纯英语论文 《傲慢与偏见》中宾利 和简的婚姻

1、优秀文档，精彩无限！ 题目（中文）：浅议傲慢与偏见中宾利 和简的婚姻 （英文）：the marriage of Bingley and Jane of Pride & Prejudice 学 院 外国语 学院 年级专业 10级外语商贸102班 学生姓名 向敏 学 号 101001124 指导教师 黄嵘 完 成 日 期2012年12 月浅议傲慢与偏见中宾利和简的婚姻Abstract:This article generally analyses the marriage of Bingley and Jane. The author thinks that Bingley and Jan

2、e have many similarities in their characters which lead them to a successful marriage although they all lack strength in their marriage. The author also points out that Bingley and Jane married for love not for the money status or good looks. So the combination of them is really a blessed and happy

3、marriage.Key words:Marriage Love Interests happyContent Jane Austen( 1775-1817 )who was born at Steventon on December 16 1775 was one of the greatest novelists in England. She was the youngest of seven children in her family. She received most of her education at home. Her family are all fond of rea

4、ding books which influenced her very much. Her reading extended little beyond the literature of the eighteenth century and within that period she admired Dr. Johnson particularly. And later she was delighted with both the poetry and prose of Scott. Shedied on July 18 1817 and was buried in the cathe

5、dral in Winchester. She totally wrote six novels in her life. Among the six novels Pride and Prejudice has been valued as the most successful and popular masterpiece. In this novel Jane Austen mainly described the ordinary life of the Bennets . She told us four different marriages to show the reader

6、s that different people have different attitudes towards love. Andalso she expressed her own viewpoints on marriage that a combination based on love and similar interests is a happy and perfect marriage. In her opinion the money-oriented marriage and sex-oriented marriage are not successful although

7、 the people can live together. The theme is narrow but she showed us a beautiful tableau of the England peoples life of her own time. It seems that she had a talent to describe the ordinary life of people.“Read again and for the third time at least Miss Austens very finely written novel of Pride and

8、 Prejudice. That young lady has a talent for describing the involvements and feelings and characters of ordinary life which is to me the most wonderful I ever met with.”1Because of the lack of her experiences and knowledge the characters in Pride and Prejudice are all of her own social class: The la

9、dies and gentlemen of the landed gentry. And also in every conversation there was at least one lady.“The conversations of ladies with ladies or of ladies and gentlemen together are given but no instance occurs of a scene in which men only are present.”2Most parts of the story are the intricacies of

10、courtships and marriages between the members of her class which are great attraction to many readers.Among all the marriages in this novel the combination of pleasant Bingley and mild Jane is the most blessed and happy one. The couple has similar interests and they insisted on pursuing their true lo

11、ve which lead them to a happy and perfect marriage.Mr. Bingley was a good looking and gentlemanlike person whose revenues were about 5000 pounds a year. As a young man who had good breeding he was cordial and simple with easily-led disposition. With this character he never appeared dissatisfied. He

12、was easy to approach and constant in love although he was very rich.However he lacked strength and independence in his marriage which was a grievous defect of him. In the novel Bingley was popular with almost everybody in everywhere. He had a pleasant countenance and easy unaffected manners. It is e

13、asy to find that he was agreeable both in appearance and character. The first appearance of Bingley was the time when he “returned Mr. Benners visit and sat about ten minutes with him in his library.”3But the exact time when the readers began to know him was some days later. At the first ball at Net

14、her field he was shown to everybody and the readers began to make acquaintance of his personality through his behavior.“ Mr. Bingley had soon made himself acquainted with all the principal people in the room he was lively and unreserved danced every dance was angry that the ball closed so early and

15、talked of giving one himself at Nether field. Such amiable qualities must speak for themselves.”4Of course these personal strength won Janes admiration. She thought that he was just what a young man ought to be. In her eyes Mr. Bingley was a sensible good-humored lively young man. And she had never

16、seen anyone who had so many advantages with perfect good breeding He was just her Mr. Right At that ball,“Bingleys attentions to Jane had given rise to a general expectation of their marriage. He spoke of it as a certain event of which the time alone could been decided.”5Mr. Bingley also noticed Jan

17、e at that night. He fell in love with Jane at their first ball and their romance flourished quietly and steadily. His affection towards Jane was obviously sincere and unaffected. It was obvious that when Jane suffered a trifling cold he was worried about her. His anxiety and attention to her was evi

18、dent. For example when Elizabeth said that she couldnt leave her sister because Janes illness was worse “Bingley urged Mr. Joness being sent for immediately.”6 and “Bingley was quite uncomfortable.”7 The following sentences also are the evidences:“ but diffuseness and warmth remained for Bingleys sa

19、lutation. He was full of joy and attention. The first half hour was spent in piling up the fire lest she should suffer from the change of room and she removed at his desire to the other side of the fire-place that she might be farther from the door. He then sat down by her and talked scarcely to any

20、one else.”8It is not difficult for the readers to find Bingleys real concern and affection towards Jane from these details. He was cordial and constant in his love.As a pleasant and modest person Mr. Bingley was far from the man who was strong and determined. This is his merit but also his demerit.

