Write at least two to three paragraphs (6-8 sentences each) to answer the following question:

Within the society that Jane Austen depicts throughout her novel, Pride and Prejudice, women are confined to social conventions. Through the discourse of conversation between characters, we learn what is expected of women, such as,

A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages, to deserve the word; and besides all this, she must possess a certain something in her air and manner of walking, the tone of her voice, her address and expressions. (p.27)

While Austen presents to us characters who esteem such an abundance of narrow qualities in women, she moreover presents to us a few characters who do not strictly obey convention. Through the voice of Elizabeth, for example, we witness a young woman who rejects the marriage request of Mr.Collins and defies her mother’s wishes concerning the subject. We also see Elizabeth disapprove of Miss Lucas’s decision to marry for non romantic, practical reasons. It is evident that Austen is providing a window through which the reader has the opportunity to judge conventionality. And it is significant that this window is seen especially through the eyes of a woman. But how far does Austen allow women to stray from convention? And how deeply does she permit us to judge convention? After all, the focus of the story is centered around the conventions and expectations of courtship and marriage.

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