· At first glance, this is a subdued and tame novel. But what are the real perils and difficulties that a woman like Elizabeth faces in life? What are the threats to her living a fulfilled and happy life
The perils in life that woman like Elizabeth in that era was that they could not own property so if they did not marry they would have to marry a man of lower social class where she will not have as much luxury as she grew up with, and if they were past on money or inherit some type of land it would belong to the man she married. Another peril that a woman might face is that they might be forced into marriage for the family's connivence and the woman would not have any choice over it. Some difficulties that woman like Lizzy may face are that they might not find a man that can provide for them and they absolutely fall in love with them but they have no way of surviving together or it could be the opposite like Mr. Collins who has money but is not appealing to the eye. Woman can not talk to men unless they have been introduced before by another man or equal class. so if a Mr Bennett did not think a man was worthy of one of his daughters, if he would not introduce the man to his daughters they could not talk to him even though they may have some sort of attraction towards him. Another difficulty that some woman had is that they had to remain virgins until the day of there wedding day or they would be considered whores who could not marry anyone of there social class and were forced to marry someone of lower social class that they might not love or have any attraction to. Some threats to woman of Elizabeth social class are that they will not be martial if they are not virgins and if they do not fufill to to find a husband before her dad dies like in Lizzies case since she has no brothers she and her sister and mom would be kicked out on the street with little to no money to live in and the sisters would be forced to marry the first man willing to marry them before they die of starvation. I think that it must of been really hard for a woman to know every single rule of there social class and if they messed one up it would ruin there entire future
The perils in life that woman like Elizabeth in that era was that they could not own property so if they did not marry they would have to marry a man of lower social class where she will not have as much luxury as she grew up with, and if they were past on money or inherit some type of land it would belong to the man she married. Another peril that a woman might face is that they might be forced into marriage for the family's connivence and the woman would not have any choice over it. Some difficulties that woman like Lizzy may face are that they might not find a man that can provide for them and they absolutely fall in love with them but they have no way of surviving together or it could be the opposite like Mr. Collins who has money but is not appealing to the eye. Woman can not talk to men unless they have been introduced before by another man or equal class. so if a Mr Bennett did not think a man was worthy of one of his daughters, if he would not introduce the man to his daughters they could not talk to him even though they may have some sort of attraction towards him. Another difficulty that some woman had is that they had to remain virgins until the day of there wedding day or they would be considered whores who could not marry anyone of there social class and were forced to marry someone of lower social class that they might not love or have any attraction to. Some threats to woman of Elizabeth social class are that they will not be martial if they are not virgins and if they do not fufill to to find a husband before her dad dies like in Lizzies case since she has no brothers she and her sister and mom would be kicked out on the street with little to no money to live in and the sisters would be forced to marry the first man willing to marry them before they die of starvation. I think that it must of been really hard for a woman to know every single rule of there social class and if they messed one up it would ruin there entire future