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In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen explored three kinds of motivations of marriage the middleclass people had in the second half of the 18th century. Try to make a brief discussion about them with specific examples from the novel. Make comments on Austen’s attitude towards these motivations.

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参考答案:A. Motivation one: to pursue material interest through marriage; Wickham, Miss Bingley and Charlotte Lucas are examples of this kind.
B. Motivation two: to seek sensual pleasure and beauty; Lydia is example of this kind.
C. Motivation three: to search for true love and also take personal merits and financial positions into consideration; Elizabeth Bennet is a typical example of this kind.
D. Austen celebrated the third kind of motivations of marriage while criticizing the first two wrong motivations.

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