Answer: One theme is that “independent thinking should be valued over tradition.” The excerpt shows that the characters put value on both wealth and marriage for women. The tone of the text as well as the analysis of the plot reveals that individuals and independent thinking need to be valued instead. The emphasis on independent thinking is a commentary on the Regency period that places more value in tradition.
Simple sentences are sentences made of only one independent clause. Compound ones have many independent clauses in them. Complex sentence is made out of a mixture of both dependent and independent clauses.
