Research Paper: Pride and Prejudice In the satirical social commentary novel Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, the characters of Elizabeth Bennet, Lydia Bennet, Mr. Darcy, and Mr. Wickham are products of their society’s traditional, hierarchical construct, however Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy reject this aspect of their nurture, and they embrace their true nature. Pride and Prejudice was published in 1813, by Jane Austen, who wrote the novel as she came of age. The novel takes place in the early nineteenth century, near Meryton, a fictional town created by Austen placed in Hertfordshire, England. Mr. and Mrs. Bennett and their five daughters Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia live in a modest estate called Longbourne. Jane, the
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Both women were nurtured in similar ways, but they grew up to be very different people with different morals. Elizabeth sees deeper than the surface, and sees society for hoe petty they truly are. Frivolousness and materialism manifest in Mr. Bingley’s two sisters. In the novel Pride and Prejudice, Jane falls ill after her mother makes her ride horseback to Netherfield (Mr. Bingley’s estate), rather than take the carriage, so that she is forced to stay the night when harch weather ensues, and Elizabeth comes to stay with her at Netherfield, “Jane was by no means better. The sisters, on hearing this, repeated three or four times how much they were grieved, how shocking it was to have a bad cold, and how excessively they disliked being ill themselves; and then thought no more of the matter: and their indifference towards Jane when not immediately before them restored Elizabeth to the enjoyment of all her former dislike.”At first Elizabeth felt like she had to give them another chance and enjoy the women’s company because they were treating Jane very well, but once she noticed that they were only putting on a show of grieving because they wanted to appear caring and thrived off the drama, she lost respect for the women again. They are shallow, conceited, and deceitful because as soon as they are not in the presence of someone, they either forget about them completely and focus on themselves again, or they make fun of them. This is the society Elizabeth is raised in, and she embraces her true thoughts and nature over the ways of society and the Bingley sisters. The Bingley sisters care more about appearance than heart, and were nurtured to believe they were better than everyone else, so they put others down to feel good because they live in a competitive and shallow society. As the novel goes on, Elizabeth rejects her nurture more and more, and accepts her true nature, which can be seen in the
Both women were nurtured in similar ways, but they grew up to be very different people with different morals. Elizabeth sees deeper than the surface, and sees society for hoe petty they truly are. Frivolousness and materialism manifest in Mr. Bingley’s two sisters. In the novel Pride and Prejudice, Jane falls ill after her mother makes her ride horseback to Netherfield (Mr. Bingley’s estate), rather than take the carriage, so that she is forced to stay the night when harch weather ensues, and Elizabeth comes to stay with her at Netherfield, “Jane was by no means better. The sisters, on hearing this, repeated three or four times how much they were grieved, how shocking it was to have a bad cold, and how excessively they disliked being ill themselves; and then thought no more of the matter: and their indifference towards Jane when not immediately before them restored Elizabeth to the enjoyment of all her former dislike.”At first Elizabeth felt like she had to give them another chance and enjoy the women’s company because they were treating Jane very well, but once she noticed that they were only putting on a show of grieving because they wanted to appear caring and thrived off the drama, she lost respect for the women again. They are shallow, conceited, and deceitful because as soon as they are not in the presence of someone, they either forget about them completely and focus on themselves again, or they make fun of them. This is the society Elizabeth is raised in, and she embraces her true thoughts and nature over the ways of society and the Bingley sisters. The Bingley sisters care more about appearance than heart, and were nurtured to believe they were better than everyone else, so they put others down to feel good because they live in a competitive and shallow society. As the novel goes on, Elizabeth rejects her nurture more and more, and accepts her true nature, which can be seen in the