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1、奥斯丁小说:傲慢与偏见英国文学课Jane Austen so easy, that every servant will cheat you; and so generous, that you will always exceed your income.“ (Chapter 55)Lydia and Wickhams marriage is an example of a bad marriage.Their marriage was based on appearances, good looks, and youthful vivacity. Once these qualities
2、can no longer be seen by each other, the once strong relationship will slowly fade away. As in the novel, Lydia and Wickhams marriage gradually disintegrates; Lydia becomes a regular visitor at her two elder sisters home when “her husband was gone to enjoy himself in London or Bath.“ Through their r
3、elationship, Austen shows that hasty hasty marriage based on superficial qualities quickly cools and marriage based on superficial qualities quickly cools and leads to unhappiness.leads to unhappiness.The marriage between Mr. Collins and Charlotte is based on economics rather than on love or appeara
4、nce. It was a common practice during Austens time for women to marry a husband to save herself from spinsterhood or to gain financial security. In Pride and Prejudice, Austen dramatizes gender inequality and shows that women who submit themselves to this type of marriage will have to suffer in torme
5、nting silence as Charlotte does:“When Mr. Collins said any thing of which his wife might reasonably be ashamed, which certainly was not unseldom, she Elizabeth would involuntarily turned her eye on Charlotte. Once or twice she could discern a faint blush; but in general Charlotte wisely did not hear
6、.“ (Chapter 28)The relationship between Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet was similar to that of Lydia and Wickham.Mr. Bennet had married a woman he found sexually attractive without realizing she was an unintelligent woman. Mrs. Bennets favoritism towards Lydia and her comments on how she was once as ener
7、getic as Lydia reveals this similarity. Mr. Bennets comment on Wickham being his favorite son-in-law reinforces this parallelism. The effect of the relationships was that Mr. Bennet would isolate himself from his family; he found refuge in his library or in mocking his wife. Mr. Bennets self-realiza
8、tion at the end of the novel in which he discovers that his lack of attention towards his family had led his family to develop the way they are, was too late to save his family.Bennet is Austens example of a weak father. In these two latter relationships, Austen shows that it is necessary to use goo
9、d judgment to select a spouse, otherwise the two people will lose respect for each other.Summary:1. Criteria of marriage:These five marriages contribute to the theme that a happy and strong marriage takes time to build and must be based on mutual feeling, understanding, and respect.Hasty marriages a
10、cting on impulse, and based on superficial qualities will not last and will lead to inevitable unhappiness.2. Be serious and cautious when facing marriage.Dont be taken in by superficial qualities.eg. Wickham. 3. Instead of being an individual problem, marriage is a social problem.One hasty decision
11、 may bring disaster to the whole family.eg. Lydia The main object of Austens satire in the novel is the mercenary and the ignorance of the people, a common criticism of the 18th century. A. Characters in the novel which best carries these qualities are: Mrs. Bennet Mr. Williams Collins Lydia Bennet
12、Arrangement of the Plot eg. Mr. DarcyElizabethLady Catherine De Bourghs Mrs Bennet ElizabethThe tone of the novel is light, satirical, and vivid. Eg: Mr. Collins proposal to ElizabethLady Catherines visitto Lizzy at Longbourn, provides comic relief to the reader while at the same time revealing cert
13、ain traits of the characters. Lydias lack of common sense and responsibility is revealed when she takes pride in being the first Bennet girl to be married. Lydia does not take into consideration the circumstance of her marriage, the personality of her husband, or the prospects of their marriage for
14、the future. Elizabeth Bennets ability to laugh off her misfortune and to continue to be optimistic, considering her situation, also contributes to the tone of the novel. “ It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”Q: What ki
15、nd of rhetorical device is employed in this sentence? What is the function of this sentence? The first sentence sets the tone for the entire novel, in that the whole work is a masterpiece of irony. (the irony between the first half of the sentence and the second half of the sentence) Subject matter:
16、 courtship and marriage The sentence begins as though the novel were going to be a great philosophical discourse. “It is a truth universally acknowledged” implies that the novel will deal with great truths, but the second half of the sentence reveals that the great universal truth is no more than a consideration of a common social situation. Thus there is an ironic difference between
