Culture Pride And Prejudice Analysis

It tends to believe that social forces such as schools, media and even culture has an enormous impact on individuals’ choices and way of living. That is to say, that the society people are living in is extremely important in creating one’s identity since it has an influence on his choices about everyday decisions through the different channels and establishes certain rules and regulations about how one should act, speak and even think as it can be observed from the movie “Bride and Prejudice”. Even though a lot of studies prove that social structures like traditions and schools power over individuals is paramount, it is important to realize that people can change them by simply ignoring or reproducing them.

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To be more precise, the society human beings are living in extremely important in creation of a self. For instance, it is important to realize that marriage in the movie is portrayed differently in two societies. In Indian culture or so-called late modernity society, marriage is shown as a necessity. Mother of the family, tries to arrange marriage of her daughters by any means even using matching websites, while West shown as a romantic country where people marry by love. However, the theory of structuration states that social structures have an impact over humans, but human agency should not be ignored, since people have a certain level of freedom to choose how to resist or obey. (Gauntlett, D., 2002). That is to say, that people are able to shape their identities despite of harsh traditions as it can be observed in the movie, when Lalita sees that Mr. Darcy, mother is a person totally absorbed by capitalism thus consumerism, while Darcy himself is pretty decent. According to Giddens, consumerism has a tremendous impact on individuals’ lifestyle, thereby differentiating ones into “like us” or those with similar choices. Moreover, it can be observed, that Lalita’s friend married Mr. Khali as an escape, because of fear over being unmarried and lonely which leads to another key point. Movie provides viewer with examples of gender roles in different countries. For instance, Balraj’s sister Kiran seems very independent and formidable woman while Lalita’s mother force her daughters to “not to talk without a need” and “leave trials to be clever behind”, which shows role of women in different societies. In accordance to Giddens, gender roles are also imposed on individuals by social structures. Besides, when Mr. Khali came to Lalita’s house, he started to talk about difference in women character in West and in India, emphasizing that