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This is a 4 page paper that provides an overview of gender roles in Austen's "Pride and Prejudice". The character of Elizabeth is examined in contrast to social mores of the time. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Subversion of Victorian Stereotypes in Austens "Pride and Prejudice"
, 9/2010 --properly! In the annals of "womens literature", Jane Austen is something of a pioneer. Along with her contemporaries, the
Bront? sisters, she produced narrative works of great complexity, identifiable primarily because of their innovative characterization of women. Through Austens depiction of women in the context of her narratives, she
reflects the concerns of the burgeoning womens rights concerns of her time, and her characters become symbolic of the various ways in which women were repressed by Victorian society, and
the mechanisms by which they might break free. Often, however, this was done in very subtle ways. Austens most famous novel, "Pride and Prejudice", is ostensibly a story about a
girl from a well to do family who marries a wealthy man and lives happily ever after; superficially, this might not sound like much of a subversion of the typical
gender role. However, Austens protagonist in "Pride and Prejudice", Elizabeth, despite being couched in a somewhat traditional narrative and being surrounded by non-progressive female characters, manages to erode female stereotypes
by refusing to engage with the narrative on any terms but her own; by her actions, she changes the way in which women were depicted in Victorian literature, establishing herself
as a person with economic interests, a distaste for prevailing social mores, and perhaps most importantly, the institution of marriage itself. This paragraph helps the student show how Elizabeths recognition
of the economic side of marriage places her ahead of the conventional Victorian depiction of females. If a typical Victorian depiction of love involved a woman falling head over heels
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