It has been said by Mignon McLaughlin, “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” Although, in male dominated societies, such as those displayed in the novels, Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen and A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini, this is usually not the case. The 19th century novel, Pride and Prejudice, is about Elizabeth Bennet and her four sisters navigating English society. A Thousand Splendid Suns is about Afghans, Mariam and Laila, and the female role in modern Afghan society. Even though both stories take place in very different settings, they both divulge marital expectations by discussing why marriage occurs, society's view of marriage, the logistics of a marriage, and how much freedom a woman has pertaining to marriage. Marriage occurs because it plays a role in family honor and in financial stability
In both Pride and Prejudice and A Thousand Splendid Suns, marriage is not …show more content…
In Afghanistan, A Thousand Splendid Suns tells the reader that girls tend to get married around the time of adolescents while the men seem to get married any time after puberty. In 1800 England, Pride and Prejudice alludes to the fact that girls get married from around adolescents to the very early 20s. In both books, if the woman is too old, she is deemed unfit by society and therefore unwanted by a man. Charlotte, a friend of Elizabeth, was at an age where society disapproved of her not being married so when Mr. Collins proposed to her, Charlotte accepted, not out of love, but out of necessity. “But still he would be her husband. Without thinking highly of either men or matrimony, marriage had always been her object: it was the only honorable provision for well-educated young women of small fortune” (Austen 117). Charlotte knew that marrying Mr. Collins would give her the best opportunity for a good and comfortable
In both Pride and Prejudice and A Thousand Splendid Suns, marriage is not …show more content…
In Afghanistan, A Thousand Splendid Suns tells the reader that girls tend to get married around the time of adolescents while the men seem to get married any time after puberty. In 1800 England, Pride and Prejudice alludes to the fact that girls get married from around adolescents to the very early 20s. In both books, if the woman is too old, she is deemed unfit by society and therefore unwanted by a man. Charlotte, a friend of Elizabeth, was at an age where society disapproved of her not being married so when Mr. Collins proposed to her, Charlotte accepted, not out of love, but out of necessity. “But still he would be her husband. Without thinking highly of either men or matrimony, marriage had always been her object: it was the only honorable provision for well-educated young women of small fortune” (Austen 117). Charlotte knew that marrying Mr. Collins would give her the best opportunity for a good and comfortable