苏州大学《大学英语-影视英语》课件-第3章.pptVIP

What do you think is Wickham’s opinion about matrimony? Is there any difference between his opinion about matrimony and Charlotte’s? At the turn of 19th century, it was a men-centered society, in which women’s status was inferior to men’s and some of them had no right to inherit property. Thus, Mr. Bennett’s land is left not to his daughters but to a (male) member of his extended family, Mr. Collins, ensuring that the property stays in the family line, while disinheriting Elizabeth and her sisters. Mr. Collins Domestic life was regarded as women’s suitable world. For surviving and gaining