisedhighlybytheauthor,isthecenterofthisstory.
4、mr.darcyisahandsomegentlemanwithagreatamountofmoneyandanoblebirth.althoughheisproudtoelizabethatfirst,for“thesituationofhermother’sfamily,thoughobjectionable,wasnothingincomparisonofthattotalwantofproprietysofrequently,soalmostuniformlybetrayedbyherself,byherthreeyoungersisters,andoccasiona
5、llybyherfather.”(157).suchaface-losingfamilyensureshimthatthemarriagewithelizabethmustbeamostunhappyconnection,sothathislovetoelizabethissomehowveryunequal.however,afterelizabeth’sinitialrejectionofdarcy,herealizes“howinsufficientwereallmypretensionstopleaseawomanworthyofbeingpleases.”(293)
6、theirmarriageturnsouttobethegreatest“match”inthisnovel.theyarewellmatchedindisposition,talents,appearanceandclass,withdeep-loveandmutual-respect.togetmarryforreasonablelove,atthebasicofwell-matchedsocialstatusandfinancialstatus,thisisausten’ssenseofmarriage.inheropinion,marriageshouldbewell
7、-linkedwithsomeotherfactors.loveshouldbetheelementaryfactorofamarriage.“doanythingratherthanmarrywithoutaffection.”(297)inprideandprejudice,theheroineelizabethshowsherangerandregretwhencharlottetellselizabethherengagementwiththesillyandconceitedbaboonmr.