How is the theme of "love" in pride and prejudice communicated?

Question

im just wondering i need some more ideas on how exactly it is communicated (im guessing to the reader?)

any help here?

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Answer 1

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Answer 2

I think you are better off writing about how the characters express themselves to each other...part of the point of Austen's novels is that these characters have strong feelings, but their society allows only certain channels of expression.

I'd argue that what modern people call 'love' requires being able to talk with someone openly, which is something that these characters can't do with strangers, or at least they can't until they marry them.

When these characters declare their love and get engaged to each other, they are really only admitting that they "like" each other, like teenagers would.  They "like" each other, and they know from reputation and observation that the other is a good, responsible respectable person.  People in Austen's station in life can't necessarily know each other better than that.