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The church is normally thought of as a spiritual cleansing ground. However, In P&P, Mr. Wickham uses it as an excuse to rag on Fitzy. Mr. Collins uses it to reinforce his ignorant views on marriage and love, which can best be characterized as "man-slut". Wickham uses the church to further his own ends, as does Mr. Collins. The portrayal of the church in Austen's P&P is as thus: It is used as a charactization of the Church's corruption from it's roots, and the effect it has upon the people who go there.
Romantic comedies derive their origins from Pride and Prejudice, which is why all of the modern ones are complete and utter crap. I mean, why is it that Paris "Please shoot me, I have every STD in existence" Hilton is permitted to make a romantic "comedy", while worthy filmmakers like Darren Aronofsky are left in the cold? (the comedy is actually in seeing the suffering of the audience members around you, instead of watching the concentrated evil on the screen known as "The Hottie and the Nottie". Paris Hilton should be put down, like a sick puppy.) The utter atrociousness of modern romantic comedies can be attributed to Pride and Prejudice, for after P&P, there's nowhere to go but down. If the original product wasn't that good, and new innovations are NOT made, what makes anyone thin that it will not have those fundamental flaws? These flaws being obfuscation attempting to pass itself off as satire, and the easy opportunity to pass off utter CRAP as a Romantic Comedy.
The belief that P&P is a work of satire is prevalent, though completely untrue. Unintelligent people have been around for as long as humanity has been in existence; the problem with society now is that these people get loved instead of NATURALLY SELECTED like they should be. The example of Paris Hilton comes to mind. If we stuck her in the rainforest, she would be too busy crying for her daddy because she's wet to notice the piranhas eating her down to her very flesh (the piranhas died shortly thereafter. Avoid diseased meat, kids!) These unintelligent people are allowed to DESTROY THE GENETIC POOL of the human race by reproducing, and there is nothing funny about it. In P&P, Mr. Bennet learns this first-hand because he married a Brainless Gold Digger, and has offspring that have the very same tendencies; he is utterly ashamed that such an abomination can come into being by his genes, and shows it throughout the book.
P&P is relevant to today's reader in that it shows exactly what went on during the time period of it's writing. It also gives today's reader a lesson in how to read books rendered unreadable by the writing style because they are forced to. It also plays into our modern individualistic isolationism; this is true because in the novel, NOBODY DOES ANYTHING OF ANY IMPORTANCE WHATSOEVER. They just talk, and talk, and talk, and talk, until you are actively begging god for SOMETHING: A Ninja Fight Scene, a Blimp crashing into Netherfield Hall, Lady Catherine going postal with a cutlass in Cheapside, ANYTHING. Alas, it is not to be, so it also plays into our modern problem of anticipating great things, and not getting them; feeling dejected and laguishing at the loss of your time and money.
The attitude of Jane and Lizzy Bennet towards love is best characterized as reluctant, but hopeful. Jane is normally hesitant, but she finds that she instantly falls in love with Mr. Bingley. Mr. Bingley, however, is easily influenced by Mr. Darcy, and it takes Lizzy getting together with him to make Jane and Mr. Bingley get together in a usually realized "happily ever after" ending.
Jane is a shy, clever girl, though she is more of a philosophical kind of clever; as opposed to Lizzy, who is more of a Satirist kind of clever. Lizzy is full of energy and not afraid to show it, whereas Jane is conserving her energy for a future date. When Jane finds Mr. Bingley, she is ready to be lovers forever; with Lizzy, however, she has to work out her differences with Mr. Darcy to find true love.
In conclusion, I would like to praise Austen's portrayal of love in her novel, even if I utterly detest her writing style and method of plot advancement. Her portrayal of true love as a work in progress is an excellent characterization, while her characterization of false love couldn't be more correct. Thanks be to eBooks for making her book actually readable, though.