Question

Considering the excerpt from Jane Austen’s novel, Pride and Prejudice, which annotation BEST supports that the main idea of this passage is “rich men must be searching for a wife”?
“It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighbourhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered the rightful property of some one or other of their daughters.”



A) Austen’s commentary on “fortune” and “marriage” demonstrates the economics of her time period.


B) Were marriages of this period arranged?


C) Wow! Austen’s characters were only concerned with money and not love.


D) Interesting! Austen’s introduction implies that rich men are on the hunt for a wife.

Answer 1

The answer is D because in the question it states that "rich men must be searching for a wife." So it implies that rich men are on the hunt for a wife.

Answer 2

Answer:

D) Interesting! Austen’s introduction implies that rich men are on the hunt for a wife.

Explanation:

Austen’s commentary on fortune and marriage demonstrates the economics of her time period.  This annotation best describes the main idea of the passage being that the rich men must be searching for a wife. Austen has describes this fact as the universally acknowledged fact where a man who is in need of a good fortune must be in search of a wife. She makes the comments on the idea of the fortune and the concept of the marriage in a broader sense shedding light on the needs and the wants of the rich men.