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  • Essay / "Pride and Prejudice: Exploring the chasm between love...

    “Pride and Prejudice,” is a novel that explores the vast chasm between love and marriage in Georgian England. Jane Austen's presentation on passion and marriage reiterates the fact that marriage is a "business arrangement." Austen uses irony to mock polite society in this satire and Austen also highlights the fact that social hierarchy dictates who you can marry. The pressures of men and women in Georgian England are revealed through its exploration. of the prejudices of the aristocracy against the middle-class society in which she lived. Finally uses comedy to denounce hypocrisy. Early in the novel, Jane Austen initially presents Mr. Collins with comic irony and as an absurd figure who is mocked as a potential husband; reveals Mr. Collin's palpable, selfish reasons for marrying in a simple comic statement "Mr. Collins had only to move from Jane to Elizabeth - and it was soon done - done while Mrs. Bennet stoked the fire" M .Collins an obsequious, selfish and contemptible man uses a superficial approach to marriage, as shown by the word "fussy". Jane Austen uses a comic simile to reveal how little time Mr. Collins spent on this change of heart. Mr. Collins is presented as a man whose “job” is to marry due to societal pressures. Likewise, Mr. Collins' proposal further highlights how willing he is to marry without passionate feelings. centered side of Mr. Collins in the line “I am convinced it will add greatly to my happiness.” First, this quote obviously suggests that Mr. Collins is a courtier and is trying to marry only for selfish reasons and for his social status. Secondly, Mr. Collins also tries to... in the middle of the document... opinions should be accepted. Finally, an allegory is used when she mentions Pemberley which could reflect the true character of Darcy and Rosings where much of the embellishment is intentionally flamboyant, much like Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Jane Austen illustrates that Elizabeth's kindness enhances Darcy's ability to accept love and marriage. Similarly, Jane Austen emphasizes that the love and marriage between Elizabeth and Darcy may be uncertain, but there are possibilities for mutual respect and affection. The fairytale factor of the ending, with Darcy flouting the family's honor, emphasizes that "love" can redeem a man. While Darcy represents Elizabeth's pride and prejudice, the majority of the characters in "Pride and Prejudice" are affected by both pride and prejudice, and their contempt for the novel's two central characters only becomes 'hypocritical..