Five Types Of Marriage In Jane Austen's Pride And Prejudice

Matt Martinez

Mrs. Schroeder

English IV

8 February, 2018 Pride and Prejudice Throughout the novel Pride and Prejudice, many marriages exist with many different actions towards each other. Some marriages are good ones with character who are very happy. In other marriages, the husband mistreats the wife immensely. In the novel, there are five different types of marriages, and they range from long unhappy marriages to new happy marriages. The first marriage is about Mr. and Mrs. Bennett, which is a very poor marriage. Mr. Bennet does not treat Mrs. Bennett with respect. She is treated like trash throughout the entire book and shows a perfect example what a bad marriage looks like. Mrs. Bennett does not know how to be a dominant women,

Collins are another couple that marry at the end of the book. Charlotte thinks about marriage for quite some time and finds the perfect partner. Mr. Collins is an older man who is not a smart or rich man, but Charlotte is not young or pretty either. The characters get married because Charlotte is sensible and intelligent women. Did Charlotte only marry Mr. Collins because she wants to be married, and she thinks that being married is part of her responsibility? No, because during the time that she wants to get married, she made a checklist of characteristics in a man and waits until a man completes the list. Charlotte had told Lizzy about her decision to wanting to marry Mr. Collins and Lizzy response was “Charlotte, you are disgracing yourself.” Lizzy thinks that there is no way that Charlotte would be happy, but Charlotte keeps her head high and thinks about now and the future for her and Mr.

Bingley is another relationship that is a perfect relationship, and they have many things in common that help benefit them as a couple. Throughout the book, the couple has occasional problems that are not bad, and they work things out. Jane is very patient and tolorates a bunch of people. She is also very sociable and friendly to everyone. Mr. Bingley is the same as Jane and even likes meeting new people like her. Some of the bumps in their marriage are at the beginning. Mr. Bingley begins having feelings for Jane, and the relationship starts, but then he has to leave for a while. When he comes back, they pick up from where they left off, and their relationship grows stronger than before. This relationship might be one of the smoothest relationships throughout Pride and Prejudice, and this relationship shows acts of true love within