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In Pride and Prejudice, Charlotte is a good friend of the heroine Elizabeth.
She was intelligent and assertive, but because of her modest appearance and poor background, she did not have a favorite until the age of 27.
Until she met Collins.
Collins is Elizabeth's cousin, a young man in his twenties who has never received a decent education since childhood.
By chance, he received the gift of the local nobleman Lady Catherine and became a priest, and he immediately raised his eyebrows and felt superior.
At this time, he thought that as long as he married a beautiful wife, he would be a winner in life.
At first, he chose Jane, the most beautiful Jane in Bennet's household, but when he learned that she was already interested, he quickly turned his sights to Elizabeth.
Unexpectedly, it was fiercely rejected by Elizabeth.
Undeterred, Collins turned around and wooed Charlotte, Elizabeth's friend, with great success.
When Elizabeth learned this, she was surprised and puzzled, and more angry, because she felt that Collins was not worthy of Charlotte's love at all.
You must know that Collins proposed marriage twice in three days, two different marriage proposals, and was a proper scumbag.
Charlotte didn't know it, and she knew he didn't love her at all.
But why would Charlotte agree to his marriage proposal?
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Charlotte said what she thought:
"I am a 27-year-old young woman with no money and no hopes."
"I've become a burden to my parents..."
In comparison, Collins is her best choice at this time.
Charlotte sees things realistically and thoroughly.
As she herself said, she has never been a romantic person and has seen the truth of marriage early on.
Compared with romance, she is more concerned about the material conditions of accidents and the dull life of firewood, rice, oil and salt.
Because only these can make her food and clothing.
Therefore, even if there is no love, she will choose to marry bread.
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In fact, what girl doesn't yearn for love that goes both ways? Smart as Charlotte is no exception, but she is well aware that she has three objective conditions that are subject to limitations:
First, from the description of the book, Charlotte should be the oldest of the girls, and in those days, she was already an older young woman.
Third, she looks average, her appearance is not outstanding, and it is not easy to find a boy with good conditions and loves her.
Second, the family has no family property to inherit, and feels that they have become a burden to their parents and have no choice.
Instead of dragging yourself and your parents into other people's talk and jokes all the time, it is better to find a suitable person to marry as soon as possible, and Collins was undoubtedly the best choice at that time.
Sure enough, when the family learned that Collins had successfully proposed to her, they were all happy and thought that she was very well married.
Although Collins is a hypocritical person, he has good financial conditions and has a certain family property to inherit.
After Charlotte gets married, even if the two do not love each other, they can live a very good material life.
Charlotte has such a marriage partner, and her family feels very good.
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Of course, Elizabeth, who is dedicated to love, will not understand Charlotte's choice, so Charlotte explains:
"I'm not a romantic, I've never been that kind of person, I just want a comfortable home.
In terms of Collins' character, kinship, and social status, I believe that marrying him is as likely as much as most people boast when they get married. ”
It can be seen from Charlotte's words that she lives extremely soberly, and the reason why she is willing to marry someone she does not love, of course, also knows that the other party does not love her, not because she does not look forward to love, but rather than unrealistic pursuits, she is more willing to base herself on reality and do practical things.
"For women who don't have money, love is far less important than marriage.
Although marriage does not necessarily make people happy, it is always the most suitable safe for women to ensure that they do not go hungry. ”
The marriage was quickly finalized, and it didn't take long for the two to become husband and wife.
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When I first read this text when I was a child, I didn't understand it, and I looked down on Charlotte, feeling that in order to pursue a material life, she chose to marry someone she didn't love.
Now that people are middle-aged, look at this text again, and realize that Charlotte is sober in the world, and she is the person who knows life best.
In fact, judging from Charlotte's final life choice, isn't this what most girls in our ordinary families will choose?
Only a very small number of girls can get their wish to fall in love and eventually marry love.
The heroine Elizabeth in "Pride and Prejudice" is a typical example. She met Mr. Darcy, who was well-off and loved her very much, so her marriage was happier than the average person.
And many girls are not so lucky, at first very attached to love, but later for various reasons, reality forced to make compromises.
In this life, whether people can meet love and then be lucky to marry love is completely a matter of chance.
Just like Charlotte, she did not wait for love, nor did she expect love, reality forced her to make compromises, and when she met Collins, who was suitable in all aspects, she married without hesitation.
In fact, she also knows what kind of life she will live after marriage, as said in the book, after Collins completed the marriage task, he was still busy with his boss and forgot his wife long ago.
Most of the time, she was alone in the empty room.
But what else? This is her best choice when weighing the pros and cons.
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In the original novel, the author has this text describing Charlotte:
She didn't value men and married life very much, marriage was her goal, and for a well-educated young woman with little wealth, marriage was the only decent way out.
Although marriage does not necessarily make people happy, it is always the most suitable safe for women. ”
The sober Charlotte in the world, despite her young age, has long seen through the essence of marriage - marrying a man, dressing and eating.
Don't worry about the life of firewood, rice, oil and salt, this is the free life she wants.
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