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One of the major themes in the novel, Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, is marriage. Unlike today, women in the nineteenth century women did not have a lot choices. One of the choices include marriage. Women in this time were held back and are not expected to have careers like men. Once they decide on a man, there is no going back and divorce was considered uncommon. The women in the novel, each display their thoughts on marriage. However, Elizabeth Bennett, who is opinionated and passionate…

Austen’s novel Pride And Prejudice revolved around the theme of marriage and addresses many key issues in society during the 19th century (Lane 2015). Charlotte was one of the characters that decided to marry for security and not for love. Lydia was a young immature girl that wasn’t wise enough to realize that she was fooled around on by a man who was in love with money and girls. Jane was a mature woman that married for love and happiness, and Elizabeth wanted to make her own decisions about…

Henrik Ibsen’s play A Doll’s House is a realistic problem play set in the late 1870s in Norway. It is a story about a typical middle-class family of the time of the play dealing with marriage and gender inequality. In Norway in the 1870s, the women grow up and go straight from living with their parents, to being married to someone who is financially stable. Also, the women did not have any real duties or power other than to please their husbands and have children. The family the play focuses on…

Elizabeth is the protagonist of this novel and is used by Jane Austen in order to prove a point about the English society during the 19th century. Compared to her best friend and younger siblings, she is more independent and set in her ways. When most of the women dedicate their time and effort to be adequate suitors for men, she believes that falling in love before marriage is the more reasonable decision. For example, she stands out amongst every other woman when she walks many miles through…

In the book Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austen, there are two themes prevalent throughout the book. These themes manifest after Mr. Darcy writes his letter to the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet. Elizabeth Bennet is a fiery young woman who has an acerbic disposition. When she is first acquainted with Mr. Darcy, he is the one who has automatic animosity and prejudice toward her. Later in time, Elizabeth is introduced to Mr. Wickham, a man with a conniving personality. He creates a story…

Rikki-tikki-tavi was a smart mongoose in the short story “Rikki-tikki-tavi” written by Rudyard Kipling. When Rikki-tikki-tavi washed up in garden, a family took him in and he found himself defending the garden and the family, from two ruthless snakes. He became to be the savoir of the garden that all animals trusted, through the story he proved to be brave, agile, and heroic. First, Rikki-tikki showed to be brave when he waited out nag in the bathroom so he would only need to know that he…

Subsequently, the character that is also known as the heroine of the novel, Elizabeth Bennet, is used to mock the preposterous marriage rules during the Regency period in England. By accepting Darcy’s marriage proposal in the end, and proudly rejecting a marriage proposal from Mr. Collins, she proves that she is against societal expectations and marries for true love instead of wealth or status. The fact that Elizabeth knows that happiness in her life is more important than money, reflects her…

she wants becomes her knight in shining armor. While Jane is questioning herself does she really want a man like Darcy? In the end Jane marries the man she wanted to be with and wrote a story to show her and her husband’s evolution through Pride and Prejudice. Darcy begins to rise above pride and prejudgment before him and others, while opening up to look at opinions in a new way. Darcy becomes more humble and ready to not be in charge as much as he would in the beginning of the novel.…

Pride can be a highly respectable trait, however, everything good in too large a quantity is harmful. “There are two kinds of pride both good and bad. 'Good pride ' represents dignity and self-respect. 'Bad pride is the deadly sin of superiority that reeks of conceit and arrogance.”-author John C. Maxwell. Shown in the preceding quote are the effects of having too much pride. It seems as if most of the time the person who is in possession of this pride is oblivious to the fact that they…

Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, Jane Austen’s more commonly known and most beloved romantic couple to the masses. Despite being perfect for one another, they definitely didn’t start out as the most romantic couple in the novel. Many wish they had simply saved themselves the trouble of the second engagement and the near year of struggling and tension between the two by Elizabeth settling for Darcy’s attitude and rudeness the first time as other young women of her time would have done, in…