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The character, Lady Catherine De Bourgh, in the novel Pride and Prejudice is shown to be supercilious and domineering. Lady Catherine's behaviour towards others suggests that she is supercilious. "Her air was not conciliating, nor was her manner of receiving them such as to make her visitors forget their inferior rank..." Her "aura" is not welcoming or comforting. She reminds others of their inferior rank, implying she is superior. Lady Catherine is so full of herself. This is revealed by the following quote: "Delivering her opinions on every subject...she was not used to have her judgment controverted." Lady Catherine is very strong-minded and talks as if her opinions are the only ones that can be right. She speaks as if nobody has ever argued
with her or told her she's wrong. She has something to say about everything showing the other she's smarter than them. Again, Lady Catherine tries to show she is better than everyone by "Giving a great deal of advice" to Charlotte. Lady Catherine tries to show that she is smarter than Charlotte. Implying she is wise, again trying to prove she is better than everyone around her. She is a proud, arrogant woman. Lady Catherine asks Elizabeth questions such as "Where they had been educated, what carriage her father kept..." She assumes she has the right to ask. By asking these disrespectful questions she just wants to know what Elizabeth's family's social status is. Reminding Elizabeth, she is inferior to her. She gives materialistic things a lot of importance. She brags about her belongings once again trying to prove she is the greatest. Another quote that proves Lady Cather to be supercilious is: "Stating the mistakes of others, or relating some anecdote of herself." She criticizes others as if she's perfect herself. By the way she continues to brag about herself, shows how conceited she is. She is an attention seeker and loves herself to the point where she may be narcissistic.
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Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice has emphases on how characters are perceived by the world they live in. Mr. Darcy is an unpopular and misunderstood character who is the symbol of pride throughout the novel. Mr. Wickham is a charismatic soldier who is perceptive of those around him and capitalizes on his knowledge. Throughout the novel similarities and differences between characters are highlighted. Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy grew up together, yet Mr. Darcy is known for having a disagreeable countenance and a large sense of pride and Mr. Wickham is more charming, charismatic, and socially well-versed. In the fourth chapter of Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth says “It does not necessarily
... but the story of those around her through the novel, they can see the different ways that female oppression is illustrated to them. Oppression, specifically female oppression, shows up through Elizabeth’s fight against it, the Bennet family’s struggles to maintain status in a society in which people are segregated by class, as well as the roles and standards set forward by society for women to follow accordingly. In any case, oppression poses a decision to the person facing it: to follow or not to follow? Whichever path a person chooses to follow can affect them for their entire life, either negatively or positively. In Pride and Prejudice, the reader gets to see oppression in many different ways, and is allowed to gain insight through the character’s opinions and statements.
... Darcy and Elizabeth. Additionally, Austen sculpts the theme of social expectations and mores using the self-promoting ideology and behaviors of Lady Catherine as fodder for comic relief. Austen does not simply leave the image of the gilded aristocracy upon a pedestal; she effectively uses the unconventional character of Elizabeth to defy aristocratic authority and tradition. In fact, Austen's proposed counter view of the aristocracy by satirizing their social rank. Lady Catherine is effectively used as a satirical representation of the aristocracy through her paradoxical breach of true social decorum and her overblown immodesty. Evidently, Lady Catherine is nothing short of the critical bond that holds the structure of Pride and Prejudice together.
In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen tells of the romantic exploits and drama of the Bennet family. Due to the prejudice of most of the characters, even the protagonist, Elizabeth Bennet, misunderstandings and problematic situations arise. It does not help the heroine that many antagonists stand in her way. The most prominent villain turns out to be George Wickham, a member of the militia of whom uses his good looks and seemingly good personality to lie and manipulate others, playing ignorant to the troubles he has created; he becomes a large contributor to Lizzy’s prejudice and the book’s overall concept of a judgmental society that favors certain characteristics of a person over others.
Maurice Bendrix is always quick to judge and assume. In the passage, Bendrix is realizing that Sarah is not the awful human being he thinks she is. Before this passage, Bendrix was constantly fueled by jealousy, for he thought he was second to someone else. It was from this point forward that Maurice realized that he loved her and needed to look past everything to be with her. One reason Bendrix realized he wanted Sarah is that Bendrix truly believed that he was the only one capable of loving her and believing in her. Another reason Bendrix sees Sarah for who she really is, is that he sees that Sarah does not love or believe in herself enough. The last reason is, that Bendrix is no longer blaming Sarah for his sorrows but is blaming God. All
...ove his lack of responsible action, and Charlotte Lucas’s inability to take action on achieving contentment, serve as character foils to Elizabeth, illuminating her ability to evaluate her mistakes and take action for the better good. Bennet dismissed his chance to change not because he couldn’t, but because he did not want to. Although he was an intelligent man, it does no good to be smart if one cannot apply intelligence towards self-awareness and towards applying action in turning foibles into strengths Charlotte, also an intelligent character, failed to apply a balance of reasoning and action in her decision, sacrificing a lifetime of happiness for comfort and economic stability. Therein lies the value of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice: It emphasizes that in life, self-awareness is nothing, unless action and reasoning are used in every opportunity to change.
Early in the essay Gargano states that, "in James's fiction, naivete may wear the look of an empty mind, but it is often the ideal preparation for receiving life fully and impressionably" (130). Gargano then tells us that Catherine will feel more intensely because she has not known strong emotions before. According to him, "her ingenuousness is the key to her genuineness and her sense of seeing, feeling, and judging life for the first time" (130). I feel this is a key element in understanding Catherine.