论文分析《傲慢与偏见》中的爱情观和婚姻观Word文档下载推荐.docx

1、Pride and Prejudice is Austens masterpiece which described four different marriages and love .Until today, this novel is still very popular among many readers and arouses peoples observation and unlimited thinking of marriage .This paper aims to probe into the views on love and marriage in “Pride an

2、d Prejudice”. That is: love and marriage are associated with, but not totally lie on the property and social status. The marriage which is based on the love, mutual understanding and mutual respect is a true happy marriage. Austen not only opposes marriage for money, but also is against the hasty ma

3、rriage. She attaches great importance to ideal marriage and regards the feelings between men and women as the cornerstone of the ideal marriage.Keywords“Pride and Prejudice”; viewpoint of love; viewpoint of marriage; 摘 要傲慢与偏见是奥斯汀的代表作，小说以讽刺为基调描写了四种不同形态的婚姻观和爱情观，时至今日，这部小说仍然吸引着众多读者，引发了人们对婚姻的观察和无限思考。本文就是

4、通过对这四段婚姻的详细的分析，来探讨傲慢与偏见中的爱情观和婚姻观。笔者认为：爱情婚姻与财产和社会地位相互关联，但绝不能仅取于它，以爱情、相互理解及相互尊重为基础的婚姻才是幸福的婚姻。奥斯汀既反对为金钱而结婚，也反对草率结婚。她强调理想婚姻的重要性，并把男女双方感情作为缔结理想婚姻的基石。关键词傲慢与偏见；爱情观；婚姻观;Introduction Jane Austen humorously described the marriage in the and a series of marriage-related activities in a relaxed manner. The nove

5、l consisted of how man picking their wives, how the young women choosing their future husbands and how their mothers selecting their son-in-low in many wonderful scenes. By studying the marital relationship, the authors strive to portray several different marriage and love relations. Although they h

6、ad got married, the happiness of marriage is differs. This was because Austens novels the marriage was involving not only the feelings, but also social status and money. The bachelor who own property must marry a wife, it has become a universally recognized truth. 6, But that really is a truth? In t

7、his paper, the novels four marriages vividly reflected the British town life and the world state of human of 18 century to the early 19th century in a conservative and isolated state. 1. Jane Austen and the Background of Pride and Prejudice1.1. Jane AustenJane Austen （1775 1817，） was one of the most

8、 outstanding writer who described the middle-class in the south of England with realism. From a unique female perspective, she left six immortal works .Her works were full of rich comedy conflicts in humorous and satirical style, so they were regarded as the art of simplicity. In Jane Austens works,

9、 the content was not very wide and all were related to the life of a few middle-class families. The theme was about love and marriage between men and women. In the Simple works of Jane Austen, they showed us, truly and accurately, the social life and interrelationship and described the social state,

10、 marriage as well as political and economic relations between middle-class women at that time.And she expressed her views on marriage, directly or indirectly, by analyzing these phenomena. She believed that marriage just for money was wrong, but marriage of no money was stupid. She also frankly disc

11、losed the inseparable relationship between marriages, property and family status. In her novel, as long as a woman who was intelligent, decent, educated, and patient could overcome social barriers, she would receive the ideal happy marriage. Austen was born in a middle-class family of a small villag

12、e in England, so the people and things in her works were all connected with this environment which was very familiar to her. It is difficult for readers to find the sufferings of those working people who lived at the bottom of the society at that time. At the same time, the important events, such as

13、 the French Revolution and Industrial Revolution, were little. Her narrative was always inseparable from the party, walk, talk, dance . .Although this written style received some peoples criticism, she still stick to it. She once said that she was “sculpt on two inches of ivory”. Austen was never ma

14、rried, but the marriage is the eternal theme of her writings. In her works, the marriage status of middle-class people was alive.1.2. The Background of Pride and PrejudiceIn this great book, the author amply demonstrated her view on love and marriage. In order to analyze these points of view, we sho

15、uld firstly start from the background of her great works. “At that time, according to the social conditions in Britain, a good marriage for a young woman was critical. This phenomenon was closely associated with the British society and the status of women in the society. In the 19th century, women w

