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PrideandPrejudiceWhenIfirstknowthisbookbywatchingthemovielongbefore,Ijustconsideredittobealovestory.Butnowafterreadingthebookmyself,Ifindit’sfarmorethanalovestory,it’salsotheillustrationofthesocietyinBritaininthe18thcentury.Prideandprejudicearetwoweaknessesinourpersonalqualities。ElizabethandDarcycouldn’tavoidthat,either。Darcyisarichyoungmanandusedtobeveryproud,healwaysfeelssuperiortothecountypeople.HisproudleaveabadimpressiononElizabeth,acleverandbeautifulgirlwhoalwayshadherownopinions.theninthecourseofnature,shebegantohaveprejudiceonhim,andkeptmisunderstandinghimunderWickham’sevilspeaking.Finally,theyreconciledandgetmarried.FromtheirlovestoryIrealizethatit’sstupidtojudgeapersonjustbythefirstimpressionandalwayshaveprejudiceonthepersonwhoyoudislike,andpridesometimeswillmakeyoufarawayfromthepeople.Fromthebook,wecansee,becauseDarcy’sproud,heoffendedthegirlheloved,andbecauseoftheprejudice,ElizabethwasfailedtoseethemeritsofDarcy,butfortunately,theydidn’tmisseachotherfinally.Theirlovewasromanticandalsorealistic.It’saromanticlovestoryindeed,butatthesametime,theauthorAustendidn’tconfinedheraimjusttotellinglovestories.Infact,inmostcases,themarriageinherbookwasnottheresultoflove,buttheresultofeconomicneeds.Afterreadingthisbook,Iknowatruththatapoorwomanmustbeinneedofahusband,awealthyman.Justlikethefirstsentencesaidinthebook:“Itisatruthwellknowntotheworldthatanunmarriedmaninpossessionofalargefortunemustbeinneedofawife.”Forinstance,fromthemarriagebetweenCharlotteLucasandMr.Collins,wefoundthattheirmarriagetotallydependedontheposition,money,andthebackground,notthelove.Mostwomenchoosethemenwhocansatisfytheirmaterialcomfortstobetheirhusbandsatthattime,justlikeCharlotteLucas.ShemarriedMr.Collinsalthoughshesharednocommoninterestswithhim.Shedidn’tlovehimwhileshemarriedhimindeed.Shepersuadedherselftotolerateherhusband’sstrangeandfoolishbehavior,andheronlycomfortwasherbignewhouseandrichmateriallife.Whileinmyeye,it’sreallyunfortunatetoresthopeonthematerialcomfortsforherrestlife.Althoughsometimesit’snecessarytoconsidertheproperty,position,andbackgroundinthemarriage,it’swretchedtomarryjustfortheproperty,positionandbackground.CharlotteLucasmarriedforthepossessionnotlove,andontheotherhand,Mr.Collinsmarriedherbecauseheneededawife,notforlove,either.Theirmarriageseemedtobenecessarybutnothappy.Buthowtomaintainthemarriagewithoutlove?CharlotteLucasadoptedamostefficientway----topaynoattentiontoherhusbandnomatterwhathedid,andturnadeafeartowhathesaid.Sinceshedidn’tlovehim,shedidn’tneedtocareabouthim,either.ThemarriageofCharlotteLucasandMr.Collinsrepresentedmostofthemarriagesatthattime.Mostwomenandmengotmarriedformoneyandpower.Themarriagehadnothingtodowithlove.Thewiveswereregardedasthebeautifulvasesfordecoration.Thehusbandstookthe“vases”withthemtothesocialoccasioneverydaywhilethinkingabouttheircareeradvancementintheirheartandnevercaredaboutthefeelingsofthe“vases”.Andwhatcausedthis?Theessentialreasonwasthelowsocialpositionofthewomen.Thewomenweretreatedbadlyatthattime.Theyhadnowork,andhadnoabilitytomaintainthelife,sothemarriagewasthemostefficientandpopularwayforthemtokeeptheirlives.Eventheladiesintheupperclassonlyplayedtheroleofahousewife.