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学期论文范本英国文学

AStudyoftheMarriageBetweenElizabethandDarcyinPrideandPrejudice

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Part1IntroductionofJaneAusten

1.1JaneAusten'sbackground

1.2JaneAusten'smarriageexperienceandherviewofmarriage

Part2AnalysisofElizabethandDarcy'scharacters

2.1AnalysisofElizabeth'scharacters

2.2AnalysisofDarcy'scharacters

Part3MarriagebetweenElizabethandDarcy

3.1AhappymarriagebetweenElizabethandDarcy

3.2AsuccessfulandidealmarriagebetweenElizabethandDarcy

Part4Conclusion

Abstract

ThemarriagebetweenElizabethandDarcyisthemostappreciableoneinPrideandPrejudice.Someoftheircharactersmakeconflictsandalsotosomeextentpromotetheirunderstandingbetweeneachother.Forexample,Darcy'spridemakeconflictwithElizabeth'sprejudice,inotherwords,herrebelliouscharacter.However,Darcy'sintegrityandElizabeth'swittyobservationsandherintelligencehelpedtoresolvethecontradictionsandreleasethosemisunderstandings.Thefirstpartofthisessayistogivesomeintroductionoftheauthor,JaneAustentohaveabetterunderstandingofherbackgroundandherviewofmarriage.ThesecondpartistoanalysissomecharactersofElizabethandDarcyrespectivelytoidentifythetwocharacter.ThethirdpartoftheessayistoanalyzethehappysuccessfulandidealmarriagebetweenElizabethandDarcy.Finally,therewillbeaconclusionoftheessay.

Part1IntroductionofJaneAusten

1.1JaneAusten'sbackground

JaneAustenwasborninavillageinHampshire,1775.Herfatherwasarector.Shewastheseconddaughterandseventhchildinafamilyowningeightchild.Thefirst25yearsofherlifeAustenspentinHampshire.Shewaseducatedathomewithhersisters.Herparentsweregoodreadersandshereceivedabroadereducation.Incomparisontomanywomenofhertime,shewasbettereducatedthanordinarypeople.Herlifewasveryquietly,cheerfully,andshedidsmalldomesticdutiesathome.

Inheradultlife,BritainwasatwarwithFrance.Atthatperiodoftime,therewerealotofinjuriescausedbythewar.Herbrothers,FrankandCharlesservedintheRoyalNavy.Ononehand,theybroughtsomewealthandhonor.Ontheotherhand,theywereinconstantdanger.Woman'schoiceswereseverelylimitedatthattime.Marriagewasnotjustaproblemoflove,whatismore,itwasalsoaproblemofmoneyandone'ssocialstatus.

AsitwasdescribedinthefirstchapterofPrideandPrejudice,“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledgedthatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife”,womenownednopropertyatthatperiodoftimeandmarriagewastheonlywayforwomentogainsocialstatusandrecognition.

1.2JaneAusten'smarriageexperienceandherviewofmarriage

JaneAustendidnotmarryinherwholelife.JaneAusten'sfatherwouldlikeAustentomarryarichman.However,Janefellinlovewithayounglawyerwhoownedjustalittleasset.Therefore,hisfatherdisagreedwiththeirmarriageandrequiredthatlawyercomebacktohishometownanddidnotallowthetwotomeetwitheachother.Finally,thatlawyermarriedwithanotherwomanandJaneAustenchosetobeunmarriedinallherlife.

Herownexperienceinfluencedherviewofmarriagetosomeextent.InJaneAusten'sview,marriageshouldbebasedonbothloveandeconomiccondition,butloveplaysamoresignificantrolebetweentheboth.Atthattime,shethoughtitiswrongtomarryformoney,butatthesametimeitisunwisetomarrywithoutmoney.Thereforethemostidealmarriageistomarrybasedonbothloveandeconomyinherheart.ThemarriagebetweenElizabethandDarcyisjustwhatJaneAustenthoughtthemostsuccessfulandidealmarriage.

Part2AnalysisofElizabethandDarcy'scharacters

2.1AnalysisofElizabeth'scharacters

InPrideandPrejudice,Elizabethappearedasauniquegirlwhowasrebelliousandbravewithsharpintelligenceandwittyobservation.Sheisoutstandingandsheistotallydifferentfromotherwomenaroundher.Shedarestospeakaswellasact.Sheisdeterminedandstrong-minded.Shewilldoanythingshethinksrightratherthandoeverythingaccordingtosocialnorms.

