Comical and Satirized Characters in Pride and Prejudice and Sense and S

Jane Austens use of badinage in her novels, conceit and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, break from the boundaries of sen clippingntal writing. This go forth Austen open to a lifetime of criticism, only to be hailed after her time as one of the greatest writers of the English language. Much of Austen?s soundly-disposed commentary on Regency England was done through flat comical characters much(prenominal) as Mrs. white avens, Mr. Collins, wench Catherine, Mrs. Jennings, and others. All of which argon amusingly oblivious to anything deeper than the rules and aspirations peck by society. The dialogue of their interactions and the irony of their situations add bodily fluid as well as reinforce the idiocy presented by the very first tone of Pride and Prejudice, It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single humanity in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife (Austen 3). Mrs. Bennet?s actions as a mother are not unjustified. Because the Bennet estate was entailed, the marriage of her daughters was requirement for their secured wellbeing. In Chapter 20 Elizabeth refuses Mr. Collins marriage proposal. Her mother, who views the match as advantageous, is shadowy and expresses her grief to Mr. Bennet, ?Nobody can tell what I suffer - barely it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied? (Austen 130). Austen?s criticism is clarified by Mrs. Bennet?s obsession with marriage, ?The problem of her life was to get her daughters married? (Austen 6). ?Happy for all her maternal feelings was the solar day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two most deserving daughters? (Austen 432). Mrs. Bennet?s ideas of marriage fully overlook love of the person. They settle in her foundations that happiness with another person is provided by an improvement in wealthiness or social st... ...zzle, the characters Jane Austen satirizes would fall short in fitting everything together. Mrs. Bennet, Mr. Collins, Lady Catherine, Mrs. Jenning s, and all the other comedic characters in the novels appear only to see the flesh of people. They focus on wealth, status, and connections. Even when the outline of the pieces fit, they fail to any sack up sense when put together. The reason being the characters Austen pokes fun at are so focus on the externals. They are ignorant to the individual send off inside each piece. Austen uses flat satirical characters to add interest and humor to her works, but also to comment on the faults in peoples? attitudes toward society, marriage, possessions, and position.Works Cited Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Norwalk The Easton Press, 2007. Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility. New York Barnes and Noble Inc., 2006.