Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin Vs. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Judging by reality and fiction, there is not a single person to exist that has been purely evil or purely good. Yet it is in human nature to judge others as good or evil. Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist of Pride and Prejudice was quick to judge Fitzwilliam Darcy, the second central character of the novel, harshly based on her false assumptions of the arrogance of the wealthy. His initial egocentrism, due to his belief in a structured social hierarchy, caused her to form a prejudiced opinion of him. Throughout Pride and Prejudice, Fitzwilliam Darcy is shown to exhibit both good and evil qualities, although not always apparent to the narrator, Elizabeth. Jane Austen’s portrayal of Mr. Darcy as a morally ambiguous character uncovers the significance of class in English society during the late seventeenth century.

In Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Heathcliff’s strong love for Catherine guides his transformation as a character. While Heathcliff enters the story as an innocent child, the abuse he receives at a young age and his heartbreak at Catherine’s choice to marry Edgar Linton bring about a change within him. Heathcliff’s adulthood is consequently marked by jealousy and greed due to his separation from Catherine, along with manipulation and a deep desire to seek revenge on Edgar. Although Heathcliff uses deceit and manipulation to his advantage throughout the novel, he is never entirely content in his current situation. As Heathcliff attempts to revenge Edgar Linton, he does not gain true fulfillment. Throughout Wuthering Heights, Brontë uses Heathcliff’s vengeful actions to convey the message that manipulative and revenge-seeking behaviors will not bring a person satisfaction.

Throughout the novel, Elizabeth only has bad things to say about Darcy. She believes that he is a vain and conceited man who sees her family as incompetent and inferior. Darcy’s bad habits and pride make Elizabeth form prejudices that mask Darcy’s true personality. And due to her preconceived notions on Darcy, Elizabeth believes Mr. Wickham’s story about Darcy and also speculates that Darcy

Heathcliff is a victim of class hatred but he also manipulates situations to his advantage and becomes an arch - exploiter. For example, after the death of his wife, Hindley went insane. Heathcliff used this opportunity to take revenge and took Wuthering Heights away from Hindley. He then went further and married Edgar’s sister, not for love or monetary gain but to get back at Edgar for marrying Catherine, and treated Edgar’s sister terribly.

Introduced to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice as a tall, handsome, self-absorbed aristocrat, Darcy experiences a change in personality and character. In order to dispose of his existent views on money and marriage, Darcy needed to feel something, to fall in love. Although he was well mannered, he did not know how to treat women with respect, especially those of a lesser economic status. The love of Elizabeth Bennet, however, changed his behavior.

Although their views may have been very harsh and negative in the beginning, both Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy leave the novel with very little prejudice and only good pride, but the reader has the same feelings when they close the

Throughout Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen uses most of the characters to display a prideful attitude. Although many of the characters display pride through the novel, Mr. Darcy has the most pride. Despite the fact of Mr. Darcy being very prideful at the beginning of the novel, he became a lot less prideful toward the end of the novel. Austen displayed Mr. Darcy this way to show that it is possible to overcome pride. In the novel almost all of the characters show prideful behavior, but Austen transformed Mr. Darcy’s pride from unfavorable to respectable. This displays pride as being one of the main themes in the novel, and shows how Austen believes it is possible to overcome pride.

Throughout history pride and prejudice have become toxic presences in the social realm. Each is a small seed that, when planted in the heart, allow for evils such as animosity and hubris to burgeon within a person’s mind. Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice explores the effects of such influences in a young woman’s life as she searches for a potential spouse. Throughout the novel Austen elucidates the social issues of her era. Characters have a tendency to make prejudicial assumptions about each other’s motives and behavior. This leads to conflict, confusion, and controversy. The story’s two protagonists, Elizabeth and Darcy, each struggle to recognize their own prejudices. During a turning point

            The issues of pride and prejudice certainly come to the fore in this chapter, both in direct mention as well as their presence in Elizabeth's character. It is a common interpretation that the two qualities of the book's title apply to Elizabeth and Darcy, the former to him, the latter to her,

In the book “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen, the characters progressed throughout the course of the story. For instance, two of the main characters, Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet. Beginning with Mr. Darcy. At the rise of the story, Darcy is perceived as a very arrogant and fairly obnoxious human being. This is mostly due to his, well, arrogant and obnoxious behavior at the ball.

Throughout the novel Pride and Prejudice Elizabeth and Darcy change significantly, all in good ways though. These changes taught each character a better side of themselves. And it also sent a good message out to readers.

As one of the most influential writers in literature, all of Jane Austen’s works contain everlasting themes that continue to impact modern society and its customs. In Pride and Prejudice, Austen explores the English gentry while offering anecdotes and wit to impose criticism on the societal values of the time. The story of Elizabeth Bennet includes a budding romance between her and the seemingly prideful Mr. Darcy, whose true character is only shown after Elizabeth overcomes her clouded judgment. The classic characterizations and themes found throughout the novel are so masterfully posed that they provide substantial influence on modern works whose authors wish to emulate some of the tactics of Austen to enable their work to be as long lasting

In the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen we have the opportunity to see first hand through the eyes of the author an interpretation of what she perceives to be the social norms and expectations revolving around different topics like marriage, love, and deception. The central plot in the novel revolves around two main characters Elizabeth and Darcy. Despite any emotional connection or mutual feelings they have for each other they are torn apart because of two different worlds society makes them believe they live in. Throughout the novel, Darcy deceive the people around him mostly the people he truly cares about in order to protect them.

Darcy’s character illustrates themes of both pride and prejudice. Mr. Darcy takes extreme pride in his estate and his affluent lineage. He keeps Pemberley in pristine condition and constantly pays his due to his family. As the wealthiest and handsomest man in the novel, Mr. Darcy behaves in the utmost arrogant and prideful ways. During the first ball of the novel, he refuses to dance with any of the women and acts coldly and withdrawn towards anyone who attempts to talk with him. As the wealthiest and handsomest man of his social class, Mr. Darcy’s pride makes him extremely conceited, driving his thirst for the accumulation of wealth and social affluence. Darcy also exhibits prejudicial behavior, inflicting emotional pain on Elizabeth by expressing negative opinions of her physical attributes and forming opinions about others solely based on their social standings. Because of this, he looks down on the Bennet family, deeming them inferior and lower class country folk. This becomes apparent during his proposal to Elizabeth when he states that he should not love her, because of her background. This type of prejudice is a mixture of the dislike of certain groups of people and forming adverse judgements before the acquisition of insight into a person’s character. Like Elizabeth, Mr. Darcy also eventually overcomes both his pride and his prejudice as he falls in love with

The book, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen can be summed up as a story of misinterpretation of character. The story takes place in 1800’s England and is centered around Elizabeth Bennet a middle class women with four other sisters, a father and an overbearing mother. The story follows Elizabeth and her sisters path to being married. Elizabeth and her sisters first meet Mr. Bingley a wealthy upper class man and his seemingly arrogant and prideful best friend Mr. Darcy (13). Both Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy begin to detest each other with even knowing each other. On multiple occasions they treat each other with resentment. The story progresses and their connection deepens and they finally admit their faults understand how both of them