MARXIST APPROACH IN PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY JANE AUSTEN
MARXIST APPROACH IN PRIDE AND PREJUDICE BY JANE AUSTEN R6b7Q
The Pride and Prejudice novel by Jane Austen is about the upper-class lifestyle that she knew best. Her female protagonist “Elizabeth” had to face only one question, who to marry?
The question that arises in front of her is the outcome of the dependency of women of that time society on men. And marriage was viewed as a wise decision for women since it provided them with financial stability and security. Women at the time had no money in hand. They had to be dependent on their father, brother or husband. So Marxist theory, which states that class is differentiated by owning worldly things such as land and money, is the most crucial topic of the 18th and early 19th-century society. Jane Austen in this novel explores the theory through the themes of social status, wealth, the effect of Marxist experiences and marital issues regarding women.
Key Words: Jane Austen, Marxist features, marriage, stability, equality, class, woman.
The Pride and Prejudice novel by Jane Austen is about the upper-
class
lifestyle that she knew best. Her female protagonist “Elizabeth” had to face
only
one question, who to marry?
The question that arises in front of her is the outcome of the dependency of women of that time society on
men
. And marriage
was viewed
as a wise decision for women since it provided them with financial stability and security. Women at the time had no money in hand. They had to be dependent on their father, brother or husband.
So
Marxist theory, which states that
class
is differentiated
by owning worldly things such as land and money, is the most crucial topic of the 18th and early 19th-century society. Jane Austen in this novel explores the theory through the themes of social status, wealth, the effect of Marxist experiences and marital issues regarding women.
Key Words
: Jane Austen, Marxist features, marriage, stability, equality,
class
, woman.
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