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Pride and Prejudice Theme 1、Theme of Love In Pride and Prejudice, love is not a necessary component of marriage. In this novel, romantic love is a privilege that most people have to do without and something that most people do not expect to find. At the same time, because love is a union between empathetic minds, it is shown to be a completely special emotion that is available only for intelligent, mature adults – its the crowning achievement in the building of character. 2、Theme of Marriage Pride and Prejudice questions the extremely high value that Austens society placed on marriage as the only possible economic security for women who are not independently wealthy. By showing us the miserable marriage of the Bennets, and by grossing us out with the mercenary marriages of Charlotte and Lydia, the novel questions a system which places so much importance on this institution that it seems to endanger individual morality and happiness. On the other hand, with the marriages of Jane and Elizabeth front and center, the novel does allow room for good partnership as well. 3、Theme of Wealth Wealth is crucially important in Pride and Prejudice, since the general plot revolves around the fact that the five Bennet daughters will have no way of financially supporting themselves once their father dies and their house is handed over to Mr. Collins. There is almost no conversation about potential spouses that doesnt also calculate the annual income that the pair might have to live on. Several characters are even openly gold-diggers when it comes to finding a spouse. 4、Theme of Society and Class Darcys character arc is to become the ultimate gentleman – he starts out wealthy, aristocratic, and good-hearted, and learns to add good manners and sociability to the mix. Conversely, although Wickham seems to have the outer polish of an aristocrat, he is proven to be thoroughly ungentlemanly. (And believe it or not, thats one of the more serious insults characters lob at each other in t