A Marxist feminist study of pride and prejudice
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2020
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UMT, Lahore
Abstract
The paper aims to analyze the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen in terms of critical feminist theory and Marxist theory which talks about class structure and economic powers. This study discusses how Jane Austen has tried to establish role of women, the issues which are reflected in feminist perspective in this novel, and how the dominant roles are played by the women characters. In perspective with Marxist feminism, this paper provides an insight to readers that the community always took women as the weaker gender, the ones who never had enough opportunities or platforms to practice or enjoy their untapped desires or capabilities. The paper aims at exploring the kind of scenario 19th century women imagined their weddings as and what kind of men were taken as good matchmakers and marriage material. It also highlights the moral standards of society and how Jane Austen has depicted this thought in the novel under the theory of Marxist feminism by Friedrich Engels which argues that “women's oppression arose alongside the development of notions of private property, ownership, and property rights.”