Pride and Prejudice
In Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice, Austen does a magnificent job at poking fun of the society in which the novel takes place through sarcastic remarks and witty satire. The title of Jane Austen's novel plays a great role in the plot, it masterly illustrates the emotions that most of the characters go through. Most of the characters in the novel show pride and prejudice at one point or another, both of these emotions are the main focus of the novel and the role that they play on relationships and daily decisions. This essay will focus and illustrate how the two main characters, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, are affected by pride and prejudice and how it influences their decisions. The first meeting Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy have is at the ball which sets the tone for the whole novel. Charles Bingley Suggests to Darcy that he should dance with Elizabeth, and Darcy replies, "She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me" (Austen 8). This opinion that Darcy forms is also based that he is of a higher class the Darcy. Darcy shows prejudice feelings towards Elizabeth just for not being born in a wealthier family. Darcy's pride causes Elizabeth to form a very prejudice opinion that is hard to alter thro
These examples show how pride and prejudice affect Darcy and Elizabeth throughout the novel. These characters were not the only people who expressed these emotions. Lady Catherine de Bourgh expressed prejudice towards Elizabeth because Elizabeth was of a lower class then her. Elizabeth was not good enough for Darcy in the eyes of Lady Catherine so she tried to dissuade Elizabeth from marrying Darcy. Mr. Collins showed pride in Lady Catherine de Bourgh serving as his patroness. It seems that no matter what decision a character has to make it is based on either pride or prejudice. As time progresses through the novel Darcy gets more attracted to Elizabeth, while Elizabeth still feels hostility and has prejudice feelings towards Darcy. Darcy eventually proposes to Elizabeth in such a way that it makes Elizabeth feel as though she is an inferior just because of her social class causes which causes her to immediate reject his proposal. "Feelings besides those of the heart to be detailed, and he was not more eloquent on the subject of tenderness than of pride. His sense of her inferiority - of it being a degradation - of the family obstacles which judgment had always opposed to inclination were dwelt on with a warmth which seemed due to the consequence he was wounding" (Austen 150). Even though Darcy is proposing to Elizabeth he still can not get over hi
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Approximate Word count = 920
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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