Mrs. Bennet's marriage ambitions from "summary" of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Mrs. Bennet is determined to find husbands for her five daughters. She is willing to go to great lengths to make sure that they are married, even if it means making them do things they don't want to do. She is very passionate about getting them married as soon as possible.- Mrs. Bennet's single ambition in life is getting her daughters married off into wealthy families. She believes that marriage is the most practical way to secure a comfortable life for them.
- Whenever she hears of a wealthy gentleman planning to visit or live nearby, she starts scheming as to how she could arrange a marriage between him and one of her daughters.
- Mrs. Bennet puts more stock in monetary stability rather than romantic love when it comes to marriage for her offspring.
- On various occasions, Mrs. Bennet shows a disregard for the feelings and thoughts of those around her when they do not align closely with her own idea of marriage.
- Unmoved by the objections of her children, she relentlessly pushes ahead with her expectations and judgments in relation to men and matrimony.
- She has no qualms against interfering in other people’s romantic prospects, often offering her unsolicited opinions as part of her pursuit of good matches for her girls.
- Mrs. Bennet does not give her daughters any meaningful advice on marriage and instead encourages them to be attracted mainly by fortune and rank.
- Her efforts at matchmaking are usually unsuccessful and sometimes have unintended consequences but she continues undeterred with her plans of finding suitable husbands.
- While she is mostly selfish in her ambitions, her well-intentioned hope is always that her daughters should find adequate wealth and companionship through their unions.
- She will often make embarrassing public observations designed to bring attention to her unmarried daughters’ state.
