He does not only begin to treat people politely, he ends up proposing to Elizabeth twice before marrying her based on true love. Although Darcy initially fails to express his feelings for Elizabeth because of the class difference, he eventually develops in character and grows into Jane Austen's ideal member of the upper class. In the same vein, Darcy and Bingley defy the normal attitude expected of the upper class. Although she was brought up in the same culture, and is also guilty of assuming that all those in the upper class are the same, she grows out of this behavior over time. She refuses to conform to societal dictates regarding marriage. Contrary to popular belief, Elizabeth marries Darcy mainly for love. However, these stereotypic order is defied by a few characters in the novel. When there is, it is often not because of love, but for material gains. As a result, there is hardly a union between members of both classes. Whereas members of the underprivileged class, represented by the Bennet family, are considered uncouth, but ambitious to 'sneak' into upper class,l through marriage, members of the privileged upper class, exemplified by characters such as Lady Catherine and the Bingley family, are thought to be proud and domineering. This plays a large role in the development of the events in the novel. However, members of the privileged class were socially forbidden from marrying from the underprivileged class. Mobility from the lower class to the upper class was almost impossible and extremely difficult, but could be achieved through marriage. The culture projected in the novel is that of the Classic English society (United Kingdom) in which regency was the ruling system, and the society was stratified into the higher class and the lower class, or put differently, the 'new' money and the 'old' money, and value was placed so much on inheritance. Although it addresses core societal issues such as pride, class division and segregation, money, love and marriage, as well as education, Pride and Prejudice is rife with comic situations, assumptions, first impressions, misconceptions and eventual discoveries of true behaviors. Set in Longbourn and environs in Hertfordshire as well as Derbyshire, the novel focuses on the imprints of pride and prejudice on how people relate with, and view others in the society. It chronicles the behavioral development of certain characters, among whom Elizabeth Bennet is key. Published in 1913, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a novel centered around character development hence it may be classified as a novel of manners. Book excerpt: This is the complete novel "Pride and Prejudice" with a study guide and biography of Jane Austen. This book was released on with total page 377 pages. Book Synopsis Pride and Prejudice Book (Complete Novel with Annotations) by : Jane AustenÄownload or read book Pride and Prejudice Book (Complete Novel with Annotations) written by Jane Austen and published by.
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