Marriage in Pride and Prejudice

Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice presents us six married couples, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, the Gardiners, Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, Jane and Mr. Bingley, Lydia and Mr. Wickham, and Charlotte with Mr. Collins. No two marriages are alike, they all marry based on different purposes. The marriage of Lydia and Wickham is mainly based on their desire, attraction and financial reasons.
The marriage between Lydia and Wickham was the result of irresponsible behavior. When Wickham is first introduced in the novel he pays attention to Elizabeth. But when he knows that Miss King had inherited a fortune, he immediately changes his attention to her, and away from Elizabeth. When they know the regiment is moving to Brighton, Lydia and Kitty want to go to Brighton with them but Mr Bennet won’t allow it. Mrs Forester, the wife of the Colonel of the regiment, invited Lydia to accompany her to Brighton. Once there, Wickham invites Lydia to run away. Wickham did not mean to elope with Lydia, but h...