英语专业论文 傲慢与偏见价值取向Word格式文档下载.docx

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MoneywasconsideredasessentialinthenovelPrideandPrejudice,andwasthemostbiggeststumblingblockforcouplesonthewaytothe“certificatedlove”-----marriage.Mypointis,fornow,moneystillremainsthemostdominantfactorineveryone’smarriage.Itisnecessaryformetorediscoverthespiritofthisfamouswork,especiallythetheme:

moneyandmarrage.

Myideaoforganizingthearticlebodyisasfollows:

Firstly,I’llmakeageneraldescriptionofthesocialbackgroundinwhichthenovelelementswasset;

secondly,lookintothedetailsofthenovel:

theBennetsandMr. 

Bingley 

and 

his 

two 

sisters;

thirdly,followingthedetailsofthenovelabove,makeafurtherdescriptionofthegeneralconditionofthelifeoftheBritishcountrysquires;

fourthly,aswehavealreadylearnedfromphilosophythefactthatitisman’ssocialbeingthatdetermineshisthinking,therefore,afterthe“socialbeing”description,I’llpresentyouwiththegeneralattitudesoftherichtothelow-class;

Fifthly,youmaybealittleconfused,doallthesedepictionmakesense?

Ofcourse,thedescriptionabovealladdsuptothefactthatmoneyhasgreatimpactonmarriage;

Lastbutnottheleast,toupholdthefactofthegreatimpactofmoneyonmarriage,let’sgobacktotheprotagonistofthisnovel-----ElizabethBennetstodomore“digging”toseeifwhatwasconveyedthroughthischaracterstillappliesfortherealityinthemodernworld.

2.Pride 

Prejudice-Thevalue 

orientation 

isMoneyandMarriage

2.1Socialbackground.

ThestoryofPrideandPrejudicetookplaceinthetimeoftheRegencyinBritain.Atthattime,BritainwasattheperiodoftransitionfromtheearlierstageofCapitalismtoCapitalistIndustrialization.（4）Inthecountryside,thearistocraticfamilystillheldgreatpowerandrightthatcountrysquireswerelikelytofawnuponthem.However,asthedevelopmentofCapitalismandtheexpandoftherankofrichpeople,thedistinctionbetweensocialstratawasbecomingsmallerandsmaller,whilemoneywasgettingmoreandmoreimportantinpeople’smindaboutsocialvalue.Awesternliteraturecriticoncesaidthat“evenDavidRicardo（aBritaineconomist）hadanunlikelyclearerunderstandingaboutthefunctionofmoneyindailylifeasJaneAustenhad.”（5）Itisexactlybecauseofthesecurepledgeinfinancethatthecountrysquiresocietycouldbeexistingstronglyandsolidly.（6）

Thefirstsentenceofthewholenovelproclaims,“Itisatruthuniversallyacknowledged,thatasinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife.”（7）Here,“agoodfortune”and“inwantof”aretwokeyphrases.“Inwantof”meansitisneededobjectively,butnotsubjectively.Suchkindofwordingmakesthepropositionhavemoreobjectivityof“truth”.（8）InPrideandPrejudice,thebonnetsaretakenasthetypicaltotestthe“truthuniversallyacknowledged”.

2.2TheBennets

Mr.andMrs.Bennethavebeenmarriedfortwenty-threeyears,buttheydonotreallycommunicatewitheachother.Theyhavefiveunmarrieddaughters.Mr.Bennethasagoodsenseofhumourandlikestoteasehiswife.Hepretendsnottounderstandher.Hemakesoutrageousstatementsthathiswifebelieves.Hedoesnotdemonstrateanyaffectiontowardshiswifeandistiredofthewayshebehaves.Mrs.Bennetdoesnotgetupsetwhensheistheobjectofherhusband’ssarcasmandisnotintelligentenoughtodiscriminatebetweenimportantandtrivialinformation.Whensheisfrustratedshecomplainsabouthernerves.Mrs.BennetdoesnotunderstandMr.Bennet,andwhileMrs.Bennet’saiminlifeistogetherdaughtersmarriedtorichmen,Mr.Bennetisnotinterestedinfamilyaffairsanddoesnotseemtothinkmuchofhisdaughters,orgirlsingeneral.Theyareallsillyandignorantlikeothergirls.JaneAustentellsushisfavouritedaughterisElizabeth.

