The Role of Women in the Society Depicted by Jane Austen in Pride and P

The Role of Women in the Society Depicted by Jane Austen in Pride and PrejudicePride and Prejudice is a novel which based in truth, exploresrelationships between newfangled men and women two hundred years ago. It isnot difficult for the reader to comprehend Jane Austen?s point ofview, but she presents her arguments in a subtle way. non only isit an admirable story of love lost and found, with an eventual happyending, it also tells us a vast amount close to society at the time.This, however, contrasts heavily with todays values and behaviours.In particular the role of women then was quite unalike to the roleof women in the present day. Pride and Prejudice is mainly interestedwith women of a particular social class - the Bennett Family are notpoor, they are above the working class, but they are not exceedinglyrich either. Jane Austen explores the state of affairs of young women in thissituation by telling a story about what seams to be love, but isactually a novel also about the role of women and how they used loveand marriage in life to gain what they wanted. She does this byexplaining to the reader about all of the necessities that a womanshould have, explaining about the different opinions of the differentcharacters in the novel, which are based on opinions of real people ofthat time. This gives us, the twenty-first century reader, an insightinto the people, the lives and the attitudes of the time.The financial status of women is perhaps the most evidentiary aspect.In ?Pride and Prejudice?, Jane Austen describes the exact financialstatus of each of the characters. For example, when Mrs and Mr Bennetare talking of Mr Bingley, ?A single man of large fortune, 4 orfive thousand a year. Wha... ...ery differently for the sistersespecially as Elizabeth had turned down one proposal. If she had notmarried Darcy it would be very tall(a) that she would have time tomeet another man who would marry her as she would be considered to betoo old for marriage and ther efore not a good match.To me, this novel shows women living a live without fulfilment orinterest. Women were seen as objects that completed a household andwere looked upon the same as a lovely statue or piece of art work.This lifestyle seems quite stifling and the lack of rights that womenhad at this time seems brutally unfair and backwards. The novel showsa society that was extremely judgemental and unforgiving that was toofixed on the theme of marriage where it is a truth universallyacknowledged that a single woman will be in want of a husband inpossession of a good fortune.