The Formation of Three Marriages in Pride and Prejudice

The Formation of Three Marriages in             Pride and Prejudice

Outline:
Introduction
1.   Utilitarian Marriages.
1.1.     The story of Collins and charlotte’s marriage;
1.2.     The marriage of no passion and little affection but successful;
1.3.     Analyze the character feature of Collins and charlotte;
1.4.     Social background behind their marriage.
2.   Moral marriage.
2.1.     The story of Bingley and Jane’s marriage.
2.2.     The marriage of genuine affection esteem shown as a real marriage but not an ideal one.
2.3.     Analyze the character feature of Bingley and Jane.
2.4.   Their marriage fit Austens’s ideal of happiness.
3.   Perfect marriage.
3.1.     The story of Elizabeth and Darcy’s marriage.
3.2.     The marriage with affection, esteem and passion, shown as a perfect, real and happy couple.
3.3.    Analyze the character of Darcy and Elizabeth;
3.4.     Social background behind their marriage and fit Austen’s ideal of happiness.  
Conclusion：

傲慢与偏见中的三种婚姻形式
摘要：通过收集大量的文献资料作者论述了奥斯丁《傲慢与偏见》中三种不同的婚姻形式，介绍了三种婚姻——实利婚姻，道德婚姻和完满婚姻，并且分析了一个人的性格影响着他（她）对爱情和婚姻的看法，以及社会道德对婚姻形成的制约作用。这篇论文旨在说明第三种婚姻（完满婚姻）是物质生活和精神生活的完美结合，最后作者得出：财产，地位，爱情，知识可谓幸福的四大要素。
关键词：婚姻，爱情，社会道德观，社会地位，财产
The Formation of Three Marriages in Pride and Prejudice
Abstract: The author collected a considerable amount of information of discussing the formation of three different marriages in Austen’s Pride and prejudice. The paper recommended the three marriages are utilitarian marriage, moral marriage and perfect marriage. It was analyzed that one’s character reflects his/her marriage and attitudes towards love and social mores were reflects their marriage’s formation. The emphasis of this study lies in the third marriage (perfect marriage) that arrived at the combination of physical life and mental life. Finally the author concluded the important factors of a successful marriage is fortune, love, status and knowledge.
Keywords: marriage, love, social mores, status, fortune...