fortune, must be in want of a wife' , this is Austen's way of telling us that the fact that a young man is wealthy, makes him the object of desire of all unmarried women. The statement introduces the subject of the romantic novel; courtship and marriage. The sentence also introduces the issue of what the reasons for marrying are. She implies here that many young women marry for money, like Charlotte and Mr. Collins : "I …showed first 75 words of 1352 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1352 total…significant detail. Jane Austen, in doing this is suggesting that society would be better if it followed Elizabeth and Darcy's example. By controlling pride and prejudice, and by learning that compromise is sometimes the best way to happiness, society can hope to improve itself. Marriage in the end, is the perfect ending, since it is both an affirmation of the values of society as well as a personal fulfillment of themselves and of their love.