... . In displaying irony in her work, Jane Austen uses Mr. Bennet, the apathetic father of the Bennet sisters, and the unhappily married husband of Mrs. Bennet, as a satiric and ironic character. Through irony, Mr. Bennet provides comic relief from the regular order of things in the Bennet household, ... Pride and Prejudice, there are three prime examples of Jane Austen's use of irony with Mr. Bennet, and these examples are his marriage to Mrs. Bennet, his indulgence of Lydia and the results thereof, and his failure to provide a secure financial future for his daughters. In his younger year...

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... Park was reoccupied by a rich man, Bingley, she tried to convince her husband to visit him so there might be increased chances for one of her daughters to marry him. Mrs Bennett is a very vain woman and strives to find a good match for each of her daughters, while Mr Bennett is a tolerable man and almost always gives in to his wife ... that Longbourne will no longer be theirs when Mr Bennett died as the estate was entailed to Mr Collins. Before long, Mr Collins proposed to Mrs Lucas" daughter, Charlotte. This created much controversy between Mrs Bennett and Mrs Lucas. Mr Collins is a ve...

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... Prejudice, shows her view of marriage during her time through a simply disastrous marriage, a marriage of economic compulsion, and a marriage of pure love. Austen, through her characterization of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, illustrates an example of a marriage initiated by passion, ultimately leading to diasater on all possible levels. Mr. Bennet, during his prime, believes it is necessary to marry in order ... information, and uncertain temper" cause their marriage to become dysfunctional as their sexual lust for each other slowly fades (4). Mr. Bennet's wit and intellect serve as a stark cont...

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... making fun of snobbery, hypocrisy, the spiteful gossip of respectable housewives and the prying impertinence of ladies of title. The first character being satirized is Mrs. Bennet. Mrs. Bennet is excited about Mr. Bingley coming to town. Her sole purpose in life is to get her daughter's married, preferably to a rich man ... when he comes into the neighborhood" in order to ensure favor for their daughters (Austen 4). Mr. Bennet, however, teases that he will not go, causing Mrs. Bennet to assert, "you take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion on my poor nerves" (Austen 4). After t...

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... visit him you stupid old fool!" "Please, mum you seem to have forgotten, as always, that we'll see him at the disco and that Mrs. Long will introduce him to us," intervened Elizabeth. "I dont believe Mrs. Long would do such a thing because she is a stupid cow with no consideration for anyone else except her tow daughters who she will introduce to ... Mr. Bingley," replied Mrs. Bennet. "I wouldnt trust her either," said Mr. Bennet. Mrs. Bennet decided not to make an answer, but instead began to yell at one of her daughters. "Turn the bloody music down Kitty your blowing my ... Im just l...

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... in the novel. Jane didn't possess such beauty as was repeatedly mentioned in the novel. "She is not half as handsome as Jane..." (Mrs. Bennet Ch.1) But it was Mr. Collins especially who was entirely different in the film in comparison to the novel. I had personally imagined ... hand, I preferred the way Lydia's marriage to Wickham was illustrated in the film. It was interesting seeing her sisters" and father's concern, and Mrs. Bennet's change of heart when after being disgruntled at her daughter's irresponsibility, she becomes overjoyed and welcoming when her daughter returns with Wic...

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... "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." All Mrs Bennet wants is to find a suitable marriage partner for her five daughters, without thinking of what the young men might want. In ... about romance but Pride and Prejudice is a romance with a difference. The first marriage in the book is the unsatisfactory relationship between Mr and Mrs Bennet. For the twenty seven years they have been married, the main pleasure Mr Bennet gets results from teasing his slightly stupid wife, and receiving pleasure ... at her exp...

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... most proper manners. Yet in this novel, Austen pokes fun at the misbehavior of those lower, and even higher on the social scale. Mrs. Bennet was the definition of having bad manners. She says, "Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves (Ch 1 page ... ...

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... for a respectable man. Pride and Prejudice is an excellent example of all the different types of marriages of the time period. The marriage between Mr. and Mrs. Bennet shows is an example of a man wanting to marry a woman for her beauty. The story basically shows us that this is wrong because obviously beauty ... not clearly state that is the reason they were married, one can deduce that that was the case because of the amount of similarities between Mrs. Bennet and Lydia. Mrs. Bennet feels as though she can relate to Lydia and Mr. Bennet talks about how Wickham is his favorite son-in-l...