Mr.andMrs.BennetliveatLongbourn.Mr.Bennet’spropertyconsistsalmostentirelyinanestateoftwothousandpoundsayear,which,unfortunatelyforhisdaughters,isentailed,indefaultofheirsmale,onadistantrelation.Thatmeanstherewillbenootherguaranteefortheirdaughters’futurelives,buttheirperspectivemarriages.Therefore,itisnowonderthatMrs.BennettakesMr.Bingleyas“therightfulproperty”（9）fortheirdaughterswhenshehearsaboutthathehasonehundredthousandpoundsproperty,thoughshehasnotevenseenhim-“Asinglemanoflargefortune;

fourorfivethousandayear.Whatafinethingforourgirls!

”（10）Thatisthebeginningofthenovel.Theimplicitmarriagementionedhereobviouslyconcernsnofeelingbutonlyfinancialconditionandsubsistence.Tothosehusband-huntingladies,Mr.Bingleyisanabstractsignal.Themostimportantthingisthathehas“agoodfortune”.Sowecansay,tooppositewiththeproclamationatthebeginning,so-called“asinglemaninpossessionofagoodfortunemustbeinwantofawife”isnotatall“atruthuniversallyacknowledged”,butonlyMrs.Bennet’sownwishfulthinking.Wecanalsosaythat,asZhuHongpointedout,inPrideandPrejudice,thereal“truthuniversallyacknowledged”is“awomanwithoutpropertymustbeinwantofahusbandwithagoodfortune.”（11）

WefirstseeMr.Darcyattheball,“Hesoondrewtheattentionoftheroombyhisfine,tallperson,handsomefeatures,noblemien,andthereportwhichwasingeneralcirculationwithinfiveminutesafterhisentrance,ofhishavingtenthousandayear.”（12）

2.3Mr. 

sisters

NextistheintroductionaboutMr.Bingleyandhistwosisters.

“Theywereinfactveryfineladies;

notdeficientingoodhumorwhentheypleased,norinpowerofbeingagreeablewhentheychoseit,butproudandconceited.Theywereveryhandsome,hadbeeneducatedinoneofthefirstprivateseminariesintown,hadafortuneoftwentythousandpounds,wereinthehabitofspendingmorethantheyought,andofassociatingwithpeopleofrank,werethereforeineveryrespectentitledtothinkwellofthemselves,andmeanlyofothers.TheywereofarespectablefamilyinthenorthofEngland;

acircumstanceismoredeeplyimpressedontheirmemoriesthanthattheirbrother’sfortuneandtheirownhadbeenacquiredbytrade.

Mr.Bingleyinheritedpropertytotheamountofnearlyanhundredthousandpoundsfromhisfather,whohadintendedtopurchaseanestate,butdidnotlivetoit.Mr.Bingleyintendeditlikewise,andsometimesmadechoiceofhiscounty;

butashewasnowprovidedwithagoodhouseandthelibertyofamanor,itwasdoubtfultomanyofthosewhobestknewtheeasinessofhistemper,whetherhemightnotspendtheremainderofhisdaysatNetherfield,andleavethenextgenerationtopurchase.”（13）

2.4GeneralconditionofthelifeoftheBritishcountrysquires

ThenarrationabovedescribestheBritishcountrysquires’life-picturefromoneaspect.Theyhaveenoughmoneyforloafing,andtheseloaferscanaffordbigorsmallresidencewithservantsfororderingabout.Theytakefamilybackgroundseriously,whichisthemostimportantfactortoearnothers’respect,onthebasisoffortuneandgood-breeding.Atthesametime,theywillnottracetoitssources.Inshort,theredoesexiststricthierarchy,whichisclassifiedaccordingtothefa