Pride and Prejudice: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen provides a powerful and sometimes humorous insight on the institution of marriage in the 18th and 19th century. ... Austen portrays Lucas to be void of emotion and passion, in stark contrast to the novel's protagonist Elisabeth Bennet. ... Austen uses this to emphasis the societal importance of marriage over love. ... Lady De Bourgh has stated that he must marry to compliment his position at Hunsford (Austen, 137). ... Austen does not go into detail on Mr. ...

• Word Count: 1216
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The two texts that we read, Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Charles Dicken's Great Expectations, both represent different courtship and marriage rituals taken from their perspective time periods. ... In Pride and Prejudice Austin shows that marriage was not an act of love, but rather an act of survival. ... In Pride and Prejudice, Mrs. ... This is a quote from Charlotte Lucas, one of the female characters in Pride and Prejudice. ... Darcy in Pride and Prejudice and kept her guard up, to keep out men who were interested in only her money, she would not have been hurt as she w...

• Word Count: 1116
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School