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Pride and Prejudice (Jane Bennet (Jane always likes to see the best in…
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Bennet
Jane always likes to see the best in people and wants to thing good of everyone. People usually view her as the pretty girl when they meet her. Austen's purpose for her in the novel was to create a foil for Elizabeth.
Elizabeth Bennet
Elizabeth is not your ordinary girl during this time period. Most girls only married for money and connections, but Elizabeth married for love. Other people view Elizabeth as not as pretty as Jane, but she still was viewed as intelligent. Austen's purpose for her was to express her opinions of women's right and social norms at the time.
Mary Bennet
Mary is this quiet girl that does not like to socialize that much. She is viewed as rude because she doesn't talk much and is always reading a book. Austen's purpose for her was to kind of provide an example of what Mrs. Bennet didn't want to see in a daughter.
Mr. Bennet
Mr. Bennet is this really sarcastic guy that seems like he doesn't care about his family when he truly does. People see him as an introvert and doesn't have many connections. Austen's purpose for him in the novel was to offset Mrs. Bennet's obsession with marriage.
Mrs. Bennet
Mrs. Bennet is dumb, selfish, and only cares about marrying her daughters off to respectable men. She is viewed as crazy and annoying and many people would rather not associate with her. Austen's purpose for her was to show the power of social norms in this time period.
Mr. Darcy
Mr. Darcy is actually a good guy that is very generous and wealthy, but also intelligent and kind. He is viewed as prideful and thinks he is better than everyone else because of once again the social norms of the time Mr. Darcy would not participate. Austen's purpose for him is to show that not everyone follows trends and is also a foil for Elizabeth.
Mr. Collins
Mr. Collins thinks he knows everything there is to know about women and was desperate to find a suitable wife. People view him as annoying and basically the image of the classic man during this time period. Austen's purpose for him was to depict the average man looking for anyone suitable enough to marry.
Charlotte Lucas
Charlotte is very desperate to be married and will do anything to have a husband, even fall into social norms. She is looked down upon in society because she was in her late twenties and still unmarried. Austen's purpose for her was to depict the ideal marriage of the time period.
Mrs. Gardiner
Mrs. Gardiner is a very well liked lady by her family and is very wise. Mrs. Gardiner is just all around a very well liked lady, unlike her sister in law. Austen's purpose for her was to bring Darcy and Elizabeth together.
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Lady Catherine is a bitter lady that wants what's best for her daughter in the end. She is viewed as selfish and ungrateful. Austen's purpose for her was to provide a connection from Darcy to Elizabeth, but also to provide yet another obstacle in their relationship.
Colonel Fitzwilliam
Colonel Fitzwilliam is a rich kid that can only marry someone with a large fortune. He is seen as wealthy and an eligible bachelor to other girls besides Elizabeth. Austen's purpose for him is to show more social norms of marrying wealthy.
Lydia Bennet
Lydia is an airhead that is obsessed with love and marriage just like her mom. She is seen as trashy because she ran away with Mr. Wickham and a disgrace to the Bennet family. Austen's pupose for her was to provide further disappointment for the family and yet another daughter being married.
Satire
Satire is constantly used throughout the novel. Whenever Mr. Bennet speaks to or about his wife, it is satire because he is making fun of her and she doesn't realize it which reveals her stupidity.
Irony
Irony is especially used within Miss. Bingley's character. She always tried to talk about about Elizabeth and call her names that mainly apply to her self and her personality.
Women's Role
The ideal successful life of a women would be to marry rich. Successful education would be reading a lot and enjoying it. A successful marriage would be marrying young and rich.
Social Expectations
Social expectations are to keep mainly to your own class which means to marry within your class or you will be looked down upon.
Marriage
Proposals mostly included an explanation of why your connections and their connections would work together. The marriages that the readers liked the best were the ones that were filled with love like Lizzie's and Darcy's and Jane and Bingley's.