Pride And Prejudice By Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice is a novel with a romantic yet ironic story. This completes Jane Austen’s masterpiece. The novel is about women in society and marriage. Austen uses sarcasm as the tone of the novel to make the story ironic. The tone is sarcastic because of the way Elizabeth Bennet is portrayed, the relationship between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet, and the situations her characters are in.

Mrs.Bennet heard news of a single, wealthy man, Mr.Bingley, moving into a estate just three miles away from them and begged that her husband would go call on him, which he refused but secretly did anyway, to his wife 's pleasure. There was a ball where they were to attend, and Mr.Bingley would be attending too, along with his two sisters, one of his sisters husband, and his friend, Mr.Darcy. Mr.Darcy was immediately named handsome, but proud and didn’t care to dance with anyone. Mr.Bingley, on the other hand, danced and was joyful. Everyone noticed that Mr.Bingley danced two whole dances with Jane Bennet, and talked among themselves that there should be a wedding coming up soon. After the dance, Jane was invited by Mr.Bingley 's sister for tea in Netherfield. She had gone horseback, just as a storm was brewing, which caused her to get a cold and a fever, leading to her staying there for a week. Elizabeth Bennet, went to visit her sister after the storm, and seeing that her sister was not too well, was asked to stay alongside her until she was better. She visited Jane frequently, but spent her time mostly with

Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice was first published in 1813(Gary vii) a time when women had “few legal and economic rights or even receiving little respect, women can be seen as oppressed victims of a patriarchal society, subordinate first to their fathers and, then, to their husbands who had, of course, been selected by their fathers” (Swords, 76-82). At first glance one might think that Pride and Prejudice reinforces sexist stereotypes, however upon further examination of Jane Austen and her heroine Elizabeth it is clear that Pride and Prejudice in fact erodes the sexist stereotypes of women.

Mrs. Bennet, another integral character in the novel is known for her bubbly, ditzy, and vivacious personality. It is easy to say that Mrs. Bennet only cares about her daughters and ensuring that they are married. She insists that her daughters marry men in a high social class with a lot of money. Because of this, many would agree that Mrs. Bennet is extremely prejudice in various aspects, but primarily when it comes to the marriage of her daughters. For example, when the Bennets first meet Mr. Darcy, Mrs. Bennet thinks that he is nice looking and likes that he has such a large amount of money. However, she ignores him after she realizes he is rude and snobbish. But the moment that Mr. Darcy proposed to Elizabeth, Mrs. Bennet treated him as well as she treated Mr. Bingley, simply because her daughter was potentially marrying him. She didn’t care if Elizabeth was happy or if she didn’t love him. This proves that Mrs. Bingley is prejudice towards others solely for her daughter’s and her own benefit. Many would agree that Mrs. Bennet is so extremely prejudice because her daughters are truly the only thing that she has in life. The Bennets aren’t incredibly rich and she and her husband aren’t truly in

Pride and Prejudice is a book that has great meaning, if the tone is understood. The story follows the main character, Elizabeth Bennet, as she deals with issues of upbringing, financial problems, morality, and marriage in the society of the landed gentry of the British Regency. Jane Austen points out the flaws in human society during this time period. In Pride and Prejudice, Austen uses the tone of satire; this includes oodles of sarcasm, denouncing, and irony, she uses these techniques of tone with not only the plot of the story but the characters as well.

    "Like all true literary classics, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is still capable of engaging us, both emotionally and intellectually" (Twayne back flap) through its characters and themes. This essay illustrates how Jane Austen uses the characterization of the major characters and irony to portray the theme of societal frailties and vices because of a flawed humanity. Austen writes about the appearance vs. the reality of the characters, the disinclination to believe other characters, the desire to judge others, and the tendency to take people on first impressions.

Darcy, he first comes into her life the same time Mr. Bingley comes into town. At first he is scene as this mysterious man that does not say much, and tries to avoid contact with any new people, but quickly becomes an important role in this story. When he first meets Elizabeth they do not get along very well, in fact it seems as if they are the exact opposite of each other; which leads to them starting to enjoy the challenges they both bring to one another. Mr. Darcy first influences her when disrespects her family for being odd and unusual, saying how (quote), her sister Jane is not a good fit for Mr. Bingley and how he shouldn’t waste his time with people who aren’t as rich, educated, or as sophisticated as him. This influences Elizabeth in a positive way because it finally gets her to speak up for herself and her family, and by her debating against Mr. Darcy, it influences the both of them to get to know one another, because he finally sees someone who might be interesting enough for him to enjoy. Another way Mr. Darcy influences Elizabeth is when he splits up her sister Jane and Mr. Bingley because he thought she wasn’t serious about him because she never openly expressed how she felt about him. This affects Elizabeth in a negative way because she is the only one who truly understands her sister, and know that she does that because she is shy, this leaves Elizabeth heartbroken because she was really

Mr. Darcy is the incredibly wealthy owner of the Pemberly estate, and the nephew of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, he is also a man of other high connection. Miss Bingley knows this, and wishes to sabotage not only Mr. Bingley and Jane’s relationship, but also Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth’s potential relationship, due to her own liking of Mr. Darcy. Elizabeth Bennet on the other hand, while her father is still a reasonably wealthy gentleman, is not nearly as high class as Mr. Darcy. She lacks important social connections and large wealth. Both characters are proud, prejudice, stubborn and blind to the world around them, yet they have different reasons for being

The story consists of the prejudices of Elizabeth Bennet and the pride of William Darcy in one of the most typical love story scenarios, a hatred of one another which later leads to a love which can’t be phased by even the most influential of people within the story. Although the story contains subplots of Elizabeth’s family and friends, the main focus is upon Elizabeth.