Forexample,whenMr.Collinsmadeaproposaltoher,shedidnotjustobeyhermother'swillingandshefollowedherownhearttospeakagainsttheridiculousproposal.SherefusedMr.Collinsdirectly,“Iamverysensibleofofthehonorofyourproposals,butitisimpossibleformetodootherwisethandeclinethem.”Sheisdefinitelybraveandbelievesinlove,shewanttofindamanshereallylovesbutnotjustaccepttheengagementforfamilywill.Shewasstraight-forwardtorefusehim,afterall,asfarasherselfconcerned,itwasabsolutelyimpossibleforhertoacceptsuchanengagement.Herfeelingsineveryrespectforbidit,soshewasbraveenoughtodeclinethenoloveinvolvedproposaldirectlywithouthesitation.HerrebellionalsorepresentedintheconversationwithLadyCatherinedeBourgh.AsLadyCatherinewasconsideredasanobleimageofthehighstatus,nearlyallpeopleflatteredherdeliberatelywithhypocrisy.However,asforLadyCatherine'sairofungracious,insolentanddisagreeable,especiallyhersarcasm,Elizabethbraveenoughtoagainstit.WhenCatherinecametoElizabeth’shometoblameherbecauseofherengagementwithhernephewDarcy,shehadtakencouragetonegotiatewithLadyCatherine.Weallknowinthatperiodoftime,thereweresocialranksinthesociety,however,shedoesnotfeelinferiortoothers.Instead,sheisconfidentenoughtorebelthesocialstereotype.Shechallengetheauthority,“Butyouarenotentitledtoknowmine;norwillsuchbehaviorasthiseverinducemetobeexplicit.”InresponsetoLadyCatherine-theonerepresentsauthority,shedidn’tgiveupbuttoinvolveandagainstasherownwill.

2.2AnalysisofDarcy'scharacters

ThereisnodoubtthatDarcywasprideofhimselfbecauseofhisidentityandhewasdifferentiatehimselffromothers.Attheball,fromtheconversationbetweenDarcyandBinleyrevealedthischaracter,“Icertainlyshallnot,youknowhowIdetestit,unlessIamparticularlyacquaintedwithmypartner.Assuchanassemblyasthis,itwouldbeinsupportable.Yoursistersareengaged,andthereisnotanotherwomanintheroomwhomitwouldnotbeapunishmenttometostandupwith.”Wecanseehowpridewasheforactuallythereweremanyprettygirlsintheball,however,hejustignorethemandeventhoughttodancewiththemwasevenapunishmentforhim.WhenBinleyrecommendedElizabethashispartner,hedespisedwithmockthatsheistolerable,butnothandsomeenoughtotempthim.Whatismore,hewouldnottoinvitethoseyoungladieswhowereslightedbyothermen.Heattachedtoomuchimportanceofhimself.HispridemadeabadimpressionforElizabethwhentheymetinthefirsttime.

However,hewasalsoamanofintegrity.Hewouldliketoexpresshimselfinadirectwayratherthanhidehissincerefeeling.Hedidnotlikeothercommonpeoplewhowouldliketoconveytheirfeelingsinanindirectway.WhenDarcyElizabethandBingleytalkaboutthewritingstyle,theyhavethefollowingconversation.Bingleysaid,“MyideasflowsorapidlythatIhavenotimetoexpressthembywhichmeansmyletterssometimesconveynoideasatalltomycorrespondents”.Hesaysthosewordstoexpresshishumility.ButatthattimeDarcysays,“Nothingismoredeceitfulthantheappearanceofhumility.Itisoftenonlycarelessnessofopinion,andsometimesanindirectboast”.Hewasatruefriendwithintegrityandhedidnotconcealhisrealfeeling.Wemayseethatheisatruefriend.

Whatismore,athisfirstproposaltoElizabeth,hedidnotsayanyflatteredwords,heexpressedallhisopinionaboutherfamilyandhistrueloveforhersincerely.WhenElizabethwasplayingpiano,asheeversaidtoElizabeth,“IcertainlyhavenotthetalentwhichsomepeoplepossessofconversingeasilywiththoseIhaveneverseenbefore.Icannotcatchtheirtoneofconversation,orappearinterestedintheirconcerns,asIoftenseedone.”HedidnothidehisflawandtalkedwithElizabethfaithfully.Itisthecharacterofintegrityhelpedtomeltthemisunderstandingbetweenthemlaterwhichfinallyleadtotheirhappymarriage.

Part3MarriagebetweenElizabethandDarcy

3.1AhappymarriagebetweenElizabethandDarcy

ThemarriagebetweenElizabethandDarcywasahappyendingbecausetheirmarriagewasbasedonsincerelove.DarcywasattractedbyElizabeth’scheerfulandlovelycharactersastimewentbyalthoughatthefirstsighthethoughtshewasjusttolerable.However,ElizabethbelievedinwhatotherssaidaboutMr.Darcy,herprejudicearosethemisunderstoodbetweenthem.However,Darcy’sintegrityshortstheirdistanceoftheirheart.HetoldElizabethhisfeeling,thenElizabethmadereflectionofherformerjudgmentwithhercalmintelligence.

Actually,itwasnotjustonesidethatcouldmakethewonderfulmarriage,itwastheirlovereallydoesmatter.Atrueloveistheonethatcanstillreserveentirelyalthoughthereweremanymisunderstandingsbefore,justlikethemarriagebetweenDarcyandElizabeth.Theymarriedeachotheronequaltermsafterbreakingeachother’sprideandprejudice.

Thetruehappymarriageisbasedonloveandsense,thetwomajorcharactersfellinlovewithsense,therefore,theirlovewasawonderfulhappymarriage.

3.2AsuccessfulandidealmarriagebetweenElizabethandDarcy

ThemarriagebetweenDarcyandElizabethwasasuccessfulmarriageinviewoftwoaspects.Materially,Darcywasarichmanwhoownalargesumofmoney.Atthatperiodoftime,areallytrueloveisbasedonbotheconomyandlove.The