Social Class Inequality In Pride And Prejudice

Marriage back in the 1700’s was not typically a romantic fairytale or even involved real love at all, but it was more along the lines of men who turned of age and seeked out for a woman to be his wife, not lover, and women who desperately needed financial stability because she was not allowed to inherit any of their families entailment. Marriages normally were determined by wealth and class status. If a young woman was not born into a high class family, they typically accepted the fact that they would grow old alone and be a maid, of course there was exceptions to the stereotype. These exceptions are seen with the marriage between two middle class women, Jane and Elizabeth, to two upperclassmen, Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy. Though the marriages ended up happily ever after, there was some hard times that were endured throughout the developing relationships. The novel Pride and Prejudice shows free and wild thinking through the destruction of social class barriers through Elizabeth and her relationship with Darcy and Jane 's relationship with Bingley.
Elizabeth is portrayed as a free and uncivilized character who stands out from society 's norms for women during the time period by valuing good manners instead of wealth and actually wanting to marry for love. She first seen acting …show more content…
Usually in the 1700’s, marriages were typically not romantic fairytales or real love at all, but it was more along the lines of men who turned of age and looked for a woman who was in need for financial stability because women could not inherit money from their families. Of course there is exceptions to the social norms, Elizabeth and Jane marrying much wealthier men are proof that there can be exceptions to the social norm. True love is a force that will conquer even the most difficult