Elizabeth Bennet's reply of "I never saw such a woman" highlights Austen's concern with the notion of the ideal woman within her nineteenth-century English context. ... Mrs Bennet tells her husband that he must "come and make Lizzie marry Mr Collins," threatening Elizabeth's autonomy and thus, her happiness (109).7 When she refuses to change her mind despite her mother's insistence, Lizzie affirms her independence as a human being with the power to "make choices and to be governed by those choices alone.... Elizabeth's deconstruction of Regency...

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He said that the society affected an individual in two ways; first by integration (over integration and under integration), also by creating purposes and ideals and secondly by regulation of the individual or by putting restrictions on his unlimited desires. ...

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Western societies base most of their ideals on emotional stability and creating intimate bonds with others. ... She is trying to contend with the loss of her husband to the work force overseas, the loss of her children as they become adults, the rental of her house to another family, and the exile from her youth as she lies on the brink of menopause. Kate's husband had to go overseas to earn more money to support the family, at the same time renting out the house that they had built their lives together in. ...

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