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woman who did not marry could generally only look forward to living with her relatives as a “dependant”, so that marriage is the roof to get out from the difficulties, in which case she could face the unpleasant necessity of going to live with employers as a dependant governess or teacher, or hired lady’s panion.” A woman with no relations or employer was in danger of slipping off the scale of gentility, being an “old maid” was not considered a desirable fate (so when Charlotte Lucas, at age 27, marries Mr. Collins, her brothers are “relieved from their apprehension of Charlotte’s dying an old maid”, and Lydia says “Jane will be quite an old maid soon, I declare. She is almost three and twenty!”). Because all these, some girls were willing to marry just because marriage was the route to keep security, or to escape an uncongenial family situation. In Pride and Prejudice, the dilemma is expressed most clearly by the character Charlotte Lucas, whose pragmatic views on marrying are voiced several times in the novel: “Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object。 it was the only honorable provision for welleducated young women of small fortune, and however uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want.” She is 27, not especially beautiful, and without an especially large “portion”, and so decides to marry Mr. Collins “from the pure and disinterested desire of an establishment”. Marriage in the Pride and Prejudice were a series of special descriptions。 how man look for his wife and how the young women and their mothers choose their future husband refers to many wonderful scenes of the novel. In this study work the writer tries her best to portray many different marriages and love relationships. Although they have entered the marriage’ siege, the awareness of happiness about marriage is diverse. In Jane Austen’s work, love is not the main reason for the marriage, instead the money is also closely related. I want to make a further study on this famous work and the four marriages happened in the novel: Elizabeth and Darcy, Jane and Bingley, Lucas and Collins, and Lydia and Wickham. The different people have the different marriage .The different reasons, purposes and backgrounds make the marriage unique。 the money or economic status in the marriage at that time and the women’s pursuit of marriage freedom and the future development of marriage is important1. The relationship of marriage in the novel and Charlotte’s MarriageIn pride and prejudice, the first part is the marriage of Charlotte and Collins, their marriage is natural. They get married without any expectation and happy. He had known he was right When he arrived the Longbourn and saw Jane Bennet’lovely face. And for the first evening she was his choice ,but the next morning ,after a fifteen minutes conversation with Mrs Bennet ,he had to change his mind, becase the eldest daughter was very likely be soon, Mr Collins had only to change form Jane to Elizabeth .but the Elizabeth refused the Mr Collins twice, finally he gave up. Collins quickly finds fort from Charlotte who desires to get love from a male and believes marriage is the elegant way for a girl with some education, and then they get married as quickly as the lightning. For the first daughter, she has not got married even until 26 years old. She may be a typical questionable girl. However, there are 5 daughters in the Bennetts, the five daughters are gradually growing up to the age f