“I am not romantic, you know. I never was. I ask only a comfortable home.”

No Right to Inherit Property: Mr. Bennet’s house and land cannot go to his daughters. Instead, everything will go to Mr. Collins, a male cousin. Elizabeth is shocked by this unfair rule. She sees how her family depends on men for survival. This law made women helpless. They had to marry, or they would lose everything.

Beauty and Behavior Judged Women: In Austen’s world, women were judged by how they looked and behaved. Jane was loved because she was beautiful and sweet. Lydia’s bad behavior almost ruined the family’s name. Lady Catherine wanted a girl who had high-class manners and money. Darcy himself says about Elizabeth that,

“She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me.”

Austen paints a clear picture of women’s weak position in society. They could not earn, own, or choose freely. Through characters like Charlotte, Lydia, and Elizabeth, Austen shows how women had to fight, suffer, or adjust just to survive.