Materialistic Marriage in Pride and Prejudice Every individual in this world definitely has a dream of getting married when he grows up, especially to the person he loves. Even though today's society accepts unmarried relationships where couples live together and have children out of wedlock, ultimately marriage is what they hope for as a symbol of their relationship. Clearly, marriage is a must in human life. This need drives humans to create stories that end in marriage and live happily ever after. Pride and Prejudice, written by Jane Austen, is also one of those stories that meets this criterion. In this novel, Jane Austen described various marriages that differ from each other. Instead of love, there are marriages based on appearance and wealth, full of hypocrisy. At first glance, readers may not be able to recognize what Jane Austen's messages are from this diverse marriage assortment. However, with a thorough analysis of the question of implication, Jane Austen's bibliography, and Elizabeth Bennet's psychological state, there is some evidence that Jane Austen was actually criticizing the way marriages were held during her time, based mainly on wealth. Even if some couples were truly in love, nothing comes before wealth. The first question readers should question is the uncertainty of involvement created in this novel. Mimetically, the implication is just a tool created by Jane Austen to demonstrate that she criticized marriage. Clearly Mr Bennet cannot pass the Longbourn estate on to any of his close relatives because he has no male heirs. The rule of implication stated that no one can inherit any property unless he is the gentleman of the family. The implication had m... half of the paper... her sister leads her to criticize the marriage. He criticized marriage by unconsciously creating a materialist main character so that his society could realize its messages through the more dominant character without direct criticism. Ironically, Jane Austen entrusts the perfect wedding to the character who bears the same name as her because she wants to express the true marriage she has always dreamed of, the marriage based on true love like Jane Bennet and Mr. Bingley.BibliographyAusten, Jane. Pride and prejudice. United States: Oxford University Press Inc., 1980. "Biography of Jane Austen: Life (1775-1817) and Family." pemberley.com. March 13, 2009 -----------------------Adam 2Adam 3Adam 4Adam 5Adam 5