Explore how the theme of marriage is presented in Pride and Prejudice. What comments do you think the writer may have been making about his or her own time

Explore how the theme of marriage is presented in Pride and Prejudice. What comments do you think the writer may have been making about his or her own time


In this essay I am exploring the theme of marriage in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. I will look at what the writer is trying to say about their own time. To do this I will look at three main marriages, these are Mr and Mrs Bennet, Charlotte Lucas and Mr Collins and Darcy and Elizabeth. I will investigate how they came about and what comments the writer is trying to make about marriage through these characters. I studied the book and annotated it as I went along; I also watched the video and explored how the theme of marriage was being presented here.

I will explore the theme of marriage through Mr and Mrs Bennet. They are the parents of one of the main characters, Elizabeth. They are also parents to four other daughters; these are Jane, Mary, Kitty and Lydia. In this book Mrs Bennet’s main aim to get their five ...