Pride And Prejudice And The Edible Woman: Negative Effects Of The Society's Influence
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Pride and Prejudice and The Edible Woman: Negative Effects of the Society's
Throughout history, society has played an important role in forming
the value and attitudes of the population. Jane Austen's Pride and
Prejudice and Margaret Atwood's The Edible Woman are two novels which
exemplify the neg ....
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.... novel, society prominently displays its views on
marriage. When Mr. Bingly moves to town, Mrs. Bennet immediately entreats
her husband to go introduce himself. Mrs. Bennet describes Bingly as “a
single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine
thing for our girls!” (51). Bingly is immediately acceptable due to his
money and connections, and Mrs. Bennet is already dreaming that one of her
children will marry him. In fact, “the business of her life was to get he ....
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