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... because servants work for you and other people don't. These are reasons why she needs to be changed. Another foolish woman that is also satired is Mrs. Bennet. She is infatuated with getting her daughters married. That is her only goal in life. She doesn't care about her daughters' happiness as ... must stay all / night" (28 Austen). Her plan worked too well because instead of just getting a cold, Jane had a fever, and when Mrs. Bennet learned of this, she was so happy. She said, "As long as she stays there, it is all very well" (29 Austen). Also, when ... for the rest of her family an...

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... the audience that happiness in marriage can only be achieved if the couple feel love for one another. Austen uses the more traditional relationships of Wickham and Lydia, Mr and Mrs Bennet and Charlotte and Mr Collins in juxtapositioning with the relationship of Darcy and Elizabeth. The worst of these marriages is between Wickham and Lydia, which was based on appearance ... romance and although Charlotte appears to be able to endure Mr Collins, the readers realize that she will never have a life of complete happiness. The marriage between the Mr and Mrs Bennet represents, very early on ...

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... At the ball, this mentality is seen through the Bennet women. Since the news of the arrival of a wealthy single bachelor, Mr. Bingley, has arrived, Mrs. Bennet, without even meeting him, has already decided that one of her daughters will marry him. At the ball, Mr. Bingley arrives with his family and ... I can but see one of my daughters happily settled at Netherfield , I shall have nothing to wish for." After Lady Lucas's ball, it seemed as if Mrs. Bennet's wishes would be fulfilled. Bingley, instantly infatuated by Jane's beauty, dances with her not once, but twice during the course of...

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... a feeling of excitement, and a much anticipated climax. In the beginning of the novel Jane Austen gives a brief insight into the relationship of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, revealing how Mr. Bennet "Captivated by youth and beauty, and that appearance of good humor .had married a woman whose weak understanding and illiberal ... actions, particularly his fondness of 15 year old Lydia Bennet is strikingly similar to that of Mr. Bennets's. Consequently, with his knowledge regarding how Mrs. Bennet "s relationship turned out, the reader is drawn into the story wondering if Wickham will be succumbed...

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... .1) The first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice is perhaps the most famous opening of all English comedies concerning social manners. It encapsulates the ambitions of the empty headed Mrs. Bennet, and her desire to find a good match for each of her five daughters from the middle-class young men of the family's acquaintance: "The business of her life was ... to fool other people are usually the object of her wit. There are various forms of exquisite irony in Pride and Prejudice, sometimes the characters are unconsciously ironic, as when Mrs. Bennet seriously asserts that she w...

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... too comes across as too quick to judge and has to accept responsibility for her mistaken impressions of those around her. The Bennet's are initially introduced to the Bingley's because Mrs. Bennet wants to make sure that one of her daughters is the first to make an advantageous impression on the wealthy Mr. Bingley ... . Mrs. Bennet, quite an insufferable creature, wants nothing more than for her girls to marry into wealthy, land-owning families. Love, a romantic ideal, has nothing to do with a proper match. However, ... make. Jane Bennet, the first of the girls in the household to des...

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... traits. By using a combination of well rounded characters and caricatures Austen is satirizing her society, trying to highlight its flaws and suggest a more meaningful way to live. To begin with Mrs Bennet is an example of caricature. She represents the ridiculous treatment of love and marriage in the Regency period. Her obsession with getting all of her five daughters married is ... and through her shallowness she is in unable to even perceive the shame in Lydia's behavior involving Mr Wickham and is absolutely delighted by the thought of her marrying. In Mrs Bennett's character the ri...

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... satirize other characters in her novels and thus human behaviour, by contrasting their hypocrisies with her heroine's intelligence and humanity. In Pride and Prejudice, Austen's depiction of the characters of Mrs Bennet and Mr Collins are her most obvious tools in satirizing human behaviour. These characters are both portrayed as one-dimensional and extremely self-centered, however, due to Austen's skill ... used by Jane Austen to satirize others with his dry wit. His targets are many and varied, but are most substantially Mr Collins and Mrs Bennet, the two most exaggerated characters. ...

