She adhered to the concept that people should marry for love and love only. ... You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you" (pg 157). ... Austen manipulated these two characters only to show what happens to a relationship if people marry for anything other than love. ... She is felt pressured by society to marry as fast as she can and feels as if Mr. ... These characters were used as literary objects to show what can happen if people marry without love. ...

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Elizabeth believes that people should marry for Love and Reason, not just for physical or monetary gain. ... From this statement you can tell that she doesn't value love and regards it as something you can develop in time if you wish. ... You know it is not sound, and that you would never act this way yourself." ... Austen has provided sufficient examples of the wrong reasons to marry but she also shows the correct reasoning for marriage, or furthermore, she shows her viewpoint on why people should marry through Elizabeth. ... From the very beginning of the text the reader sees the import...

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Bingley's attentions toward Jane, and makes known to everyone she knows that she expects much more to come of their relationship. ... When Elizabeth makes it clear that she will not under any circumstances marry him, he winds up proposing to and marrying Charlotte Lucas, Elizabeth's friend who believed that "happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance" (Austen 16). ... She is a bossy woman who considers it her duty and right to look into other's affairs and tell them how to manage their lives. ... She tells Elizabeth "I know it must be a scandalous falsehood" (Austen 23...

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She thinks that her children should all be like her daughter, Lydia, flighty and over flirting, to secure themselves easy men. ... Elizabeth was first offered marriage from Collins, who she duly rejected thanks to her father's objection "Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr Collins, and I will never see you again if you do." ... Elizabeth on the other hand became nervous and embarrassed upon realising her own arrogance towards Darcy, and how she had been fooled by Wickham and that by rejecting and hating the person who was good and charming underneath had she actual...

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From the viewpoint of Austen, Elizabethe's marriage, who finally marries Darcy, as well as Jane-Bingley's, composing money and live, is the ideal marriage people should after. ... From a neighbor of the Bennets, we can get to know how such social process begins: "Sir William Lucas had been formerly in trade in Meryton, where he had made a tolerable fortune, and risen to the honor of knighthood by an address to the king, during his mayoralty. ... If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other, or ever so similar beforehand, it does not advance their felicity ...

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Bennet's urge desire to know Mr. ... Bennet hardly knows anything about Mr. ... She does not concern about Bingley's personality at all. ... Bennet suggests us how we are often judge by our social statue before people really get to know us. ... When Lady Catherine asks Elizabeth to avoid the engagement with Darcy because of her belonging to the low social class would disgrace Darcy's social prestige if those two marry "Do you not consider that a connection with you, must disgrace him in the eye of everybody?" ...

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Martin marries, I wish you may not be drawn in, by your intimacy with the sisters, to be acquainted with the wife, who will probably be some mere farmer's daughter, without education- (28). ... She knows that what she says about Mr. ... As soon as Emma seems to be doing something good for Harriet by teaching her how to be a lady, Emma says or does something extremely rude to set a bad example to Harriet. ... He knows that she is an extremely intelligent girl, and he does not want her to limit herself by being friends with a girl as nave as Harriet. ... She has gone from being a shal...

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George Knightley is the only character in the book who openly sees Emma for who she really is, and in this regard "he acts as a stand-in for Austen's and the reader's judgments of Emma- (spark notes). ... She considered "resolved "and, trying to smile, began " (Austen, 398) Austen's way of showing Emma's thoughts on the subject of Harriet clearly lets the reader know how Emma feels about Mr. ... Emma herself was "promised- to Frank, but he chose to marry Jane. ... He wants her to know but at the same time, fears that she will reject him and he doesn't w...

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This statement gets Marianne all flared up, because it is a huge understatement and Elinor should not dare to repeat it. They both know Elinor has deeper feelings for Edward. ... He is the only new acquaintance she has who she respects and likes being around. ... She does not understand Elinor's problem when she says that Marianne does not know Mr Willoughby well enough to accept such a huge gift. Marianne argues she indeed knows him well enough, although she only did meet him a week ago. ...

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Dialogue employed between Emma in "If I were to marry, I must expect to repent it so" and Harriet Smith's surprised tone "it is so odd to hear a woman talk so!... " as she is pursuing a man of her choice. ... Cher's voiceover in "whenever a boy comes, you should always have something baking" and "don't sell yourself short now", ironically describes the domestic and objectified figure ascribed to women in the 18th Century. ... Diegetic sounds created by the horns in the freeway scene and Dionne's panicked tone in "What do I do Mur...

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Fearful that they will be left with no money, she makes marrying them "the business of her life.... As Hazel Jones notes, there were many women who acted similarly, privileging a steady income and home over the possibility of happiness.6 If happiness was found in marriage it was usually just an added bonus; few marriages were actually created in happiness. ... When Collins proposes, she instantly rejects him because she knows that he will not make her happy. ... "8 In doing so, she highlights the idea that women and men are essentially just humans, rather than 'female' and...

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Collins declares, "... but if she is really headstrong and foolish , I know not whether she would altogether be a very desirable wife to a man in my situation, who naturally looks for happiness in the marriage state. ... Bennet explains, "It will be no use to us; if twenty [people] should come, since you will not visit them.... Collins, she knows the only way for her to keep the house is if one of her daughters are married to him. ... 'How does she act?' ... If you felt that you had to leave home this afternoon, you should have left some suitable explanation for your absenc...

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It was originally a series of letters between the two sisters, but evolved to become the novel we know and read today (Bates). ... She does not let anything come in the way of showing her emotions. ... Marianne does not hide her emotions about Willoughby to anyone; however, in the society that they were in, Willoughby did not think he could marry Marianne because of the social class. ... She needs Elinor's help and goodwill to get by, but needs to learn how to be giving toward others in order to become her own, independent person. ... Your sisters will marry, and it will be gone for e...

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Upon returning home, she tells her husband, "But I can assure you that Lizzy does not lose much by not suiting his fancy; for he is a most disagreeable, horrid man, not at all worth pleasing. ... Elizabeth was particularly interested in him because she wanted to know how he knew Darcy and what past they shared. ... She accepts him without knowing what she was doing. ... Elizabeth, who, at this point, is completely convinced that Darcy is the guilty one, is not afraid of letting Darcy know how she feels about him. ... Little did she know at this time that she was commenting on something that s...

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She believes that if a woman's main purpose to attract a husband, she should not conceal her feelings regardless of the fact if he loves her or not. She also tells Elizabeth that happiness is a matter of luck where it doesn't matter if the two people know each other. Her attitude toward marriage does justify when she is actually married to Mr. ... "It is better to know little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life." ... Collins before her marriage but she marries him anyway because of his good status in the society. ...

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Before attempting to determine if a female gaze does exist, it is necessary to examine and define the concept of a male gaze. ... Women do not have the ability to choose a mate, especially if they are born into poverty. ... How dare Collins assert that Elizabeth is being modest! ... Bennet enjoys reminding his family of how dependent they all are upon him. ... They will only get a roll if it does break down [ ] The carriage is safe enough" (69). ...

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