The Need to Compromise

An individual often pursues either love or money figuring that is the only way to happiness. However, usually, the real path to happiness is through compromise between love and money. This is the situation in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. Austin first shows us two unsuccessful marriages to show that compromise between love and money is necessary to find the perfect match. Both these unsuccessful marriages lack the aspect compromise between the two partners. …

…she does on money. Though Austin herself never was married she seems to have a great understanding about marriage. It seems that she sees love as a force separate from society because her time period most marriages were conducted solely on the basis of money. Maybe the reason she never married was because she was never able to make the compromise with love and money that was needed for her to have a successful future.