Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Bennet family is a fictional family created by English novelist Jane Austen. The family plays a central role in the novel Pride and Prejudice since it is the one of the protagonist, Elizabeth. The complex relationships between its various members influence the evolution of the plot. In a society where marriage is the only possible future for a young girl of good family, the presence in the household of five girls to marry with no other advantage than their good looks can only be a source of concern. Yet the Bennet couple do not assume their role as educators: the mother struggles so awkwardly under the mocking gaze of an indifferent husband that she scares the rich young man who noticed the oldest and most pretty of her daughters. These girls show very different behaviors according to the education they received or provided themselves: the two eldest daughters, Jane and Elizabeth, show irreproachable conduct and are appreciated by their father, while Mary, less physically attractive, displays intellectual and musical pretensions, and the two youngest are left almost abandoned under the sloppy supervision of their mother.Other members of the Bennet family staged by Jane Austen are on one hand the brother and sister of Mrs. Bennet, Mr. Gardiner and Mrs. Philips, and on the other the designated heir of Mr. Bennet's field, his cousin, the pompous and foolish Mr. William Collins. Mr. Gardiner and Mrs. Philips contribute significantly to the progress and outcome of the story, but at a level and in a different register reflecting their respective social belonging. Collins's character serves as a link between the small aristocracy of Hertfordshire countryside, to which Bennet and his landowners belong: Lady Catherine de Bourgh and Mr. Darcy.The legal, financial or emotional interests that unite or divide the members of the Bennet family allow Jane Austen to build a complex picture of society and to raise a number of societal issues specific to her time, particularly concerning girls' education and the legitimacy of certain behaviors.. }
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- Bennet_family abstract "The Bennet family is a fictional family created by English novelist Jane Austen. The family plays a central role in the novel Pride and Prejudice since it is the one of the protagonist, Elizabeth. The complex relationships between its various members influence the evolution of the plot. In a society where marriage is the only possible future for a young girl of good family, the presence in the household of five girls to marry with no other advantage than their good looks can only be a source of concern. Yet the Bennet couple do not assume their role as educators: the mother struggles so awkwardly under the mocking gaze of an indifferent husband that she scares the rich young man who noticed the oldest and most pretty of her daughters. These girls show very different behaviors according to the education they received or provided themselves: the two eldest daughters, Jane and Elizabeth, show irreproachable conduct and are appreciated by their father, while Mary, less physically attractive, displays intellectual and musical pretensions, and the two youngest are left almost abandoned under the sloppy supervision of their mother.Other members of the Bennet family staged by Jane Austen are on one hand the brother and sister of Mrs. Bennet, Mr. Gardiner and Mrs. Philips, and on the other the designated heir of Mr. Bennet's field, his cousin, the pompous and foolish Mr. William Collins. Mr. Gardiner and Mrs. Philips contribute significantly to the progress and outcome of the story, but at a level and in a different register reflecting their respective social belonging. Collins's character serves as a link between the small aristocracy of Hertfordshire countryside, to which Bennet and his landowners belong: Lady Catherine de Bourgh and Mr. Darcy.The legal, financial or emotional interests that unite or divide the members of the Bennet family allow Jane Austen to build a complex picture of society and to raise a number of societal issues specific to her time, particularly concerning girls' education and the legitimacy of certain behaviors.".