Thesis topic of male prejudice
Austin's most representative work is Pride and Prejudice, in which the hero and heroine have distinct personalities. Among them, the image of the heroine Elizabeth is the most prominent and has become one of the classic images in the literary world. Elizabeth is not only the most dazzling female image in the book, but also Austin's favorite character. In her letter to her sister, she once said, "I admit that she is the most lovely figure in literary works." I won't agree with anyone who doesn't like her. " From Elizabeth, we can see the shadow of Austin. Her prejudice, intelligence, wit and eloquence, self-esteem and self-respect are no different from Austin himself. Therefore, in order to understand Austin, we must first understand the Elizabeth she created. Darcy, the hero portrayed by the author, is also an admirable literary image. Among the many male images in this novel, there is no doubt that Darcy is the most anticipated purpose. Similarly, Darcy's personality is also very distinct, arrogant, handsome, rich, kind, close-fitting and persistent. The wonderful content of this book is caused by the conflict of their personalities, and finally they become a good couple because of their complementary personalities. Most of Austin's works mainly describe the love and marriage life of the middle class in rural England at the end of 18 and early 2009. At that time, the social hierarchy was clear, and marriage emphasized the right match; Women are attached to men in economic, social and family status. An intellectual woman like Elizabeth, who comes from the middle class but has little financial resources, wants to get a decent life and social status, and the only way is to marry a rich and good man. The novel says: "A rich bachelor with an annual income of four or five thousand pounds is really a blessing for women!" In a word, marriage was the way for women to seek economic security and social status at that time. Austin profoundly reveals the fact that this material determines marriage, but in Pride and Prejudice, this revelation is not intense, sentimental, morally indignant or cynical, but ironic. Elizabeth's love and marriage embodies the author Austin's view of marriage: "It is wrong to marry for money, but it is foolish to marry without money." The happy marriage between Elizabeth and Darcy is a combination of money and love. Elizabeth, who is smart and elegant but has nothing, married the richest and most handsome Darcy, and was considered vulgar by her mother who regarded money as everything. "This is a good deal"; The father, who has always attached great importance to his daughter, did not expect that his education for his daughter had gained such high exchange value in the marriage market. Therefore, from Pride and Prejudice, we can see that Austin's own view of marriage is that simple material marriage is unreasonable and love is a necessary factor of marriage. Austin herself has a deep Cinderella complex, which is also reflected in her works. The story tells the story of a pair of young men and women who have a bumpy but romantic love story because of their shortcomings in each other's personality-arrogance and prejudice. Elizabeth, the heroine, is the second of five Bennet girls. The novel begins with the marriage between Mrs. Bennett and her daughter, clearly telling readers that in the social background at that time, marriage was actually just for marriage, and most marriages were only based on the amount of money, while real two of a kind and pure and sincere love were few and far between. Elizabeth, the heroine, strongly disagrees with this premise of marriage. She met the hero, the young aristocrat Darcy, at a party. Because of their arrogance and prejudice, they didn't like each other at first, and even because of these two shortcomings in personality, there were many misunderstandings between them. In the end, because of their careful observation and objective evaluation, they got rid of prejudice and arrogance and became a happy and romantic couple. Elizabeth portrayed by Jane Austen in this novel is smart, resourceful, brave and far-sighted, with strong self-esteem and good at thinking. She has a unique view of love. Similarly, emotionally, her sister Lydia impulsively chose to elope, while Elizabeth maintained her consistent self-esteem and self-love; In marriage, Charlotte gave up love for money and status, but Elizabeth bravely refused because of money and status. She believes that love is the cornerstone of marriage, and there is no happiness for property, money and status in marriage. This was a progressive view of marriage with a very rebellious spirit in the society at that time. Elizabeth's cleverness and wit can be seen everywhere in her works. For example, when she refused her cousin Collins' proposal, we couldn't help but marvel at her clever and witty reply: "Thank you for your compliment. I am honored by your proposal, but I have no choice but to refuse. My refusal is completely serious. You can't make me happy, and I believe I can't make you happy. " Here, Elizabeth not only explicitly rejected Collins' inappropriate proposal, but also maintained her self-esteem. Elizabeth's bravery can also be seen from her refusal to propose marriage to Collins and Darcy. She completely embarks from her inner feelings, respects her inner decisions and speaks her mind bravely. This is quite different from the so-called lady's timidity in real life at that time. Speaking of Elizabeth's self-esteem and self-love, it is admirable. Treat people well, be neither supercilious nor supercilious, be generous and decent in speech and manners, and never be rude to others. No matter what kind of collocation, you keep a decent and elegant behavior. At a dance, Darcy asked her to dance, but because of the arrogance of the other party, she refused Darcy, but her refusal was decent and she left with a smile on her face. Darcy felt more and more different and began to pay more attention to her. Elizabeth, who came from a bourgeois intellectual family, is the representative of personal resistance. She is kind, intelligent and noble-minded, and dares to resist all kinds of unreasonable marriage systems in the upper class. Although not as beautiful as others, Elizabeth is lively, humorous and likes to express her opinions, which shows her cheerful and naive personality. Although she is eloquent, she is not aggressive. Even when she first met Darcy and heard that he was not polite enough to impress him and was left out by other men, Elizabeth still maintained her self-cultivation and