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And you presumably believe that their behavior is influenced by these feelings of wanting marriage.
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No, I don't believe that, actually. Their behavior, with regard to their romantic feelings and everything else, was influenced by character and contemporary social mores. This goes back to my former comments about context.
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But you disagree with my statement that they are trying to get the boys to marry them?
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Yes. Jane and Elizabeth are not trying to get anyone to marry them. Like the book or not--that is a fact. The things you have claimed are boring or unlikeable are not in the book. That's what I've been arguing all along. Dislike the book if you must, but false arguments don't carry a point, and claiming "it's my opinion" doesn't make them any more factual.