Essay on Pride and Prejudice as Romantic Novel and...

Pride and Prejudice as Romantic Novel and Romantic Criticism To a great extent, Jane Austen satirizes conventional romantic novels by inverting the expectations of love at first sight and the celebration of passion and physical attractiveness, and criticizing their want of sense. However, there are also elements of conventional romance in the novel, notably, in the success of Jane and Bingleys love. The first indication of Austens inversion of accepted romantic conventions is Elizabeth and Darcys mutual dislike on first sight. However, Jane and Bingley fall in love almost immediately, and the development of their romance follows conventional romantic-novel wisdom, down to the obstacles in the form of Darcys and†¦show more content†¦Austen shows the development of Elizabeths love for Darcy, from gratitude and esteem after the letter to the certainty of love she realises at the onset of the Lydia episode. Even Jane and Bingleys happiness are accounted for by the presence of an excellent understanding in Jane and the superexcellent disposition, and a general similarity of character in both. Elizabeth sees the mutual benefit that must arise from her marriage with Darcy; from her liveliness his mind would have been softened, his mind improved and she would benefit from his judgment and [gd.] knowledge of the world. However, the emphasis on the need for reason does not preclude all passion; Jane Austen does not, as she has been accused of, forsake passion for consciousness. The rationale behind Elizabeths love is sound; yet there exists another element of passion and love and care, that causes her to be embarrassed and apprehensive and eager in Darcys presence, and that moves Darcy to propose to her despite the inferiority of her connections and the disapprobation of his aunt. Austen, unlike her Romantic counterparts, advocates a balance between passion and reason in romance. 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