Pride and Prejudice reinforce or erode sexist stereotypes of women (Research essay) Jane Austen lived in a society where sexist values were believed to be perfectly natural and it was surely difficult for her to refrain from supporting some of thes Continue Reading...
Pride and Prejudice and Sexist Stereotypes of Women The novel Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, was first published in 1813, almost two hundred years ago. The story reflects the author's feelings about marriage, the decorum of a lady, and the rel Continue Reading...
The fact that marriage is the only real option open to women and that to be unmarried is to a certain extent to be a social misfit, is central to the social critique and the understanding of gender stereotypes that Austen expertly reveals to the rea Continue Reading...
" A woman, although not receiving an inheritance, knew that she would at least be under the roof of her husband. Johnson, in her book, Jane Austen: Women, Politics and the Novel, characterizes Austen as a novelist who "defended and enlarged a progre Continue Reading...
