is compounded because Elizabeth only gets slightly insulted by this comment. Her initial refusal of Darcy was based almost totally on his actions towards Jane and Bingley's relationship, and his treatment of Mr. Wickham. However, she is barely perturbed by this comment of Darcy regarding her family. This is so strange because one would expect Elizabeth to at least be equally mad for personal insults as well as for what was done to others. Pride and Prejudice ends with Elizabeth and Darcy each overcoming their anger against each other, and falling in love. However, this touching scene is ruined because of the appearance of Lady Catherine. She demands Elizabeth to marry Darcy, and tells Darcy that it would look very negatively on his family if he were to marry someone as "low class" as Elizabeth. So even one's family is willing to break up "true love" in order to maintain rank. This theme runs throughout the entire story and really destroys the entire thing. Other stories, such as Romeo and Juliet, have the same sort of "forbidden" marriages, and since those arrive out of real situations, they add more interest to the story. Here, it is simply prejudice by rich people against poorer people, which only detracts from the writing. So while this theme may have existed in reality during Jane Austen's lifetime, it should not have been included in the story.

Jane Austen demonstrates in Pride and Prejudice through Elizabeth and Darcy that in man's pursuit of the joys in life, those who stick too strictly or not at all to the existing social norms face the danger of never finding their place in life nor ever finding personal happiness. Elizabeth Bennet, the heroine in the novel, is a person worthy of our imitation. She is a model for all women because she is different from all the other characters, and because she does not go by the standards set forth by society. She is self-reliant and independent. Darcy observes Elizabeth as a woman who is sick of women being women. Elizabeth rejects her cousin, Mr. Collin's proposal because she does not think that marriage is the only honorable provision for a well-educated woman. Nor does she believe in marriage of convenience. When Mr. Collins says arrogantly to Elizabeth that, "My situation in life, my connections with the family of De Bourgh" (82), are reasons that she should accept his offer

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Approximate Word count = 1578
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)