Archetypes In Pride And Prejudice Analysis

Archetypes in Pride and Prejudice The use and importance of archetypes in the world around is more significant than people think. Archetypes are everywhere, from the increase of your heartbeat, after the hero in your favorite action movie saves the day, to making snap judgements of someone you just meet. Archetypes are such a big part of our human nature, that authors tend to use them in the structure of their literature. In Jane Austen 's, Pride and Prejudice, she uses two counter archetypes, the “smart girl” and the "boy crazy girl”, to point out that marriage should not be solely based on looks and security, but that a good marriage should be based on love and a true relationship.
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This belief is what separates Elizabeth form many girls of her age. Elizabeth has many opportunities that could lead to a potential husbands of wealth , but she held strong to her beliefs. Elizabeth is proposed to by Mr Collins and after declining his offer once, she replied, “I do assure you that I am not one of those young ladies (if such young ladies there are) who are so daring as to risk their happiness on the chance of being asked a second time. I am perfectly serious in my refusal”( Austen 98). In this we see Elizabeth separating herself from others, she is prideful of the fact that she does not want to marry him for his money . She barely even knows this guy, how could she love him? After her refusal to Mr Collins, Elizabeth has some feelings for Mr Wickham but is unsure. After receiving a Letter from Mr Darcy, Elizabeth learns that Mr Wickham is not who he really appears to be. At this point we see the downfall in the pride of Elizabeth 's character. After some self reflection of Mr Darcy 's letter, Elizabeth is ashamed of herself “how despicable I have acted! I who have prided myself on my own discernment! I, who …show more content…
Cinderella is a smart, hardworking young lady, and in a sense could represent Elizabeth. Lydia would represent the step sisters. The stepsisters are loud and obnoxious and they want to win the prince 's heart. They go out of their way to be flirty, but in the end Cinderella is the prince 's true love. Cinderella did not have any initial desire to be the one for the prince. Elizabeth Had no desire to marry Darcy because of his money, she just wanted a loving relationship. The step sisters had no redeeming attributes that impressed the prince, and did not get their happily ever after they were looking for. As for Cinderella, she had those redeeming qualities that the prince was looking for. The archetypes used in Austen 's time are reflected through today 's media