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Pride And Prejudice

The passage which best relates the theme of ,
by Jane Austin, is on page 125, in the middle of the page. This is
where Mr. Darcy is proposing to Elizabeth, and is informing her of the
inferiority of her family and connections. This passage is significant
because it is one of the few times where the characters openly
acknowledge that the sole purpose of a person's life is to achieve a
high salary and a high social position.

It is evident from every point of the story that all people care
about is marrying into a higher social rank. And even for those who
are comfortable with their current status, it is imperative that they
only marry someone of at least equivalent ...

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him. That is not a situation
where insults are likely to bring results.

This point is compounded because Elizabeth only gets slightly
insulted by this comment. Her initial refusal of Darcy was based
almost totally on his actions towards Jane and Bingley's relationship,
and his treatment of Mr. Wickham. However, she is barely perturbed by
this comment of Darcy regarding her family. This is so strange because
one would expect Elizabeth to at least be equally mad for personal
insults as well as for what was done to others.

Pride and Prejudice ends with Elizabeth and Darcy each
overcoming their anger against each other, and falling in love.
However, this touching scene is ruined because of the appearance of
Lady Catherine. She demands Elizabeth to marry Darcy, and tells Darcy
that it would look very negatively on his family if he were to marry
someone as "low class" as Elizabeth. So even one's family is willing
to break ...

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Added: 3/5/2007 12:50:57 PM
Category: English
Type: Free Paper
Words: 462
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