The Feminism in the Eye of Jane Austen

In this paper the author first makes an analysis of the feminism hinted in Jane Austen, she implicitly expresses her discontentment of a popular view of her day—women were born less talented than men and women were less rational than men. As is known, nearly every literary works has its own social or political background. Pride and Prejudice is no exception. So the writing about feminism in this novel, namely the status of women, legalities of marriage, women’s education, moral standard upon sex as well as Jane Austen’s own life experience. It was thought that Austen was a romance writer who taught virtue in her prose.