Jane austens moralism in her writings or in any case related to morality in prid & prejudice
Out line....
First the intro about moralism
& then pursue the remaining portion of the question
Definition of moralism
Principle of judgement of things , good or bad , concernd with mannerism a little
Particular system of values & principles of conduct , the extent to which an action is right or wrong
So here in this Novel of Austen v find so many examples , but when v read the novel v find that austen is not preaching the moralism but making the readers to ponder and gradually build the true image of what v call morality
Lets take a look on this novel
There r many a places where v find vived examples of moralism for instance the first encounter of Darcy & Elizabeth which is not a pleasnt 1 that acctually builds a base in the mind of heroin that darcy is not a good person ,he is highly arrogant
Yup that is true he acctually is arrogant but jane austenz main purpose is not to raise the question of an individual , but she deals with the concern oof a society, the prosperity of a society
In society it is not allowed to intermingle with people of lower rank
As mr bingley said to Jane that his social circule would not allow him to marry a girl of petty belongings
From very first meeting of both the protagonists v find elizbeth'z prejudice being rooted in her mind which gradually develops and this is a shortcoming of a charectr & darcy'z pride that was his shortcoming so first half of the novel contrive of development of both the chrectersbut till the conclusion v find they overcome these deficiencies
So this is the Craftiness of authoress that how initially she grows the things which mostly moralistic people abohr
First elements of abhorrences & then kind of catharsis by bringing them to light that they were wrong in judgement
So many examples r there of moral
Bingley who is being guided by Darcy , cant take his own decision it looks bad and against manners he must take his decision on his own, then the superficial awkward kind of pride in lady Catherine,
The bingley sisters
The vulgarity of mrs Bennet
Carelessness of mr bennet
Collins , a clergyman but deprived of ethics , he is like a fool relates the everydayz events as they were beneficial to religion
The worst of all george Wickham & lydia
Done an act of embarrassment by eloping
But she depicted them so beautifully that a commen reader likes the good acts and despise the bad acts
In fact the act of elopement has not cost the individuals but to society
So by binding them into wedlock presented as a compensation
& depicted in such a way that every reader feel tjat such things should have been done
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Its like stories v read diffrent stories and in the end v write morals
I cant explain it bettr then this😜
There r few other things elaboration would reqiur tons of timr
Stdy of characters major minor would be important
Tjat acctually explains almost every thing
"Jane Austen as a moralist"
Jane Austen belonged to Eighteen century literary world of morality nd pursued this very purpose ...yet she didn't endorse n patronize the direct preaching of moral conduct....here v have to define morality as pronouncement which contains advice abt proper behaviour n gives us theory concerning fundamentals of rightness, wrongness, evil n good of society
Then here is a fact that she was not an avowed moralist nd negated the conventional method of morality
As she was bound to pursue the Eighteen century moral vision so she did her job exquisitely
She emphasised on mannerism nd censured the direct preaching in Pride and prejudice... She criticised always in a way that was unnoticed but attained the purpose of targeting goal perfectly... Here i recollect the iceberg theory by Hemingway who endorsed not to give deatailed view of his preaching but to hide it under cover n let his readers to booklore
So was she... She made her readers to booklore n perceive their own views about moral
Here are salient features of objectivity which she achieved as moralist
1..She despised tge conventional preaching of morality
She emphasised on mannerism n pointing out anto social elememts such as jealousy, animosity, vanity, hypocrisy, pride n prejudice
3....she embarked on the frailty if bad upbringing of children n points out how Mr. Bennet confined him to librerary n avoid his responsibilities as a father n nonsense of Mrs. bennet which ended up in elopement of Lydia wid Wickham
4....here a very stupendous quality she exibits that she didn't idealised her characters n shatters their follies n flaws.... Even the mainp protagonists hero n heroine of the play can be seen having grudges n developing pride n prejudice against each other but by tge time their sensible nature n sagacity made them sort out these issues n overcome their frailties n follies
5...she meditated nd thoroughly justified the standards of marriages
according to her moral codes marriage is all about developing a compatibility n trust b/w 2 ppl, esteem, good n mutual affection is tge essence of successful marriage
In case of Elizabeth n Darcy we see they fall into gulf of animosity 1st but aftr evaluation of themselves they decided to get married but the result was contrast in case of Lydia n Wickham where amorousness resulted in Elopement of them n soon the avarice nature of Wickham was revealed upon all ...so by comparing n contrasting 4 couples Austen accomplished her mission to make ppl aware of possibilities of making successful marriages
6...last but not the least point we must discuss about the hindress.... Stumbling block in the way of lovers in form of Hypocrisy... Here comes (Aunt of Darcy) Lady Catherine who wants Darcy to marry her daughter as both if families belonged to elite class so she was there to make Elizabeth to refuse Darcy as she belonged to middle class but Elizabeth denied her suggestion
[1/6, 11:16 AM] pu ms ayesha: In concluding lines i want to appreciate her role as moralist as she lashes out n shatters the follies n frailties of society in a discreet way... N rebuked the social evils,...rampant at her time... So her views n conclusions are still valid for our time n age
Her comedy novel arises from conflict of illusion n reality her craftsmanship, her diction, her discreet way to rebuke frailties ,her avoidance of romantic elememts such as individual n natural beauty ...made her a blossom of 18th century nd Forerunner of 19th century of romanticism
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