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... do without having to have any of her own opinion. In the movie Charlotte's opinion is clearly understood when she speaks to Elizabeth about marriage but after she gets married Mrs. Collins opinions are not shown. Considering Darcy an arrogant and haughty man it is hard to discover that he will actually falls in love with Elizabeth who is so simple ... an estate near Pemberley where Darcy and Elizabeth live. Lydia writes to Elizabeth occasionally when there is a financial problem and current debt that Wickham still is engaged in. Mr. and Mrs. Bingley have no change in their lives. Kitty ...

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... exceptions. Not all women and men married for those reasons. There were others who did not share in the same opinions and values as the rest of 19th century England. Mrs. Bennet, wife and mother of 5 daughters, had a very simple view on the subject of marriage. She wanted to marry off her daughters to the most richest and most prominent men ... some one wealthy, that is to say the least, her main concerns are ludicrous. Her perspectives on marriage are conventional and conflict with Elizabeth's view points on marriage. Two of Mrs. Bennet's daughters share in the common viewpoint on marr...

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... 's question to her comprehension of him, but it is true. Mr. Bingley, aware of the intellectual complement though, isn't as quick as Mrs. Bennet who misunderstood it as an insult, hastily quiets Elizabeth. This shows the contrast between Elizabeth and Mrs. Bennet. Elizabeth's character in Pride and Prejudice, as portrayed by Jane Austen, is worth of praise. Elizabeth constantly demonstrates her independence ... ...

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... , since he is the one with a profession and she is not (something that will be discussed further down). So, naturally, personal attractions are weighed against financial considerations. This is why Mrs. Gardiner does not think Wickham a very prudent man for Elizabeth; because of his want of fortune. Or as Jane says when she hears of Lydia's elopement with Wickham: "So imprudent ... of marriage, you will never get a husband -- and I am sure I do not know who is to maintain you when your father is dead." The sentence above is the quoting of Mrs. Bennet to Elizabeth after the refusal of Mr....

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... misunderstanding and misinterpretation in this story. Pride becomes of such importance that it effects rational decision making and interferes with the individual's attainment of happiness. It is immediately apparent that Mrs. Bennet's quest for pride lies in the hands of one of her daughters marrying into wealth. But consider your daughters. Only think what an establishment it would be for one ... of them" (4). This statement by Mrs. Bennet highlights the pride that a person achieves by finding a good match. Her goal is to marry one of her daughters to a man of a good social standing, ...

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... of the novel, the reader is lead to believe that Mr. Darcy was conceited and proud. During the Meryton assembly, Darcy refuses to dance with any of the ladies present. Mrs. Bennet describes Darcy as being as "a most disagreeable, horrid man, not at all worth pleasing. So high and so conceited that there was no enduring him!" (14). Later on in ... show the reader that Jane Austen does not loathe the upper-class and does not disapprove of society in general. However, she disapproves of mercenary people like Mr. Wickham and Mrs. Bingley. The novel is rather a critique of marriage and her c...

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... Sense and Sensibility (1795), Mansfield Park (1812), Emma (1814), Persuasion, (1816) and so on. Content This novel is mainly about the marriages of the five daughters of Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet. They were Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Catherine, and Lydia. Jane was the most beautiful one of the five. Moreover, Elizabeth was the one with great brightness. One day, an unmarried ... young man with great fortune, Mr. Bingley, came to Netherfield. This news excited the Bennets, especially Mrs. Bennet. She was thinking about the young man marrying one of her daughters. In the ball held by Mr. Bin...

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... noble appearance, the guests declare him to be a capital fellow before even taking the time to get to know him. Their quickness to assign wealth with admiration is unequivocally ridiculous. Mrs. Bennett, commenting on the character of Mr. Bingley's sisters, immediately associates their charm with the elegance of their dresses, another preposterous presumption but one which coincides with Austen's intention of ... , and of course she will be always at Pemberly with you."" Miss Bingley's singular comment characterizes the novel as a whole, as status was inevitably something to attain and m...

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