Women emncipation p. 287-288

1.-What degrees of emancipation and/or conservative reinforcement of 18th century family values does Elizabeth Bennett`s marriage to Mr. Darcy?

In the emancipation I think it reflects a little bit in the way that Elizabeth didn`t liked Mr. Darcy in the beggining and so she woulkd refuse to marry him if he asked. In the conservative 18th century ways it could be the marriage still being the main goal of women.

2.- What attitudes to marriage does Pride and Prejudice convey? What other opinions did Elizabeth had?

The main attitude I think would be that you don`t have to marry someone if you don`t want to, and so does Elizabeth, refusing to marry Mr. Collins because she doesn`t like him.

3.-How does this introduction affect your reading and approach to the novel?

This gives me an idea on what was the social and cultural context of the novel, so now it will help me understand some decisions of the characters and also some attitudes.

4.-How coul the social circumstances and contexts of Pride and Prejudice apply to different cultures and context today?

Now a days we can say that women do the same amount of things than men, so they did emancipated almost completely, but still there are some cultures where men is more powerful than women and were marriages are still arranged, for example in South Korea.