Theme Of Personality In Pride And Prejudice

The Importance of Personality and Character in Pride and Prejudice
The novel, Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen is about how an underprivileged family of five daughters lives their daily life. The oldest daughter, Jane, is very quiet and polite. She is compassionate and has a relationship with a man named Mr. Bingley. The next daughter, Elizabeth, is intelligent and quick-witted. She has a relationship with Mr. Darcy, however, she has not always had a relationship with him. When she first met him, she believed him very arrogant and not very likeable. Another one of the important characters in Pride and Prejudice is Mr. Wickham. All of the ladies thought he was extremely handsome and a very admirable man. Throughout the book ,however, the
Bingley loves her. Her personality and character make the other characters care less about how she is poor and does not have much money. In the next quotation, Jane describes Mr. Bingley’s personality and shows the readers what kind of man Jane likes, “ ‘He is just what a young man ought to be,’ said she, ‘sensible, good-humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!-so much ease, with such perfect good breeding’ ” (Austen 13). Within this quotation, Jane describes Mr. Bingley and what type of personality he has which she believes is perfect in an acquaintance. This quotation shows how Jane does not mention anything about how wealthy he is and only cares about his character. Overall, Jane has an affectionate nature and believes that other young men should also have an agreeable
Wickham is quite handsome and has a nice countenance when the readers are first introduced to his character. All of the young women advance to a first impression that he is the perfect man to be in a relationship with since he is extremely handsome. The next quotation shows how the young women immediately become captivated by Wickham’s appearance, “But the attention of every young lady was soon caught by a young man, whom they had never seen before, of most gentlemanlike appearance, walking with an officer on the other side of the way” (Austen 68). This quotation shows how all the young ladies were enraptured by Mr. Wickham’s image. However, throughout the book, the readers learn that Mr. Wickham’s appearance is misleading. Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy do not have a friendly past. Mr. Wickham attempted to acquaint himself with Georgiana, Mr. Darcy’s sister, to get her money. However, he soon learned that the inheritance would not be inherited by her so he left her and she was left heartbroken. This shows how Mr. Wickham may be handsome but he may not be trustable. This shows how women can come to a wrong first impression by only examining appearance and not a man’s story or