Through this chapter I was able to better understand gender through Jane Austen’s point of view. This is mainly because for her gender had to do with ethics. Ethics is defined as “the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture” according to Dictionary.com. Therefore, her characters were portrayed in certain ways throughout her novels. For instance, the Bennet’s, were content with the fact that their daughter Lydia was marrying Mr. Wickman (who many thought to be a scoundrel) rather than giving up they good name and standing. This is mainly because they did not have a lot of room in society to let others think of them in a bad light. For during this time your family name was everything, especially if you were not well endowed like Mr. Darcy. If he were do something against societies standings, it would most likely be over looked because of how much money he had. Also women were though of differently during this time, they were not thought of as independent, like now. Therefore when Lydia took a carriage ride with Wickman it was frowned upon. Whereas now of days it would be considered as completely normal.
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