Austen uses sarcasm to show the shortcomings of certain characters, and indirectly to show the inadequacies of various social groups. One example of this is to show the folly and foolishness of Mrs. Bennet. In one part of the novel, Mrs. Bennet forces Jane to ride to Bingley's house in the rain, hoping that she'll get sick. When she does, Mr. Bennet makes the comment that if she dies, it will be a comfort to know it was

Irony was also used frequently in this novel. From the first sentence, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife" (3) that Austen uses irony to her advantage because it is the woman who is in search of a man with a good fortune to marry. Even her heroine, Elizabeth, is not immune. Elizabeth prides

in pursuit of a husband and under direct orders from her mother. Of course, Mrs. Bennet completely misses the point of this comment. Another times she uses sarcasm is to illustrate that pride, no matter how deserved, is always a fault. When Austen says "They were rather handsome, had been educated at one of the first private seminaries in town, had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, were in the habit of spending more money than they ought, and of associating with peop

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