The novel Pride and Prejudice written by Jane Austen is a reflection of social standards, and day to day life in the beginning of the 19th century. Austen suggests that marriage and the happiness of a woman experiences throughout life are directly correlated. In the case of Charlotte Lucas who is one of the female characters in the novel and film she settles to marry a decent man. Many of the girls of this era placed much emphasis on the ideal man for themselves, and had an image in mind that may not have been attainable, this is true as well for Charlotte who grew to understand that she may not be able to find the ideal man she had conjured up in her imagination. Although her marrying the minister William Collins may be interpreting as her