The novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen could not have been named better. This is because of the personalities that result in the actions of the two main characters, Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett. Elizabeth Bennett, or Lizzie, is one of the five Bennett daughters, but is nothing like her other sisters. She completely refutes society’s ideas about a woman’s purpose and marriage. This often leads to her having more pride than the average woman of the Regency Period. Elizabeth does end up marrying the stubborn Mr. Darcy. Darcy is a younger, rich man who sticks to his first judgment of others. Darcy is a very prejudiced man, who will not settle for just any woman for him to marry. In this novel, we see Elizabeth’s pride when she
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We see Darcy’s prejudice negatively affect their relationship whenever Mrs. Bennett says “Mr. Darcy is not so well worth listening to as his friend, is he? –Poor Eliza! - to be only just tolerable.” (Austen 14). Mrs. Bennett is referring to the first ball when the Bennetts first met Darcy and the Bingleys. Darcy says this comment about Elizabeth, causing her to hate him immediately. This causes consequences in the future, such as when Wickham arrives and tells his lies about what happened, and of course, the god-awful proposals. Of course, Darcy was not completely to blame. We see Elizabeth’s pride affect their relationship when Austen tell us “If Elizabeth, when Mr. Darcy gave her the letter, did not expect it to contain a renewal of his offers, she had formed no expectation at all of its contents.” (Austen 141). This quote shows that Elizabeth’s pride keeps her from admitting she was wrong about Darcy, even after reading the letter. He outlines everything that happened, even the whole Wickham situation, and she will still not apologize because of her pride. It is possible that Elizabeth would have never had this reaction to the letter if he had not made the snap judgement of her at the ball, but unfortunately, his prejudice got the best of
We see Darcy’s prejudice negatively affect their relationship whenever Mrs. Bennett says “Mr. Darcy is not so well worth listening to as his friend, is he? –Poor Eliza! - to be only just tolerable.” (Austen 14). Mrs. Bennett is referring to the first ball when the Bennetts first met Darcy and the Bingleys. Darcy says this comment about Elizabeth, causing her to hate him immediately. This causes consequences in the future, such as when Wickham arrives and tells his lies about what happened, and of course, the god-awful proposals. Of course, Darcy was not completely to blame. We see Elizabeth’s pride affect their relationship when Austen tell us “If Elizabeth, when Mr. Darcy gave her the letter, did not expect it to contain a renewal of his offers, she had formed no expectation at all of its contents.” (Austen 141). This quote shows that Elizabeth’s pride keeps her from admitting she was wrong about Darcy, even after reading the letter. He outlines everything that happened, even the whole Wickham situation, and she will still not apologize because of her pride. It is possible that Elizabeth would have never had this reaction to the letter if he had not made the snap judgement of her at the ball, but unfortunately, his prejudice got the best of