Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"

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This paper takes the theme of romance in the novel "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen and relates it to the theme of romance in the 21st century. It demonstrates how although it is set in England in upper-class households over two hundred years ago in the year 1813, the events in the plot and the attributes of the characters still relate to people today. It shows how ultimately, the book withstands the test of time because people in the 19th century and people in the 21st century all possess the same interests and desires that all revolve around relationships: to gossip and chat about love matches, to find a soul mate and to marry that soul mate for true love.

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"One character in the novel who is lucky enough to find her true love and be married is Elizabeth Bennet. Because she ends up with an idealized lifestyle of a lavishly rich future shared with a charming man who is the star of a small town, she instantly attracts the audience and connects with them as she faces the trials and tribulations leading up to her final victory. Elizabeth's fabulous prospects are not the only things that attract the audience though. She is the strong heroine of the novel, and the only one who eventually sees the light. Elizabeth is the only one of all of the Bennet sisters, who marries solely for love, and even gets consent from her father to do so, when he pulls her into his office and reads the letter from Mr. Collins telling explaining the betrothal between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth to Mr. Bennet."

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