In present day, we believe in marriage as a tie between two people in love, and not an act aimed to gain wealth or social standing. However, in the novel, Pride and Prejudice, this was not the case. Many of the characters in the novel married for sake of convenience and advancing their status in society. Throughout the novel we begin to understand the types of marriages that occur, ranging from the pure love, Darcy and Lizzy, to marriages made of convenience and necessity, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet's and Charlotte and Mr. Collins.
             The first married couple identified are the Bennet's. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet was in fact not out of love. In the beginning of the novel it is very noticeable that their behaviors are different towards one another. It seems apparent that they are not really in love with each other. An example of this is when Mrs. Bennet begs with Mr. Bennet to visit Mr. Bingley. The reason being was so that her eligible daughters could form an acquaintance with the rich Mr. Bingley. In response, Mr. Bennet gives the impression that he is busy doing something else and shrugs off his wife's proposal as another childish idea. Throughout the novel Mrs. Bennet is constantly trying to marry off her five daughters, while Mr. Bennet seems to be laid back and careless. Unless his wife is doing something foolish where he can no longer disregard and at that point puts his foot down. There seems to be no true mutual bond between them except for the fact that they want to keep their daughters happy.
             The second couple married, not out of love, but for the convenience was Charlotte Lucas and Mr. Collins. Charlotte's reason for marrying Mr. Collins is simply because she knows that he would be able to provide for her the life she wants. Another reason is Charlotte who is twenty-seven years of age, has come to the realization that she might not have the opportunity to marry again. A major conce...