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南京工业大学双学位《英语学术论文写作》学期论文 i 1. Introduction “Pride and Prejudice” has always been studied at home and broad. There always have some different analysis of several aspects about women. “Pride and Prejudice” attempts to find out some women‟s new attitudes towards life from “Pride and Prejudice”. At the same time, after analysis of the main female characters‟ attitudes towards life, such as Elizabeth, Jane and Elizabeth‟s best friend Charlotte, finally find out modern women‟s attitudes towards life. The attitudes towards life are reflected in the following three points: firstly, the attitude toward labor act; secondly, attitude toward the international relationships between people; thirdly, the use and evaluation of one‟s value in life. In the 21st century, modern women‟s attitudes towards family life, love life and marriage life have changed a lot. This article attempts to analysis modern women‟s attitudes towards family life, love life and marriage life by studying “Pride and Prejudice”. Elizabeth was not only the charming female character in “Pride and Prejudice”, also the most famous female character in 19th century‟s novels.Through the study of Elizabeth‟s character and her modern women‟s attitudes towards life, we can find out modern women‟s attitudes towards life in this world. This article consists of two parts:the first part is the introduction consists of five critics‟ comments and opinions; and the second part is a general review about the author and her novel. Chapter 2 Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice

ii 2. Jane Austen and Pride and Prejudice 2. 1 Jane Austen Jane Austen was born at Steven ton，Hampshire，in 1775，the daughter of a clergyman. At the age of nine she was sent to school with her elder sister Cassandra，who was her lifelong friend and confidante，but largely taught by her father. She began to write for recreation while still in her teens. In 1801 the family moved to Bath，the scene of so many episode in her books and，after the death of her father in 1805，to Southampton and then to the village of Chaw ton，near Alton in Hampshire. Here she lived uneventfully until May 1817，when the family moved to Winchester seeking skilled medical attention for her i11 health，but she died two months later. She is buried in Winchester Cathedral. Austen‟s satirical art not only showed in some comedy characters and comedy plot treatment, but integrated the concept of irony in the whole story, and let reality to laugh at pepole‟s subjective fantacy. The leading man Darcy in “Pride and Prejudice” initially accounted that the Bennett family have so many negative family backgrands, the daughters of Bennett family would difficultly getting married. But contrarily he married Elizabeth at last. The leading woman Elizabeth in “Pride and Prejudice”,was at the same situation, she has sweared never to marry Darcy, but finally she brcomed. Mrs. Darcy. Mrs. Bennett, whom the most ridiculous “fool” in the novel, the first sentence in the novel finally been proved to be the most correct words. She said: “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife” (Claudia 264). This alternative between ridiculous and “truth” although was far away beyond general sense of right and wrong, but it correctly reflects the author‟s deep thinking of life.

2. 2 Pride and Prejudice Feminism became a recognized movement in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, but it didn‟t affect the lives of many women until the twentieth century. “Pride and Prejudice”, by Jane Austen, is one brilliant example of this. The female characters in this book had little money, 南京工业大学双学位《英语学术论文写作》学期论文 iii and few family connections (Kemble 190). They faced serious social restrictions, and, because of unwritten social rules, spent most of their time in the company of other women. There were also social expectations for upper class women, concerning everything from dress to language. The main subject of “Pride and Prejudice” is marriage in an acquisitive society. The plot of the novel is driven by its examination and satire of the difficulties to be faced by any eligible female in pursuit of a husband . Austen mainly concentrates on the relationship of Elizabeth and Darcy, keeping the relationships of Jane and Bindley, Charlotte and Collins, and Wick ham and Lydia in the background.

2.3 Modern women’s attitudes towards life 2.3.1 Marriage Long time ago, women had no right to choose their spouse, their marriage was determined by their parents, they must follow the man they married, no matter how bad and evil he was. However, today we own an equal era, in which woman can choose what kind of man she loves and decide how to live a happy life (Randall 59). Marriage is considered to be one of the most important things in women‟s life. Some even think that by marrying rich man can one gains happiness. However happy life is usually given by oneself but not by marriage or by others. 2.3.2 Life In Austen‟s time, because of women‟s economic was depende upon man，it results in woman‟s submissive attitudes sometimes even horrified feelings towards their husbands. But Elizabeth does retort what Darcy says. She says :“I never saw such a woman. I never saw such capacity, taste，and elegance，as you describe，united” (Austen 34). this response shows Elizabeth‟s challenge of the judging standards of “perfect lady” and her rebellion. It also shows her independence and strong-willed behavior. It expresses „Elizabeth‟s Power‟ is the power which is against the patriarchal society and that produces the inequality between males and females. Comparing to other females，neither Elizabeth is much qualified self-defense nor even her unintended influence over Darcy establish her as the powerful character she is. The most profound source of „Elizabeth‟s Power‟ is her ability to turn her critical vision upon herself upon her own unthinking vulnerability to male approval. It is at this point in the novel that