Thursday, January 7, 2010

So, its quite obvious that the group of young characters Jane Austin includes in "Pride and Prejudice" are on a mission to gain wealth and assurance through marriage, the ultimate safety net for young women. Money is a very important addition to daily life, but what's the excuse today? In their time, woman married into money so that they will have a stable outcome in life and not be tossed out of their homes, while men wanted to attain wealth to be on the bachelor list. Like Jane Austin said, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife" (1). The man must want a wife, the woman must have a husband. The only excuse today? It seems to be competitive entrepreneurs who are only interested in getting ahead of the next person.

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