安阳师范学院本科学生毕业论文 How to Teach and Learn English from Films 作者毕卫华 系(院) 外国语学院 专业英语教育 年级 06专升本2班 学号 06042065 指导老师苏海霞 论文成绩 日期 2008年6月 Money and Marriage ---The matrimonial value orientation in Pride and Prejudice Wu Yanyan (School of Foreign Languages, Anyang Normal University, Anyang, Henan 455002) Abstract: Pride and Prejudice was written by Jane Austen in 1813. Even nowadays, it is very popular and is read widely all over the world. This is not only because its words are very humorous, but it puts forward a lot of questions that make people think deeply. The novel tells a story which centers around a series of misunderstandings between a lively woman Elizabeth and an unconsciously arrogant young man Darcy who was born in a wealthy upper-class family. After a series of events, reconciliation of the es. They join their hands together and find happiness and a better understanding of each other. Their marriage together with the marriage cases of their friends and relatives show that in that specific history time, people take money much more seriously than any other things in their lives. The author praises a lot such marriage which is based on mutual understanding, respect and true love regardless of social status and fortune, and satirizes the marriage which is based on social status and property. In this paper, the marriage cases of most characters in the book were taken as typical to analyze how money influenced their matrimonial value orientation. It will make people think about the relations between money and marriage deeply. Key words: Pride and Prejudice; money; marriage; matrimonial value orientation Introduction Pride and Prejudice has long been a favorite of both readers and critics alike and is often regarded as Jane Austen’s consummate achievement. It was written by Jane Austen in 1813. In this novel, Austen focuses on the characters of her own social class: the ladies and gentlemen of the landed gentry. She writes about the people that she k
