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In the book “Pride and Prejudice” the family didn’t have much that’s why they were looking to marry a wealthy man such as like Fitzwilliam Darcy. Women didn’t have a chance with anything they were like dogs that did everything for their husband and was taken advantage of. A marriage today couldn’t be like that because you need two strong people to run a house and supply for a family. But, there is some people that still live like this and have a household were the husband does all the work and the wife sits at home and just cleans, and the husband takes advantage of the marriage. A good marriage is hard to come across now days because of cheating. Back then there was no cheating because the man ran everything the women did, and if he found out what was going on the wife would have to pay consequences. Men ran everything and back then didn’t think anything was wrong with it. In the story “Pride and Prejudice” the mother knew how a marriage was run because she was in one and she still wanted all of her daughters to get married as quickly as possible. So that’s why she would basically throw her daughters at men to get them to be interested in them and want to marry one of them. Mr. Bennett didn’t really care on what the daughters did if they got married or not it was really just the mom pushing her daughters towards
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The man owned the woman, and therefore the woman was under the control of the man. Even girls had to learn how to take care of the household at an early age. The women would teach the girls how to become a good mother and wife when the time came. They would also make sure that the home was peaceful and organized when the father/husband came home from work. Women took care of the house hold” (Kionnar). In civilized society, a good wife was responsible for cooking for her family, decorating the home, sewing clothes, draperies, and blankets. She also cleaned the house and did laundry. If her husband could afford to hire help, the wife would get a break from some of the duties. During this time period in history, being a housewife was quite special, as homemaking became an art form. A good wife would provide children to her husband if he wanted them. And if a married couple had children, the wife would watch them and teach them manners. The wife was expected to be of good temperament so that the marital home would be
The man owned the woman, and therefore the woman was under the control of the man. Even girls had to learn how to take care of the household at an early age. The women would teach the girls how to become a good mother and wife when the time came. They would also make sure that the home was peaceful and organized when the father/husband came home from work. Women took care of the house hold” (Kionnar). In civilized society, a good wife was responsible for cooking for her family, decorating the home, sewing clothes, draperies, and blankets. She also cleaned the house and did laundry. If her husband could afford to hire help, the wife would get a break from some of the duties. During this time period in history, being a housewife was quite special, as homemaking became an art form. A good wife would provide children to her husband if he wanted them. And if a married couple had children, the wife would watch them and teach them manners. The wife was expected to be of good temperament so that the marital home would be