Strong Women, Strong Values. Refers to Elisabeth in Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" and Marian in Margaret Atwood's "The Edible Woman "
Throughout history, society has played an important role in forming the value and attitudes of the population. Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Margaret Atwood's The Edible Woman are two novels which exemplify the negative effects of society's influence. Both Elizabeth Bennet and Marian McAlpin are strong women who rebel against society's influences in their lives. They refuse to accept the pre-set roles and identities handed to them. Both women realize that the individual's needs
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of the characters and restore them to their previously healthy, happy lives.
Works Cited
Atwood, Margaret. The Edible Woman. Toronto : McClelland-Bantam Inc, 1969.
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Toronto : Penguin Books, 1972.
Harding, D. W. Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice and Mansfield Park. Toronto : The MacMillan Press Ltd, 1976.
Keith, W. J. Introducing Margaret Atwood's The Edible Woman. Toronto : ECW Press, 1989.
Litz, Walton A. Jane Austen a Study of her Artistic Development. New York : Oxford University Press, 1965
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