Letter writing occurs as a beneficial tool in conveying information, as it possess many uses. In everyday activity letter writing may not occur but during the time of Pride and Prejudice friends and family communicated using letters. Personalities show by word choice and tone. The inner most thoughts maybe exposed by how the character expresses themselves. In the world we live in, the faster technology preforms the better, we want information as quickly as possible. Jane Austen uses epistolary or letter form in Pride and Prejudice to express the differing personalities of the characters, how the innermost thoughts and theme are revealed, and how communication changes in society. Austen reveals personalities of characters using epistolary form.
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Lydia acts reckless and unintelligent. She writes a letter to Colonel Forster’s wife explaining what she plans to partake in. This shows how reckless Lydia acts because she left town with Wickham when they took part in no wedding yet. Lydia’s actions may destroy her family’s reputation. Lydia also writes Elizabeth a letter after she marries Mr. Darcy. In this letter she asks for money from Darcy and Elizabeth. Lydia married Wickham for his looks, like Mr. Bennet married Mrs. Bennet, rather than the real him and Wickham married Lydia for her money, like Mrs. Bennet married Mr. Bennet. Austen reveals Jane’s personality by the style of her writing in the letters. Jane’s personality embodies compassion, thoughtfulness, and intelligence. She writes to Elizabeth explaining that the reason Caroline Bingley never responded to her letter occurred because the letter got lost in the process of delivery. Jane writes Elizabeth announcing, “What I have to say relates to poor Lydia. An express came at twelve last night, just as we were all gone to bed, from Colonel Forster, to inform us that she was gone to Scotland …show more content…
The theme in Pride and Prejudice involves the pride that Mr. Darcy held onto, that if one’s social class existed below his own he belittled them, and Elizabeth’s prejudice against Darcy that his pride took over him. Their faults blinded them from the true love they acquired. Through the letter Darcy wrote Elizabeth, she realized she acted wrongly by judging him. Mr. Darcy shows his innermost thoughts of why he separated Jane and Mr. Bingley through a letter he wrote to Elizabeth explaining himself. He thought Jane’s feelings differed from Mr. Bingley’s feelings since she kept to herself most of the time. Mr. Darcy also exposes Wickham by explaining the past and everything he corrected for Wickham. Caroline Binley’s true intentions show when she writes to Jane exclaiming, “My brother admires her greatly already; he will have frequent opportunity now of seeing her on the most intimate footing; her relations all wish the connection as much as his own, and a sister’s partiality is not misleading me, I think, when I call Charles most capable of encouraging any woman’s heart. With all these circumstances to favor an attachment, and nothing to prevent it, am I wrong, my dearest Jane, in indulging the hope of an event which will secure the happiness of so many?” (109). Caroline wishes for Jane and Mr. Bingley to not get married because if he marries Mr. Darcy’s sister it may possibly
Lydia acts reckless and unintelligent. She writes a letter to Colonel Forster’s wife explaining what she plans to partake in. This shows how reckless Lydia acts because she left town with Wickham when they took part in no wedding yet. Lydia’s actions may destroy her family’s reputation. Lydia also writes Elizabeth a letter after she marries Mr. Darcy. In this letter she asks for money from Darcy and Elizabeth. Lydia married Wickham for his looks, like Mr. Bennet married Mrs. Bennet, rather than the real him and Wickham married Lydia for her money, like Mrs. Bennet married Mr. Bennet. Austen reveals Jane’s personality by the style of her writing in the letters. Jane’s personality embodies compassion, thoughtfulness, and intelligence. She writes to Elizabeth explaining that the reason Caroline Bingley never responded to her letter occurred because the letter got lost in the process of delivery. Jane writes Elizabeth announcing, “What I have to say relates to poor Lydia. An express came at twelve last night, just as we were all gone to bed, from Colonel Forster, to inform us that she was gone to Scotland …show more content…
The theme in Pride and Prejudice involves the pride that Mr. Darcy held onto, that if one’s social class existed below his own he belittled them, and Elizabeth’s prejudice against Darcy that his pride took over him. Their faults blinded them from the true love they acquired. Through the letter Darcy wrote Elizabeth, she realized she acted wrongly by judging him. Mr. Darcy shows his innermost thoughts of why he separated Jane and Mr. Bingley through a letter he wrote to Elizabeth explaining himself. He thought Jane’s feelings differed from Mr. Bingley’s feelings since she kept to herself most of the time. Mr. Darcy also exposes Wickham by explaining the past and everything he corrected for Wickham. Caroline Binley’s true intentions show when she writes to Jane exclaiming, “My brother admires her greatly already; he will have frequent opportunity now of seeing her on the most intimate footing; her relations all wish the connection as much as his own, and a sister’s partiality is not misleading me, I think, when I call Charles most capable of encouraging any woman’s heart. With all these circumstances to favor an attachment, and nothing to prevent it, am I wrong, my dearest Jane, in indulging the hope of an event which will secure the happiness of so many?” (109). Caroline wishes for Jane and Mr. Bingley to not get married because if he marries Mr. Darcy’s sister it may possibly