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landed gentry
Profits from Industrial Revolution and expanding colonial system
Strived

to align themselves with England’s landed aristocracy
Purchased estates and country homes to rival aristocratic mansions
Newly acquired wealth and possessions

aristocracy
Upper class was old hereditary aristocracy and the new

landed gentry who came into money through commercial enterprise and ascended from the middle class
Upper class did not work and frequently employed farmers to work their land
Upper class controlled England’s politics

who does not have to work for a living
Employs

workers to farm his land, surrounding families depend on his patronage

acquired wealth through trade, gave up his business, and

moved his family to the country
He and his sisters are now considered upper class

middle-class family
Longbourn House in Hertfordshire – 2,000 per year
Must

work to cultivate land
Few servants and limited financial resources

rights
Depend on men for protection and survival
Women could not

own property (they were considered property)
Depended on fathers to “give them away” to a lucrative marriage
At death, property went to another male heir
Finding a husband was a necessity not a social preoccupation

would be passed through several generations within a family;

usually closest male relative
Lady Catherine DeBourgh, patroness of Rosings Park, is a rare example of an independent woman who inherits the estate of her father.

that arises when members of middle class, such as

Bennets, mingle socially with members of the upper classes, represented by Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley.
Austen was critical of the social barrier between middle and upper class (while remaining silent about members of lower class)
Elizabeth Bennet breaks class barrier

depends on successful union with suitable husbands
Women often forced

into marital unions purely out of financial necessity
New ideal of marriage and partnership based on mutual respect and love
Expectation of social network above individual desire for privacy
Family’s reputation was tied to reputation of each individual member

depends on respect of friends and neighbors
Woman who engaged

in inappropriate behavior with a man prior to marriage was morally corrupt. No virtue = social outcast
Elizabeth values personal worth and individual character over reputation and status
Standards of proper social etiquette

complicate the relationships between characters
Both characters must set aside

their pride and prejudice and form an opinion based on respect and cordial friendship
Error in judgment with Wickham who creates a bad image of Darcy
Must look beneath the surface of a person’s character

ridicule a particular person or group
Disguise criticism of an

intended target by clothing it in humorous language, funny characterizations, and sarcasm
Austen satirizes Mrs. Bennet and her need to marry her daughters; also Mr. Collins’ high opinion of himself which often makes him the laughingstock of society