21、His cordial and simple character leads to his quiet romance with Jane. But his weak and easily-led character leads to his parting with Jane. So when their romance went smoothly he suddenly departed from Jane which nearly ends his happy love and marriage.Generally speaking his departure from Jane was

22、 caused by the relationship between him and Darcy. They were good friends although they were different in character.Between them there was a very steady and constant friendship. Bingley was endeared to Darcy by the easiness openness and ductility of his temper. It is no doubt for Darcy that Bingley

23、had the firmest reliance. For Darcy he wanted to help his friend. In his opinion it is impossible for Jane to love Bingley. So he persuaded Bingley not to take Jane in marriage. This point can be found from his letter to Elizabeth:“Her Jane look and manners were open cheerful and engaging as ever bu

24、t without any symptom of peculiar regard and I remained convinced from the evenings scrutiny that though she received his attentions with pleasure she did not invite them by any participation of sentiment.” 9For Bingley he had an easily-led temper. He was so modest and pliable that he had no opinion

25、 about his own marriage. No matter how obvious his attachment to Jane was he believed Darcys representation of Janes indifference was true. Because Mr.Bingleys two sisters didnt like Jane they thought Mr. Bingley should choose Georgiana Darcys sister as his wife. So they also disagree with Bingley a

26、bout his marriage with Jane. Under the influences of his sisters and Mr. Darcy Bingley beganto doubt Janes affection to him. Finally he thought Jane didnt love him so he left her without saying good-bye. Later when all the misunderstandings clarified he came back to Jane at Darcys assistance. Bingle

27、ys indecisive character determines his happiness and results that his life was controlled by others.Jane was the first children in her family. She was a kind and mild girl who was the most beautiful one among her sisters. As an introverted girl she is constant in her love but lacks strength and self

28、-confidence. She didnt want others to know her love to Mr.Bingley so she pretended that she had nothing to do with him. Compared with other girls she was the most mild kind modest and almost perfect girl in this novel.Sometimes she was a little innocent. In her eyes everybody is perfect. She never s

29、aw the ugly fact of life even she was deceived. Her character is vividly showed in many parts of the novel. “Compliments always take you Jane by surprise and me Elizabeth never”10 and“Oh You Jane are a great deal too apt you know to like people in general you never see a fault in anybody all the wor

30、ld are too good and agreeable in your eyes. I Elizabeth never heard you speak ill of a human being in my life.” 11According to this readers can find that how kind and innocent Jane was. And also it is quite natural for Jane to fall in love with the pleasant and simple Bingley. She met him at the bal

31、l and after then she adored Bingley very much. But with her introverted and tranquil disposition Jane controlled her passion too much which nearly consumed her felicity. Although she loved Mr. Bingley after the ball she had no courage to express it. She cherished her feelings towards him but she cho

32、se to conceal it. She didnt display her true feelings. On the contrary she controlled her passion to the best of her ability lest anyone find it. She only showed genteel pleasure and politeness although her heart was fluttering with romantic passion. In a sense her attitude towards love was passive.

33、According to the above Darcy thought that though Jane was pleased with Bingley she didnt love him. He thought Janes“countenance and air was such as might have given the most acute observer aconviction that however amiable her temper her heart was not likely to be easily touched.”12In his eyes Bingle

34、y was involved in an unavailable love. So after then he made great efforts to separate Bingley from Jane.After Bingleys departure Jane suffered great distress. She was very depressed. But because of the defect of her character she pretended to be all right and said nothing about her sadness. Here re

35、aders can find that her weakness and obedience had been thoroughly exposed.In the novel Bingley and Jane never stopped pursuing their true love although there were so many obstacles between them. Fortunately with the help of Darcy and Elizabeth they finally got married and had a happy life. Bingley

36、and Jane had many similarities in their characters which is the main reason to the success of their marriage. They possessed personal attractiveness and dignity social graces and a measure of good sense. They all had good breeding but lacked insight strength and self-confidence. They didnt show thei

37、r insides easily to the publics because they cared the social criticism too much. For Jane she always concealed her true feeling swhich gave others a illusion that she didnt love Bingley. For Bingley he yielded easily to criticism of Janes social position and easily accepted the suggestions of his s

38、isters and Darcy which almost consumed the felicity between Jane and him. In manner of speaking the outside forces facilitated their marriage.According to the relationship between Bingley and Jane love and similar interests are the basic factors of a successful and happy marriage. With many similarities in character people can understand each other easily. Most important of all