Pride & Prejudice
Characters
Mr. Darcy
Mrs. Bennet
Elizabeth
Mr. Bennet
Jane
Mr. Bingley
Mr. Wickham
Mr. Collins
Lydia
Austen's Views/Themes
Marriage should be out of love
Criticism of the obsession with marriage
Most Beautiful
Most Intelligent Sister
Youngest daughter, immature, ignorant
Marriages
Wickham & Lydia
Darcy & Lizzy
Bingley & Jane
Collins & Charlotte Lucas
Greedy, deceptive, male goldigger
Kind, generous, loving, cold on the outside but warm on the inside
Believed in marrying who you wantto
Obsessed with making her daughters marry, hypocritical, selfish
Kind, fun, insensitive at times
Arrogant, ignorant
Mary
Likes to read
Foil to the stereotypical woman of this time
Represented the stereotype of women in this period
Very similar to her mother
In this period. success for a woman was to marry
It was 'common' for a typical woman to reject a man at first then accept him
Money
Love
Definitely love
Wickham bribed into marrying Lydia
Societal Views
A man with money must want a wife
Women usually marry for good connectins
Success fo men: money
Success for women: marriage
Charlotte Lucas
Also similar to Mrs. Bennet as fa as views on mariage go
Wanted good connections
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Selfish, hash towards Elizabeth, wanted things he way
Colonel Fitzwilliam
Made Lizzy think Darcy was a terible man, this made Lizzy refuse Darcy's proposal soon after
Mrs. Gardiner
Warned Lizzy about Wickham