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Pride and Prejudice 63008 Views
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Elizabeth thinks Darcy's a callous jerk; he thinks she’s a gold-digger. You know these two are just MFEO.
Transcript
- 00:04
Pride and Prejudice, a la Shmoop: Keeping Up With the Bennets.
- 00:08
Independence gets a lot of good press. . . . . .as well as some epic celebrations.
- 00:14
When we go to the movies. . . ...we can't get enough of characters who are
- 00:17
fearless. . . . . .feisty. . .
- 00:19
. . .and know how to stand up for themselves. Which pretty much sums up Elizabeth Bennet.
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- 00:24
So, if she was so independent. . . . . .why did she cave and marry Darcy?
- 00:30
Was it because she was in looovvve? Once she and Darcy got through all that messy
- 00:36
miscommunication. . . . . .she probably thought they had a good
- 00:40
shot at a marriage of equals. . . . . .even if he did majorly diss her at that
- 00:45
party. And if a little romance wasn't reason enough,.
- 00:49
. . . . .let's not forget her family's situation.
- 00:52
The Bennets were broke. . . . . .and Darcy had a boatload of cash and
- 00:55
a sweet place to live. Maybe she was just being a dutiful daughter.
- 00:59
Marrying into money and privilege to lift her family out of their financial woes...
- 01:03
Was it really her fault that marrying Darcy would make her life easier?
- 01:07
And it was the 19th Century, by the way. Women didn't have a lot of options.
- 01:12
Internet dating wouldn't come around for another hundred years or so.
- 01:18
Marriage was something expected of a woman. It wasn't about love so much as forming unions
- 01:22
between families, and moving up in the world. Even royalty would use marriage as a way to
- 01:28
form alliances with other kingdoms. After all, a princesses was expected to marry
- 01:34
a prince... it was her duty. Even if he was a little less than charming.
- 01:39
So, why did Elizabeth and Darcy get hitched? Was it all about the love. . .
- 01:45
. . .a great opportunity to help her struggling family. . .
- 01:48
. . .or was she just doing what a woman was expected to do?
- 01:52
Shmoop amongst yourselves
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