The Need to Compromise

An individual often pursues either love or money figuring that is the only way to happiness. However, usually, the real path to happiness is through compromise between love and money. This is the situation in Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. Austin first shows us two unsuccessful marriages to show that compromise between love and money is necessary to find the perfect match. Both these unsuccessful marriages lack the aspect compromise between the two partners. On the other hand Austen shows us marriages that turn out to be successful because of compromise. One of the successful mar…