Jane Austen consciously stated the problems of society with a particular emphasis on the harshness of the culture towards women. During her time little girls were raised learning the terrible circumstances of a woman who did not marry well. Little girls were taught to be multilingual, artistic, cultured, musically inclined and other irrelevant skills. These skills were necessary to make a good match for a rich man, which was their only goal in life. This is further expressed, as Sheehan states, “Family aspirations, coupled with women's increasing reliance on marriage for financial survival, have made courtship a central focus of women's lives” (n.pag.). Society was entirely driven by marriage. Jane Austen noticed this profound truth in the surrounding culture. He wrote what he observed, and Pride and Prejudice is a direct result. English law in the 1800s pushed women into marriage because only males could inherit property (Landow n.pag.). The Bennet daughters were a prime example of the flaw in this law because soon after their father's death, Ex...