Stereotypes In Pride And Prejudice

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What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear bikers gang? A couple of tattooed hooligans on a bike? Or people associated with road rages? Yet, there is a unlikeliest bikers gang from Long Island called Rescue Ink. These guys might look tough as nails but turn tender in the sight of a kitten. They are a non-profit organization formed to rescue and shelter neglected animals. This conveys the idea of a classic saying to “never judge a book by its cover”. In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, chapter 19-46 conveys a similar idea. The theme of these chapters reveals that one should not prejudge the value or worth of someone, by their outward appearance only. Characters such as Mr. Darcy, Charlotte, and Mr. Wickham are mostly the victim of wrong perceptions by Elizabeth. At first, she views Mr. Darcy as a man with arrogance and unsociable character. He is even described as “ the proudest, …show more content…
Charlotte who was viewed as being similar to Elizabeth was completely opposite. She decided to take the “worldly advantages” and marries Mr. Collins. Elizabeth, who thought it was not a possibility now cried, “Engaged to Mr. Collins! my dear Charlotte, -- impossible!” in shock (22). She realizes that Mr. Darcy, who she despised, as actually moral and rightful. He reveals about Mr. Wickham’s plan to run away with his little sister Georgiana and lies about Mr. Darcy’s treatment of him (35). It was difficult for her to grasp it but she eventually came to an understanding. Mr. Darcy as she learned now influenced her into many realizations. Firstly realizing the disgusting fact about Wickham. Then realizing that Mr. Darcy was rightful in cutting off the marriage as Jane’s “ feelings, though fervent, were little displayed” toward Mr. Bingley. She even realized that her family has been wrong the whole time as she thought of them, she “ she could not have formed a very pleasing picture of conjugal felicity or domestic comfort”

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