Both Darcy and Mrs Bennet are misguided in the beginning with Darcy thinking he is superior to everyone and Mrs Bennet trying to give her daughters a “perfect”life.  Mrs Bennet is clearly at fault when her daughter run away with Wickham and blames everyone around her for her mistake. Darcy also is somewhat aloof and rude because of his narcissistic personality.

Darcy. When Elizabeth and Darcy first meet, they are quick to make judgements about each, not only that but they are harsh judgements. (Butler, 234). Darcy, upon meeting the Bennets, tells Mr. Bingley that Elizabeth is “tolerable” (Austen, 7). Elizabeth overhears this which causes her to make her own impressions of Mr. Darcy himself. Once these impressions are made, they continue to act on them throughout the book. Elizabeth soon realizes that she is quick to judge when she talks to Jane about Darcy (Butler, 234). She tells her sister, “...I meant to be uncommonly clever in taking so decided a dislike to him, without any reason” (Austen,

Elizabeth Bennet: Elizabeth Bennet is the protagonist of the novel. Her prejudice and tendency to pass quick judgment (hence the novel’s title) takes a large effect on her relationships, especially her relationship with Mr. Darcy. Unimpressed by wealth and status, she differs from her somewhat naïve sister Jane in that she allows herself to see that humans are flawed beings. Put simply—Elizabeth is “real.” Elizabeth is initially put off by what she sees as superficial attempts by Mr. Darcy to win her over with arrogance and flashes of status, however, Darcy is intrigued by Elizabeth’s wit and intelligence, a far cry from many women of her time. However, though Elizabeth is in fact prejudiced, she is self-aware. As she grows to realize Mr. Darcy’s true character, and, consequently, her love for her, she admits to both herself and to him that she loves him—an act of swallowing her pride.

The book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a novel that focuses mainly on wealth, matrimony, and etiquettes. Although this might seem cliché, I have learned to never judge a stereotypical book by its cover. As for the character Elizabeth, that lesson might have been useful for her. In the book Pride and Prejudice, getting married to a wealthy man with very high etiquettes is highly looked up to. Two of the five daughters of Mr. Bennet get introduced to two handsome, wealthy men in the name of Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy. Sparks immediately fly between Mr. Bingley and Jane, the oldest of the daughters, but as for Elizabeth, things do not go so well for her and for the very proud, Mr. Darcy. The two lovebirds, Jane and Mr. Bingley, got separated from each other due to Mr. Darcy’s ignorance, and persuaded Mr. Bingley that Jane was indifferent to him. Jane travels to London in the hopes of seeing Mr. Bingley, but his sister, with no great civility towards the two Bennet sisters, tells Jane that Mr. Bingley has fallen in love with Georgiana, Mr. Darcy’s sister. Not knowing that this was a lie, Jane felt very ill about it. On the other side of the road, Elizabeth visits her friend Charlotte, who is married to Mr. Collins; her cousin that will soon inherit the Bennets’ family estate once Mr. Bennet dies. Elizabeth finally meets Lady Catherine de Bourgh, whom Mr. Collins speaks highly of, but little did she know that Mr. Darcy and Lady Catherine are related. During

Mr. Darcy’s prejudices cause him to quickly judge others based solely on their social status, not their character, as taught by society, before realizing that the two are not exclusively related. An example of those widespread beliefs in Regency society was that in order to be accomplished, a woman had to be of good class, in addition to belonging to a rich family. Though not formulated by Darcy himself, he does not refute the list that Ms. Bingley makes concerning his potential wife. She “must have a thorough knowledge of music, … modern languages, … [and elements like the] manner of walking, the tone of her voice, her address and expressions” (Austen 39). This exhaustive list demonstrates how selective Darcy and the upper society, happened to be and illustrates how Darcy quickly forms his opinion of Elizabeth after meeting her. Since Elizabeth’s father is only a gentleman, with a limited yearly income and very minimal savings, the family is of lower class than Darcy, while the lack of money means that the Bennet family could not have hired the teachers necessary for their daughters to learn the skills necessary

Mr.Collins is a young clergyman, who stands to inherit Mr.Bennet’s property, since it can only be passed down to male heirs. While he is staying with the Bennets, Mr.Collins makes a marriage proposal to Elizabeth, but she turns him down. Meanwhile, militia officers are stationed in a nearby town, and the Bennet girls have started to become familiar with them. A handsome young soldier named Wickham is particularly friendly towards Elizabeth, and he tells her a story of how Darcy had cruelly cheated him out of an inheritance.When winter comes around, the Bngleys and Darcy go back to London. Then Elizabeth finds out that Mr.Collins and her best friend, Charlotte Lucas, are to be married. Later on during the winter season, Jane visits London and stays there with her aunt and uncle, the Gardiners, with hopes that she might see Mr.Bingley. However, Mr.Bingley never visits her, and when Miss Bingley does visit her, she behaves rudely towards Jane.In the spring, Elizabeth goes to visit Charlotte and Mr.Collins in their new home, which is situated near Darcy’s aunt, Lady Catherine de Bourgh’s residence. When Dacy is visiting his aunt, he encounters Elizabeth, and one day shocks her by making her a marriage proposal. However, she refuses this proposal and tells him that she considers him unpleasant and arrogant, and she accuses him of sabotaging Jane and Bingley’s relationship, as well as