Stress to Alice that she "must understand... the world into which Jane Austen was born", analyzing and comparing the past historical context with the modern one. Weldon reinforces the urgency, absolute importance, and purpose of marriage through the use of fragmented sentences: “So getting married was a great prize. It was a woman's goal." Analyzing Weldon's interpretation in the context of "Pride" helps the audience assimilate the significant influence of marriage in "Pride" by comparing the differences in marriage between Austen's time and the modernized values of the 19th century. Weldon satirically states that marriage "is the stuff of our women's magazines, but it was the stuff of their lives, of their very existence." In addition to this, Weldon through the language of emotions, creates a sense of empathy when he compares the women of the Georgian era with modern women: "Women were born poor and lived well only because of the favor of their husbands." These connections clearly demonstrate that through Weldon, the understanding of the value of marriage is greatly enhanced by comparing Regency and modern marriage.
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