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1、TheFeministConsciousnessinPrideandPrejudiceIntroductionThestoryofPrideandPrejudicetookplaceinthetimeoftheRegencyinBritain.Atthattime,BritainwasattheperiodoftransitionfromtheearlierstageofCapitalismtoCapitalistIndustrialization.Inthecountryside,thearistocraticfamilystill
2、heldgreatpowerandrightthatcountrysquireswerelikelytofawnuponthem.However,asthedevelopmentofCapitalismandtheexpandoftherankofrichpeople,thedistinctionbetweensocialstratawasbecomingsmallerandsmaller,whilemoneywasgettingmoreandmoreimportantinpeople’smindaboutsocialvalue.It
3、isexactlybecauseofthesecurepledgeinfinancethatthecountrysquiresocietycouldexiststronglyandsolidly. Thefirstsentenceofthewholenovelproclaims,“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledged,thatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife.”Here,“agoodfortune”and“inwantof”ar
4、etwokeyphrases.“Inwantof”meansitisneededobjectively,butnotsubjectively.Suchkindofwordmakesthepropositionhavemoreobjectivityof“truth”.InPrideandPrejudice,theBennetsaretakenasthetypicaltotestthe“truthuniversallyacknowledged”. Mr.andMrs.Bennethavefivedaughters,livingatLong
5、bourn.Mr.Bennet’spropertyconsistsalmostentirelyinanestateoftwothousandpoundsayear,whichunfortunatelyforhisdaughtersisentailedindefaultofheirs’maleonadistantrelation.Thatmeanstherewillbenootherguaranteefortheirdaughters’futurelives,buttheirperspectivemarriages.Therefore,
6、itisnowonderthatMrs.BennettakesMr.Bingleyas“therightfulproperty”fortheirdaughterswhenshehearsaboutthathehasonehundredthousandpoundsproperty,thoughshehasnotevenseenhim“Asinglemanoflargefortune;fourorfivethousandayear.Whatafinethingforourgirls!”Thatisthebeginningofthenove
7、l.Theimplicitmarriagementionedhereobviouslyconcernsnofeelingbutonlyfinancialconditionandsubsistence.Tothosehusband-huntingladies,Mr.Bingleyisanabstractsignal.Themostimportantthingisthathehas“agoodfortune”.Sowecansay,tooppositewiththeproclamationatthebeginning,so-called“
8、asinglemaninpossessionofa18goodfortunemustbeinwantofawife”isnotatall“atruthuniversallyacknowledged”,butonlyMrs
