Strengths And Characters In Jane Austen's Pride And Prejudice

As the title of the novel namely suggest, the primary theme of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice is about the tragic flaws of pride and prejudice possessed by the characters in the novel. Throughout the course of the novel, Austen’s masterfully woven characters begin to show their own strengths and weaknesses revolving around the theme of having either pride or prejudice. However, over time and due in part to the resemblance of the words, the terms of pride and prejudice have come to take on a similar meaning. In some ways they are very similar words, and in some ways even form an interdependent connection with one another. After all, how can one possibly have a sense of pride if they do see anyone other than themselves with a prejudice? …show more content…
Mr. Darcy, though he doesn’t seem like it, is actually the most stereotypical character of all the whole lot. He follows the tragic hero guidelines like he wrote the manual for it. His entire character can be broken down into a few simple steps; a man sets out on a journey (whether he knows it or not) to overcome a challenge, he begins to overcome a challenge, he suffers a major setback, he perseveres, and finally to put the cherry on the cake of typical romantic stories, he gets the girl. Darcy is unusual in this regard as he is not battling a dragon or saving a kingdom, Mr. Darcy is instead facing his greatest enemy of all, himself. The great quest that Mr. Darcy sets out on doesn’t actually involve any walking (though he might find himself taking a turn or two about the room deep in thought), it is a journey of overcoming his greatest flaws; his pride and prejudice. As said before, one cannot exist without the other, particularly in Darcy’s case. Mr. Darcy has an immediate negative disposition towards all those in a lower class to him, even his own best friend in some own ways, Mr. Charles Bingley. In nearly every scene that Mr. Darcy has to interact with those