Love and Lust ——Pride and Prejudice Abstract The novel Pride and Prejudice is a one of Jane Austen’s masterpieces which shows Jane’s personal opinions towards marriage. In this famous novel, the author tells people that property is one of the main factors in marriage in the 18th century of England, which is connected with contemporary social environment. Another essential factor is social status which is decided by social traditional values. In addition, women’s status is socially inferior to men’s and not a few women can only regard marriage as the most significant thing in their whole lives. So in this paper, the writer will conclude some right martial values suitable for modern society, through analyzing and comparing five different marriages in the novel, to build a guide for modern young generation to have a correct value orientation.52868
Keywords: marriage; property; values
爱与欲——《傲慢与偏见》摘要小说《傲慢与偏见》是简奥斯汀的一部著作之一，在这里显露了简对婚姻的个人观点。在这部小说里，作者写道与当代社会环境有关，财产是18世纪英国影响婚姻的主要因素之一。另一个重要的因素是因社会传统观念决定的社会地位。再者，女人的地位弱于男人，因此很多女人只能视婚姻为她们一生中最重要的事。本文主要通过分析比较全文五段不同婚姻，得出适合当代婚姻的正确婚姻观，引导现代年轻人树立正确的价值取向。
毕业论文关键词：婚姻；财产；价值观
Contents
1. Introduction 1
2. The lust for property and reputation in marriage 4
2.1 In the novel 4
2.2 In the modern society 4
2.3 The problems lust causes and solutions 5
3. The lust for sex and appearance in marriage 6
3.1 In the novel 6
3.2 In the modern society 6
3.3 The problems lust causes and solutions 7
4. The love for personality and knowledge in marriage 8
4.1 The love between Jane and Bingley 8
4.2 The love between Elizabeth and Darcy 8
4.3 The love in modern society 9
5. Expectations for ideal marriage 10
5.1 In physical appearance 10
5.2 In knowledge level 10
6. Conclusion 11
Notes 12
References 12
1. Introduction
Jane Austen is one of the greatest literary masters in the English novel history. She is a talented British novelist, whose works made her one of the most famous and beloved writers in English literature [1]. She is the founder of the novel which deals with unimportant middle-class people and of which there are many fine examples in latter English fiction [2]. Virginia Woolf called Austen “the most perfect artist among women”.
Austen concentrates on middle-class village life with humor and understanding. She writes about typical people’s daily life which gives the English novel its first distinctly modern character [3], such as the clergy, the old maids, the short-sighted mothers, the marriageable daughters and other people that figure in provincial life [3]. In all her novels the love stories of young people, although serious and sympathetic, is subdued by humor to the ordinary plane of emotion on which most of us live [3]. Her best-known works include Pride and Prejudice (1813) and Emma (1816). Pride and Prejudice is fascinating to all its readers, no matter when and where. It’s always near the top of lists of “most loved books”. And of course, it has become one of the most popular novels in English literature. This masterpiece tells a story happened in a small village, Longbourn. It’s about Mr. and Mrs. Bennet’s five marriageable daughters and two young single rich men, Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy. After moving into the Netherfield Park, as Bennet’s neighborhood, Mr. Bingley falls in love with the eldest Bennet daughter, beautiful Jane immediately while Mr. Darcy has some trouble to adapt to local lower-class society and frequently conflicts with the second Bennet daughter, witty Elizabeth. Their relationship starts from dislike, but Mr. Darcy gradually becomes intrigued by Elizabeth’s mind and spirit, and Elizabeth also realizes how kind and honorable Mr. Darcy is. Both of them finally begin to love each other. All in all, these two ideal loving relationships, interweaving with several unfavorable marriages and some misunderstanding, finally come to a perfectly happy ending. 源`自,优尔`.论"文'网[www.youerw.com 《傲慢与偏见》婚姻观:http://www.youerw.com/yingyu/lunwen_56911.html