"The arts of pleasing men, in other words, are not only angelic characteristics; in more worldly terms, they are the proper acts of a lady" (816, Gilbert & Gubar).
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife" (43, Austen).
How does gender impact the way in which authors write about men and women?
In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice opening sentence, the author concludes that all people are aware that a single man in good fortune is looking to get hitched. Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar state that it is only proper for women to please men. The implications of these two texts seem to imply that each sex is dependent upon the other. It would seem that a man in possession of a good fortune would want a lady who can properly please him. It is interesting to see women writing that pleasing men is amongst the proper things any women must do.
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