Throughout the novel, Sir Walter Elliot is never poised as that of a good father and the only parent to his three daughters, Elizabeth, Anne, and Mary. He blatantly favors daughters over others and treats each one differently. How did Sir Walter’s vainness and narcissistic attitude affect his relationships with his three daughters? What does his vainness suggest about gender roles throughout the novel? Elizabeth Elliot, the eldest of the three is her father’s favorite daughters despite never getting engaged or married. Due to being her father’s favorite child, she seems very similar to Sir Walter in the way she goes about life. Throughout the whole novel she is always with her father having the same options as him on social status and appearance.