liveliness, because she was talkative and cheerful, and she told them all as jokes to her female companion. Of course, Elizabeth's most important personality characteristic is that she has her own unique views and opinions on everything, especially on her attitude towards marriage and love. In the social atmosphere at that time, Elizabeth still longed for real marriage and love. She believes that "if a woman hides her feelings for the man she loves, she may lose the chance to get him". So after rejecting Darcy twice, she gradually realized her prejudice against Darcy. Her prejudice against Darcy is not only due to the arrogance shown by the other party when they first met him, but also because she listened to Wickham's rumors and thought that this made her sister become Jane. She concluded that Darcy's prejudice and selfish idea of betrothing her sister to Mr. Bingley led to Jane's breakup with Mr. Bingley, and she believed that Darcy had destroyed her sister Jane's marital happiness. Darcy's stubborn character is manifested in arrogance. Because of arrogance, he belittled Elizabeth in words, which made Elizabeth biased against him; At the same time, Elizabeth's strong self-esteem and inner self-love deepened her prejudice against Darcy, and her arrogance and prejudice reached its peak at this time. Later, Darcy wrote a letter to Elizabeth, and it was this letter that made Elizabeth understand the truth and changed her mind. In the letter, Darcy confessed that he did break up Jane and Bentley, but the reason was that he mistakenly thought that there was no real love between Jane and Bentley; And exposed Wickham's evil deeds of trying to seduce Darcy's sister to elope. This letter caused an uproar in Elizabeth's mind, removing all obstacles and bad feelings in her mind before. When Elizabeth carefully read the letter and looked at herself calmly, she realized that "she was too blind and eccentric, biased and unreasonable". It was her own prejudice and ignorance that caused her attitude towards Darcy and Wickham to be misplaced, and the veil that had been blindfolded for a long time was finally taken off. The new correct self-knowledge helped Elizabeth get out of the misunderstanding and eliminated her prejudice against Darcy. Darcy was shocked by Elizabeth's impassioned condemnation and began to have a new understanding and change of his previous words and deeds. Darcy's behavior reappearance is quite different from before. Elizabeth saw Darcy's gentle and reasonable character, so she added a little intimacy to her respect, and love came into being quietly. Elizabeth overcame the shortcomings of prejudice, completely combined external beauty with internal beauty, completed the change of personality, and found her love and happiness in the society at that time. Darcy stood out as soon as he appeared. He is handsome and rich, and he is a typical young talent in the upper class. Therefore, his own actions all reveal the arrogance and self-esteem peculiar to the nobility, and he hates the superficial interpersonal relationships that are secular and boring. Therefore, when he first met Elizabethans, he was tired of the superficial secularity shown by Mrs. Bennet and her two little daughters, and he could not help showing arrogance. His arrogance also prejudiced Elizabeth against him. Therefore, the shortcomings of the two protagonists' personalities collided at the first meeting, which laid the groundwork for the future development of the plot. Although Darcy's expression is arrogant, he is not a shallow and annoying ordinary aristocratic child. Although he also maintains his own identity, he is a kind-hearted young man. When Darcy learned that Elizabeth's sister Lydia had eloped with Wickham, he not only didn't look down on Elizabeth, but thought about Elizabeth's family. He cleaned up Bennett's house and gave one to Wickham. You know, when he did all this, Elizabeth refused his proposal mercilessly, and Darcy's two failed proposals were only because of his arrogance when he proposed, which made Elizabeth, who had long been biased against him, tired, while Darcy had deep feelings for Elizabeth at this time. After leaving a letter to show his mind and explain the truth, Darcy left. This is the most violent collision between two people because of arrogance and prejudice, and it is also the key plot of their emotional changes. Darcy's love for others is not only manifested in his love for his sister, but also in his affection for Bentley and Jane. If his concern for his sister is affection, then his friendship with Bentley is sincere. Through his disgust and cognition of Mrs. Bennet, he also arrogantly thinks that Jane and Bentley are only dating for money. Therefore, in order not to hurt his friends, he began to interfere with Bentley and Jane, but it also deepened Elizabeth's prejudice against him. This incident is another conflict between Darcy's arrogance and Elizabeth's prejudice. Darcy has his own opinions and persistence in treating love. When he found himself in love with Elizabeth, he did not escape his feelings because of the gap between their social status and property, but bravely confessed to Elizabeth. However, because of his usual reserve and arrogance, Elizabeth was very angry, and the other party refused his proposal mercilessly. But even so, Darcy did not give up his feelings for Elizabeth, but continued to pursue it, doing many things for each other silently, including the Lydia incident that eventually changed Elizabeth's prejudice against him. All these made Darcy gradually put down his arrogance, finally eased the contradiction and misunderstanding between him and Elizabeth, and won Elizabeth's love. Therefore, his choice of love is to respect his feelings, and he is loyal and persistent in love. Elizabeth and Darcy have the same personality. They are kind, considerate, loyal to their inner emotional choices, and full of longing and persistence in the pursuit of true love. But if two people don't eliminate arrogance and prejudice, it is always difficult to get true love. The reason why this contradiction in their personality can be finally resolved is not only because of their similarity in personality, but also because of their persistence in love, which makes them learn to look at each other with heart. Darcy put down his arrogance and Elizabeth put down her prejudice. When two people know how to really get along with each other and know each other, true love will come to them, which will change their personalities from opposition to complementarity, and finally let them tie the knot and get lifelong happiness.