【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 awareness. Unlike Darcy and Elizabeth, there is a flaw in the relationship between Bingley and Jane. The flaw is that both characters are too gullible and too goodhearted to ever act strongly against external forces that may attempt to separate them.The marriage between the Mr and Mrs Bennet is an imprudent one, a union of a reasonably intelligent man with an inane wife. These characters are literary devices. The suggestion that the initial attraction is purely physical elucidates that the relationship is based on superficial grounds. Mr. Bennet’s lack of satisfaction in his marriage leads him to shut himself from reality. Mr Bennet has a very witty sense of humor and often takes the mickey out of his wife. This is the only enjoyment he gains from Mrs Bennet. Mr Bennet marries Mrs Bennet on false grounds. Deficiencies which may have initially been attraction have now bee flaws in the marriage. Mr Bennet is seduced by good looks and youth, and the effect of these is that Mr Bennet isolates himself from his family, finding refuge in his library or through mocking his oblivious wife. This bees his only happiness.From the five marriages mentioned above, a conclusion can be drawn that elements necessary for a happy marriage are as follows: love, wealth and intelligence.3. Reasons why these elements are necessary for a happy marriageIn Pride and Prejudice, Austen’s portrayal of the five marriages contributes to the theme that it takes time to build a happy and strong marriage and it must be based on love, fortune and intelligence. Hasty marriage acting on impulse and on facial qualities will not survive and will lead to inevitable unhappiness. Simultaneously, Austen announces those oldfashioned indispensable elements for a successful marriage for women. To a great extent, Austen satires the conventional views on love and marriage by inverting that expectation of love at first sight and the celebration of passion and physical attractiveness, and even marriage on property and status without true love. Pride and Prejudice is most easily defined as a romantic edy, but Austen stresses that the first flush of romantic love will not sustain a marriage and is no basis for happiness. Mr Bennett is described as being captivated by Mrs Bennett’s youth and beauty on first meeting her, but this is inadequate for a relationship to last. Similarly, Wickham’s elopement is, on the face of it, very romantic, as Wickham and Lydia are driven by passionate feeling. But, Austen charts the effect of such recklessness on others, and we see this intensity starting to decline as it is brought into the mundane practicality of the everyday. Love is what Austen puts a great deal of emphasis on. The heroine, Elizabeth, is a loyal follower of her own affection. She encourages Jane to pursue true love with Bingley. She is mitted to her true feelings. She believes happiness is grounded upon mutual understanding and love. She feels it intolerable to learn to marry someone whom she doesn’t love just for the sake of a seeminglynormal life. This is why she is shocked by Charlotte Lucas’s unsentimental detachment: “I am not a romantic. I ask only a fortable home” (Austen, 1948). We indeed could not get married without love. Love is the basis of marriage. Love based on independence and equality is the most important reason to gain happy marriage.Matrimony is a real life, not a fairy imagination. From the perspective of social evolution, mental world is constructed on the base of material situation. Love is indispensable to happy life but not always a right remedy to any pain we may encounter. Love without bread is never lasting. Lydia’s marriage is much less fortunate than her two elder sisters’ because of Wickham’s inferiority to Darcy and Bingley in both morality and wealth. And the latter factor seems more critical. Even Elizabeth is attracted by Wickham’s charm in her first meeting with him unaware of his infamy, but she also tells her aunt she will not have the intention of marrying him, for both of them have no enough money to support their life if they are united. Apparently, wealth is also a necessary element for a happy marriage.Elizabeth is intelligent. She is independent in thought. She possesses the quality of strong reason and keen observation. She has her own attitude towards marriage, and knows the happy marriage should be based on true love and she should choose her partner carefully and seriously. Elizabeth’s independence in thought is also reflected in rejecting Darcy’s proud offer. She can’t endure Darcy’s pride and looking down upon her family. She thinks that both sides should love each other deeply. This is her belief and never shakes. To be a woman who has the sense of equality, she hopes that she can be respected and has the equal right. She insists that if both sides stand on the level of equality, they will gain the happy marriage. Darcy is intelligent and independent in thought, too. He has money and rank. He should marry a girl who has the same condition. But he loves Elizabeth for her charming appearance, intelligence and character. His love to Elizabeth is prevented by his sense of family status. He has tormented but with the effect of Elizabeth he triumphs over himself and loves Elizabeth more. Darcy respects Elizabeth’s idea of equality. Darcy and Elizabeth get united with the foundation of equality. After their marriage they mutually respect and love each other. Their statues are not equal but they can smash the bonds of tradition and can treat equally each other. Their intelligence leads them to a happy marriage.A happy marriage springs from both physical attraction and patibility. So while Bingley may have been drawn to Jane’s beauty, it is their general similarity of feeling and taste that will ensure their marriage lasts. Their love has deepened through their shared setbacks. On the other hand, Darcy and Elizabeth’s love arises only when misunderstanding, and blinding pride