16、ere not well respected compared with the ones in the present society. There was no equality between woman and man. Women were considered to be inferior to men in terms of intelligence and capacity. The central life of women was forced to be staying at home. Their roles were to deal with the family a

17、ffairs, such as taking care of the children and serving for the husband.”（Zhu Hong, P34, 1995） People at that time thought that women should be submissive to their husbands. The virtues of women were patience and deference. They must recognize their inherent inferiority to men, so they must restrict

18、 their abilities without question. Although the status of women was low, few of them expressed dissatisfaction about their own destiny. At that time, many middle-class young women had three ways out: getting married, staying at home as old maids or working as the family female teachers. The income o

19、f a family female teacher was very low, and the status was low as well. It was very difficult for them to change or swap out of this status, no one would like to be a maid forever, therefore, for young women, especially those who did not have enough properties, getting married was the only good way

20、for them to gain respect, stability and social status. Austen fully criticized some bad phenomena at that time in her work Pride and Prejudice and took some perfect points about marriage and loved to demonstrate her own view on love and marriage.2. The Four Marriages and the Ideas on Love and Marria

21、ge shown in Pride and PrejudiceThe story showed the ordinary life, feelings of the ordinary people. They were organized in a harmonious order under the authors skillful arrangement. The work mainly described four marriages. Two of them were main and assisted by the other two assistant marriages. “Da

22、rcy and Elizabeths love and marriage was the main theme of this work. After undergoing many setbacks, Darcys arrogance and Elizabeths prejudice eventually eliminates, the lovers finally got married. The marriage of Elizabeths sister Jane and Darcys friend Bingley was another clue. They deeply loved

23、each other, but they were multiblocked, after their departure, Jane missed Bingley very much. The two marriages reflected the other point of view in positive way that marriage should be based on true love, which was the ideal marry in the authors opinion. The stories seem to be the ordinary lives, f

24、eelings and persons linked up in a harmonious order under the others meticulous concepts. However, the marriage between Charlotte and Collins was a negative example with the marriage between Lydia and Wickham, which helped to make the plots more tortuous and richer.”（Zhu Hong, P12, 1985）2.1. Four Ma

25、rriages in Pride and Prejudice2.1.1. Collins and Charlottes MarriageThe article mentioned little of Charlotte, however, her image was very full .Charlotte was woman who is well-educated, intelligent and admired much by Elizabeth. But she was in financial difficulties. If she did not get married, she

26、 could only live in her brothers home to be a spinster. When Kosslyn had been rejected by Elizabeth and turned to propose to Charlotte Lucas, She agreed without the least hesitation and still stick to marry him though she knew that Collins was a man who was neither wise nor pleasant, and very boring

27、 and that Mr. Collins did not love her and his so-called love for her was imaginary because for her the marriage may not make the women to be too happy, but it is always the best safe for the women, and it can ensure them not to be affected by cold and hunger. In Austen described mostly happy marria

28、ge, which often aroused the readers controversy, because they thought that it is too unrealistic to be true. Collins and Charlottes marriage made a brutal footnote for Elizabeths romantic and happy love .Indeed we can learn that Austen was on a critical opinion of the society at that time from the f

29、ate of Charlotte: In the male-dominated society, unmarried women had no future. Elizabeth was an idealist, she would not marry a fool for money （Kosslyn） and also not to marry a man she did not love （such as the Darcy at the beginning of the story）; however Charlotte who was six years older than Eli

30、zabeth and had little property was a pragmatist. In order to avoid becoming a spinster, who would suffer gossip in the society, she must make full use of any possible opportunity to get married. As Austen said, the reason that Charlotte was willing to marry him was completely for the purpose of prop

31、erty. She also confessed to Elizabeth: You know I am not a romantic. Moreover I had never been this kind of person. I only ask for a comfortable home. As with Mr. Collinss character, family relations and social status, I am convinced that my chance of happiness is as fair as most people can boast on

32、 entering them marriage state （. . I am not romantic you know. I never was. I ask only a comfortable home; and considering Mr. Collinss character, connections, and situation in life, I am convinced that my chance of happiness is as fair as most people can boast on entering them marriage state.） And even after their marriage, Charlotte always felt that If forget Mr. Collins, the inside and outside of the house is indeed a very comfortable pla