Jane Austen was right after all
Judy Ramsook
January 21, 2008
Sometimes along the avenue of life a handful of us might realise that love may not be all that one thinks it is. And maybe we once held on to the notion that love does conquer all things, until we found out from a little trial and error that it is not so.
Not always anyway. Sometimes there is a monetary value involved. And the more this notion lingers in one's mind, the more evident it is becoming that maybe the late and extraordinarily talented Jane Austen touched on a similar issue in her works. It's the one that states in a thought provoking, subtle sort of way that maybe we are only as worthy as our bank accounts would allow.
For one can hardly peruse a Jane Austen work without noticing how easily certain characters can dismiss themselves from one´s company the second they learn how much that person is not worth. Pick any work you like, 'Northanger Abbey' 'Pride and Prejudice' it's there. It seems as if it's a great insult to be interested in someone who is not worth something as far as a monetary value goes.
Sounds rather harsh, right? And if situations were so crude back in Jane Austen´s time, it certainly makes one wonder about today´s times, does it not? And does anyone really like anyone for who he/she is anymore?
Or are a few of the persons we know like some characters in a Jane Austen work: vain, shallow and out to get someone not so much because they are deeply in love with him/her, but because of what those persons think their romantic prospects are worth in terms of money?
And does the slang term, ´gold digger´ come to mind. Maybe there is a little of that in all of us. For love may save the day and make one feel as he/she has never felt before, but does anyone in today´s society truly want to be with someone who does not have anything at all?
Just a thought.
Peace.
Not always anyway. Sometimes there is a monetary value involved. And the more this notion lingers in one's mind, the more evident it is becoming that maybe the late and extraordinarily talented Jane Austen touched on a similar issue in her works. It's the one that states in a thought provoking, subtle sort of way that maybe we are only as worthy as our bank accounts would allow.
For one can hardly peruse a Jane Austen work without noticing how easily certain characters can dismiss themselves from one´s company the second they learn how much that person is not worth. Pick any work you like, 'Northanger Abbey' 'Pride and Prejudice' it's there. It seems as if it's a great insult to be interested in someone who is not worth something as far as a monetary value goes.
Sounds rather harsh, right? And if situations were so crude back in Jane Austen´s time, it certainly makes one wonder about today´s times, does it not? And does anyone really like anyone for who he/she is anymore?
Or are a few of the persons we know like some characters in a Jane Austen work: vain, shallow and out to get someone not so much because they are deeply in love with him/her, but because of what those persons think their romantic prospects are worth in terms of money?
And does the slang term, ´gold digger´ come to mind. Maybe there is a little of that in all of us. For love may save the day and make one feel as he/she has never felt before, but does anyone in today´s society truly want to be with someone who does not have anything at all?
Just a thought.
Peace.