Abstract
Jane Austen is acknowledged for the application of realism and satire in her novels. This paper focuses on the analysis of realism and satire in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice; however, her entire oeuvre spotlights the features (of satire and realism) alongside robust feminism: typical of her literary taste and temperament, not necessarily of the Romantic Age which she lived in. Rigorous analysis and realistic observation reveals that the employment of realism and satire in Pride and Prejudice, are quite obvious, in all sorts of aspects including narrative, settings, themes and characters. Analysis of the novel under study leads to the observation that satire and realism go hand in hand in the said novel—intermittently—and thoughtfully. Conclusively, it is observed that Jane Austen’s literary life had a tremendous influence on how to subsume realism (primarily through matrimonies) of age and satire on a romantic society (whereby ideals collapse headlong), in Pride and Prejudice.
Highlights
The novel, Pride and Prejudice (1813), revolves around the main and repeated themes of Pride and Prejudice
Mr Darcy does not realise how these traits bear upon his character adversely though he is well aware of the presence of these qualities
The sarcasm disparages traditional and conventional social hierarchal structure of Romantic Age and underscores the perception that Jane Austin is a realist in the context of the novel under study
Summary
The novel, Pride and Prejudice (1813), revolves around the main and repeated themes of Pride and Prejudice. Contrariwise, Elizabeth does not know her quality of discerning people’s character has grown into pride. She feels it her insult to know that the traits of pride and prejudice are present in her personality. She never expected to possess these qualities. Such anomalies in the novel lead to irony of situation which further highlights the title, the main themes in the novel, the social relationship between men and women, and stabilises the issues of pride and prejudice. The realism maybe seen in the issues of status and class, the fall of the old aristocracy, the gentry and the yeomanry, the capitalist system, the eternal fight of reason against fancy, the moral issues, match-making (not as a consequence of love, but as a way to assure social and financial security), and women’s role in a society with delicate manoeuvring
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