Pride And Prejudice Satire

Of all the genres of books, such as comedy, romance, drama, action and adventure, and mystery, Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, is none of these. Pride and Prejudice is a prime example of a satirical book. With humor, irony, and exaggeration being a vast part of Jane Austen’s writing. She gives all the characters their own personalities, with some character’s personalities being overcome by a certain trait, such as pride; That certain trait is excessive. Jane Austen also makes the book a satire, through the interpretations of women in the book. Thus, Jane Austen displays ridicule for the standards and social standings towards women. A character that has a certain personality trait about them that is excessive, is Mr. Darcy. His personality …show more content…
He does not believe why he should associate with someone that is not as wealthy, educated, or erudite as him. He also has faith that women should be lining up to get the chance of marrying him. For example, when he proposes to Elizabeth he is disappointed and in disgust. He said after Elizabeth’s refusal “And this is all the reply I am to have the honour of expecting! I might, perhaps, wish to be informed why, with so little endeavour at civility, I am thus rejected” (Austen 189). Mr. Darcy is in disgust and denial about what Elizabeth had just projected to him; He did not expect her to refuse him, when he proposed. After continuous complaining from Mr. Darcy about the refusal of his proposal, Elizabeth exclaims “Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way than as it spared me the concern which I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentleman-like manner” (Austen 191). Elizabeth …show more content…
They could not be in possession of land, or in Elizabeth’s case could not inherit land; only males could inherit a family member’s land or assets. In Elizabeth’s situation her cousin, “Mr. Collins, who when I [Mr. Bennet] am dead, may turn you [Mr. Bennet’s daughters] all out of this house as soon as he pleases” (Austen 62). Any of the Bennet family daughters would have to be married off to someone they do not love or someone they adore, depending on their circumstances; they have to become married because they have not learned music, art, or writing; they were not knowledgeable in anything that consisted of an art. They all had to become married to wealthy men, to financially support them and perchance their family. Because Mrs. Bennet did not teach any of her daughter’s a skill, she was gambling out all of her four daughter’s financial stability. Mrs. Bennet believed “that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife” (Austen 5). Because of this her reasoning to not teaching them an artistic skill, was that she would teach them how to be perfect wives. All of Mrs. Bennet’s daughters did not have a say so in the matter, when it came to how they would live or how they were raised; if they would marry to a wealthy man, if they would have their own job, or if they would be taught a skill, when young. The irony of this is that The Bennet family sisters have trouble finding