Marriages Within Pride and Prejudice Many motives besides love seal the bond of matrimony in Jane Austen’s masterpiece Pride and Prejudice. The pivotal theme in the novel is that marriage is important to individuals and society. Throughout the novel, the author describes the various types of marriages and reasons behind them. The marriage of Darcy and Elizabeth are the outcome of true love between well-matched persons. This is one of the only relationships centered …showed first 75 words of 1329 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1329 total…time where women were not able to make a living on their own, marriage was the only way to attain a wealthy lifestyle. The few couples that were able to marry purely for love display the ideals that we search for in a marriage today. While it is not always possible to marry purely for love alone, a couple cannot function the way a married couple should if their relationship based only on material things.