BriefIntroductionofJaneAustenAtadancingball,Mr.BingleycouldnothelpfallinginlovewithMissJaneatthefirstsightbecauseofherbeauty.Mrs.Bennewassoexcitedthatshecouldnotholdhermanneranddeclaredpubliclyherdaughterwouldmarriedsoon,whichfrightenedMr.Bingleyaway.RelationshipBetweenCharacters•GeneralIdea•Mrs.Bonnethadnootherwishifherfivedaughterscouldgetmarriedwithsomeonewealthyassoonaspossible.Issues•literaryanalysis•eighteenth-centuryviewsofmarriage•characteranalysis•women’seducationandmoralconduct•lawandcustom:inheritanceandmarriageItwasatimeofseriousreconsiderationofwhatmarriagemeantandhowitwastobelived.Thetraditionalviewofmarriageasajoiningoffamiliesthroughthephysicaljoiningoftwopeoplecontinuedtohavemuchsupport.•Viewingmarriageasabusinessventurebetweenfamilies,therefore,continuedtobewidelyaccepted.Atthesametime,however,thepoliticalandsocialclimatewasencouragingtheviewofindividualasanindividual.Theideaofmarryingforlovetookholdofmanyinsocietyatthistime.TrueLove•ThemarriagebetweenDarcyandElizabethrevealsthecharacteristicswhichconstitutesasuccessfulmarriage.ThemarriageofJaneBennetandBingleyisalsoanexampleofsuccessfulmarriage.•LydiaandWickham'smarriagewasbasedonappearances,goodlooks,andyouthfulvivacity.Oncethesequalitiescannolongerbeseenbyeachother,theoncestrongrelationshipwillslowlyfadeaway.ThemarriagebetweenMr.CollinsandCharlotteisbasedoneconomicsratherthanonloveorappearance.•ItwasacommonpracticeduringAusten'stimeforwomentomarryahusbandtosaveherselffromspinsterhoodortogainfinancialsecurity.插视频~