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Wickham and Lydia’s marriage is a parallel to that of the Bennet’s
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Mr Collins wants to marry because Lady C has told him he must, he does

available
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Mr Collins further reflects his pragmatic

virtue’
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approach to marriage during his proposal to Elizabeth when he lists his reasons for

for independence and Wickham’s

Austen presents their marriage as doomed to fail, as like Mrs Bennet,

appearance, Wickham is lured to

Lydia’s looks will not last for ever, and Lydia will soon see Wickham for

marry her by the money Darcy offers

what he truly is
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marriage very ordered starting with the fact he needs a wife as a clergyman
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he was paid to by Darcy
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marriage is further shown by her declaring

Both have too grave faults, for the

‘love in marriage is merely a matter of

marriage to work so therefore it’s
doomed to fail
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Austen uses her as a vehicle to
express the perilous position upper-middle
class women were in if they did not marry as

Mr Bennet is presented negatively by
Austin as an uncaring and inattentive
husband
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The Bennets’ marital home is
Longbourn, which when split into long

This is interesting as Austen herself did not

Marriage

and bourn, reflects the nature of the

marry, and relied on her brothers to support

Bennet’s marriage
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’ Whilst Mr Bennet made a
bad decision regarding his marriage,

Bennets’ Marriage

Austen shows he still should be a good
husband and care for his family, because

Elizabeth and Darcy’s Marriage

marry even if only for a comfortable living
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As a younger

Elizabeth and Darcy’s relationship develops and grows
throughout the novel
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inheritance, therefore he must make a

care about the other enough to want to change, and they both

prudent match to ensure his financial

gain qualities from each other that they were previously

Mr Bennet is described as being attracted to Mrs Bennet because

future
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Darcy loses his pride and snobbery ‘he has no

of her ‘appearance of good humour’, thus he married her on what

care of which match they make
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Throughout the novel, Austen seeks

Lizzy and Darcy are intellectual

to display that first impressions are rarely correct, such as in the

equals, ‘a woman may take liberties and its parallel, Jane and Bingley’s, is shown to be the ideal,
with her husband’
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Their marriage

hence the original title of the novel ,’First Impressions’, mirroring the

marriage of the Regency era,

thing in a marriage
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When the ‘appearance’

Elizabeth and Darcy have equal

amiable’, showing the intensity of love between them
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Mr Bennet actually warns Lizzy not to make

has a solid foundation of true love

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