Women have to depend on men. “‘I thank you again and again for the honour you have done me in your proposal. My feelings in every respect forbid it’” (Austen, 105). Elizabeth’s rejection of Mr. Collins is the way she shows she wants to have a choice but women shouldn’t in that society. A women’s value is to get married one day with at least a husband that is the same or higher position than her family.
Austen succeeds in showing how the prideful nature of Darcy is unacceptable to Elizabeth and thus the reader knows that her refusal is based on her need for respect and love in a marriage. Lady Catherine insults Elizabeth when she thinks that she can manipulate Elizabeths happiness for her own image because Elizabeth in not “rich” enough for lady Catherine's fancy. When Lady Catherine visits Elizabeth and demands that she does not accept Darcy's proposal, Elizabeth refuses by saying, “ I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me"(Chapter 13 Vol.
Lastly, it was highly unlikely for women to climb the social status ladder compared to a man that could slowly but surely work his way up. The “Tale of Genji” and the “Tale of Ise” gave some examples that support the submissive social status of aristocratic Japanese women and how they were not equal to men. Selected chapters from the “Tale of Genji” painted a story of an emperor’s son-in-law who had an affair with his wife’s sister and took this sin with him to his deathbed. The Third Princess, the woman involved in the affair, birthed a son. The fact that she had a son later reveals the unfair gender roles of the child, compared to the idea of if she had a daughter.
In this regard Mr. Collins is a true production of this society. He wants to “make amends” to the Bennets girl for the entail on the property by marrying one of them. It is very ridiculous that in such a matter of marriage, he is considering only the “property” not his own prudence whether the Bennet girl is fit for him or the marriage will be a proper one. When we look at another character of this novel namely Charlotte Lucas, we see that she is also going on the same path of the society. The union between Charlotte and Mr. Collins is a good example of this marriage that brought about entirely for economic reasons.
As Cordelia is sent to Duke of Burgundy as being banished from England, it is likely to say that she is banned from her father and her nation. Cordelia buys hate from Lear by having nothing more to say to him compared to Goneril and Regan. Cordelia says “respects and fortunes are his love, I shall not be his wife (pg23 lines 250-251)” in opposition of marriage to Duke of Burgundy since he mentioned about tributes that will follow with Cordelia are none. Although her virtues are about true love and good morals, Duke of Burgundy says “Most choice forsaken and most loved despised! Thee and thy virtues here I seize upon, be it lawful I take up what’s cast away (pg23 lines253-255)” which diminished all good values of Cordelia.
She is the second daughter of a country gentleman who risks poverty if she does not find a husband who can provide for her as her father cannot pass on his estate or the house to her. Getting a job and supporting herself is not really an option for a proper young lady at that time. However, as being highly independent and intelligent, Elizabeth opts to make her own marriage decision in looking for love and companionate marriage. Undoubtedly, it is being in opposition to the common reality during the early 19th-century England that women who lack of fortune need to marry ‘well.’ By ‘well,’ it means wealthy. For example, turning down Mr. Collins may demonstrateher as a no-brainer woman among the society at that time.
Even just classifying these men like this is kinda crazy. She launches her argument against those who might claim that a once-widowed woman ought to become a nun. The Wife's argument moves on to be a defense of marriage, period. She insists that though those who choose to marry might not be as spiritually perfect as people who remain chaste all their lives, they are still fulfilling God's commandments. The major feature of marriage, for the Wife, is the marriage debt, or sex, which seems to be why she's so strongly in favor of marriage.
She thinks that she is far better off marrying him and she is very jealous. Mrs Sparsit wants to be part of the family, like a wife to Mr Bounderby, so she can still boss him around. But the awkward thing is, is that Mr Bounderby only thinks of Mrs Sparsit as a maid, and a useful lady around the house, and nothing more! Mrs Sparsit calls Louisa ‘Mrs Gradgrind.’ This is after her fathers name, because she doesn’t think that Louisa is worthy of Bounderby’s name. One point of imagery that Dickens uses is Mrs Sparsit’s staircase, where she imagines that Louisa is at the top of a staircase, and each time she takes a step down, it is one step closer to having an affair with Hearthouse, and cheating on Mr Bounderby.
In Taming of the Shrew, Lucentio disguises himself as Cambio and does the same thing. Another similarity is that in the play, Petruccio is paid to marry Katherine, where in the modern version, Patrick is also paid to go out with Katherine. In the end, Patrick and Petruccio have “tamed” Katherine because she is now willing to be with a man but before that she is a shrew. PETRUCHIO: Come, come, you wasp, i’faith you are too angry. KATHERINE: If I be waspish, best beware my sting.
Park 1 18 December 2013 Thy King, Thy Lord, Thy Soveriegn In the play, Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare, a prominent character by the name of Katherine is a shrew in the beginning but after her marriage with Petruchio and his determination to tame his wife, in the very end she delivers a speech condemning Bianca and the Widow for not fulfilling their duties as wives. Shakespeare’s diction, imagery, and organization convey a condescending manner as Katherine addresses the wives and an adoration manner when addressing her husband as she openly states that she is willing to submit herself to her husband. In her speech, Kate uses a condescending tone when talking to the wives because they did not come when their husbands asked. In the beginning when Kate drags the wives to their husbands she tells them to “dart not scornful glances from those eyes” and to “unkit that threat’ning unkind brow.” By ordering the wives around, Katherine shows that she is in a higher position than them and therefore has the right to look down on them for their actions. She calls the women “foul contending rebel[s]” and “graceless traitors” to their husbands.