man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” Austen depicts the top two percentage of British society, the “highest orders,” throughout her novel of manners. Mr. Darcy, a man of supreme elitism, lives in Pemberly, an estate of stature, and is part of the leisured class. On the contrary, Elizabeth Bennett is a woman born into less than desirable marriage qualities due to her mother entering courtship with a man of higher class. Thus, inequality is a theme that Austen dramatizes during…
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