解析傲慢與偏見中不同的婚姻觀

摘要：傲慢與偏見這部小說時至今日仍吸引著廣大讀者，小說當時的時代背景是：大多數婦女都想嫁個有錢人來保障自己的物質生活，本篇論文描述并分析了小說中不同的婚姻的原因，像是夏洛特把婚姻看做是一筆交易，而伊麗莎白認為婚姻應該建立在愛情的基礎之上，這些分析使得我們能夠更好地理解這部小說。

關鍵詞：比較；愛情；婚姻

[中圖分類號]：I106 [文獻標識碼]：A

[文章編號]：1002-2139(2012)-12-0011-01

Charlotte and Collins’s marriage is based on “reality” Charlotte sees nothing in question on the desire on being well married. In her case， the influence of the material provides her definitions of happiness. This is concretely manifested in the following aspect: Firstly， Charlotte’s own idea of happiness in marriage is to live comfort. It is the reason why she sacrificed every feeling to worldly advantage to marry Mr. Collins .Secondly， in the objective aspect; she is twenty-seven， not young and is less attractive than Elizabeth. She is fully conscious of her motives when she accepts Mr. Collins offer.

Mr. Collins married Charlotte just for his dignity. To illustrate my point， let us see the following paragraph， “My reasons for marrying are， first， that I think it a right thing for every clergy in easy circumstances to set the example of matrimony in his parish. Secondly， that I am convinced it will add very greatly to my happiness; and thirdly， which perhaps I ought to have mentioned earlier， that it is the particular advice and recommendation of the very noble lady who I have the honor of calling patroness.” Thus， their marriage is a kind of trade. They had neither mutual attraction nor common interests.

Lydia and Wickham’s love shows an immoral marriage Their marriage is based on property rather than love. Lydia and Wickham attracted each other by appearance and youthful ignorance; even so， Wickham had no intention to marry Lydia and wanted to marry a rich woman to get a lot of money. Luckily， Darcy gave Wickham a lot of money to ensure that he would marry Lydia. However， both characters appear to be somewhat miserable with their married life and constantly tried to escape.

Compared with Lydia and Wickham ， Jane and Bingley are a happy couple in the novel， both of them had mutual interests， good characters and the most important thing was they love each other. However， they both had little independence， lacked self-confidence and even believed the rumors without analyzing the fact. Though got married， There are still a lot of things had in store for them; nobody can assure that if they could surmount all the obstacles.Therefore though the combination of Jane and Bingley is near perfect; it still lacks the elements of solid foundation that made the marriage of Elizabeth and Darcy an even greater example of matrimonial bliss.

Austen set a good example in Elizabeth and Darcy. From their marriage we know that love can not be brought on by appearance， and must gradually develop between the two people as they get to know one another. Darcy and Elizabeth are amongst the few characters within the novel that marry for love.

In a word， Pride and Prejudice is a comic novel， in this comic novel， this kind of exposure is not ruthless， not sentimental， not moral indignant， but it is sarcastic， through her characters described， she disclosed that the marriage base on love is perfect and can last forever.

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