Abstract:Pride and Prejudice is the most popular novel written by Jane Austin. It is a gentle but
witty satire of courtship and marriage. As is reflected in the novel, in 18th century, England, one major influence of the marriage is one’s possessions, which is closely bound up with social environment. The other is social status, which is determined by traditional social value. Despite the social environment, each one in the Bennet holds a different view of marriage of their own. The very difference of their attitudes toward marriage result in different marriages. In this paper, it depicts and analyses three types of marriages, that is, marriage based on both money and love; marriage based on money rather than love; marriage based on licentiousness rather than love. What the author praises highly is the perfect marriage of Elizabeth and Darcy, a marriage with the guarantee of wealth, as well as love. This profoundly inspired modern young people never to betray love for the sake of money and licentiousness. The premise of steady happiness is sure to be the consummate mixture of love and fortune. The novel has a profound and far-lasting significance to English society in her time and people today in spirit and reality.
Keywords: Thesis; template; criterion; figure; table
摘要:《傲慢与偏见》是简·奥斯汀最受欢迎的一部小说，她以幽默风趣的方式讲述了四对年轻人的婚姻，由该小说可分析得出在18世纪的英国，影响婚姻的主要因素之一是资产，这与当时的社会环境息息相关。另一主要因素是地位，这是由社会传统价值观所决定的。虽然社会大环境如此，但是文中的班内特一家中的每个人对婚恋都有自己不同的看法，正是他们内心自我的看法促成了各自每段不同境况的婚姻。本文着重于分析三种婚恋观，即：既有经济保证，又有情感基础：将经济至于爱情婚姻之上，缺少爱情基础；建立在无知和游戏基础上的爱情，它与肉欲冲动相连，完全不计后果。简·奥斯汀所推崇的无疑是主角伊丽莎白和达西的完美爱情婚恋观，有金钱物质的保障，同时又不失爱情的婚姻，这深深地启示当代人切勿为了金钱利益和激情而背叛自己的爱情，拥有稳定幸福的前提必定是爱情与物质的完美融合。简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》不论对当时的英国社会还是对今天的人们来说都具有十分深广的精神和现实意义。
关键词：爱情；婚姻；金钱；社会地位；性格
