The Literal Meaning of Jane’s Struggle

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1. The Struggle of Jane Bennet

This part tells the meanings of the Bennets’ struggles from Jane Bennet when she has to face the conflict between Mr. Bingley and Caroline Bingley Mr. Bingley’s sister and herself. The meanings of the Bennets’ struggle is divided into two parts. The first meaning is literal meaning of struggle and the second is true meaning of struggle.

a. The Literal Meaning of Jane’s Struggle

In this part, the writer explains the literal meaning of struggle from Jane Bennet. From the conflict that Jane Bennet has to face, the writer can get the meaning of struggle based on how she survives and solves the conflict she has. First, the writer gives the very brief expl anation of Jane Bennet’s conflict. In the novel, Jane Bennet is falling in love with Mr. Bingley. However, when Jane is trying to get closer to Mr. Bingley, Caroline Bingley is trying to make a distance between her brother and Jane Bennet. Mr. Darcy also tries to separate Bingley and Jane. Mr. Darcy does it because he gets the wrong perception of Jane’s feeling towards Mr. Bingley. He thinks that Jane only wants Mr. Bingley’s wealth. Jane’s struggle begins when she knows Caroline Bingley does not want to help her meet Mr. Bingley. It is because Caroline Bingley considers that her social class with Jane Bennet is different. Therefore, she wants her brother to get married with Mr. Darc y’s sister. Mr. Darcy’s misconception of Jane’s feeling towards Mr. Bingley also has the effect. Mr. Darcy persuades Mr. Bingley not to 27 meet Jane Bennet. He uses his power to persuade Mr. Bingley to forget Jane Bennet. However, Jane and Mr. Bingley cannot deny their feelings, so that they struggle for their feelings. Jane refuses to judge Caroline Bingley and Mr. Darcy as bad people, although those two people are trying to separate them. On the other hand, Jane needs to struggle her feeling to Mr. Bingley. She believes that Mr. Bingley loves her too and they would be reunited again, although the society does not support her and she knows that Caroline Bingley makes distance between her and Mr. Bingley. The conflict is finally settled down when Mr. Bingley proposes Jane Bennet. Jane Austen describes Jane Bennet as the happiest woman in the world because finally she can marry Mr. Bingley. Just like Elizabeth says about Jane and Mr. Bingley’s love struggle. “And this,” said she, “is the end of his entire friend’s anxious circumspection Of all his sister’s falsehood and contrivance The happiest, wisest, most reasonable end” Pride and Prejudice, p.277 Jane maintains her feeling for Mr. Bingley though the surrounding people do not support her, until Jane and Mr. Bingley can meet again and Mr. Bingley proposes her to be her wife. Jane never doubts her feeling. She struggles her feeling towards Mr. Bingley and she believes that her effort will not be useless. Based on Jane’s life problem and the way she solves the conflict, the literal meaning of Jane’s struggle is discovered. It is the fact that she maintains her feeling and does not give up although the high class people oppress her, in order to maintain their control of low class and to maintain their high class status. 28

b. The True Meaning of Jane’s Struggle