International Journal of Languages & Social Sciences - Volumes & Issues - Volume 5: July 2020

SOCIAL SNOBBERY AND PRUDERY IN MATRIMONIAL ALLIANCES IN EMMA OF JANE AUSTEN

  • Published: July 2020
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Kamaljot

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Money, Matrimonial, Interpreter, Love, Sex, Marriages, Snobbery, Dowry, Wealth

Abstract

In the Victorian society, wealth and property played vital role in the matrimonial relationships. Money decided the settlement of marriage as women were crazy to marry a rich man. In the Victorian Age, England had become industrial and money culture infected all the people, rich and the poor. Wealth was considered an important factor for social status and social mobility. All marriage proposals were decided by money and the trend towards dowry had increased. It was very difficult for the girls to marry young boys without money. No wonder being the true critic and interpreter of society, Jane Austen took up the themes of love, sex money and wealth in her novels. Wealth plays dominant role in deciding the fate of women in the world of Jane Austen. Women characters of Jane Austen are intoxicated with money and are snobbish and hypocrite. In the marriages of Elizabeth, Jane, Harriet, Anne and Fanny money plays a vital role. Austen’s heroines don’t marry for money but they are always crazy to find a rich husband. Emma has a good fortune, is always respectable”

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International Journal of Languages & Social Sciences

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2349-0179

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