"Pride and Prejudice", Self-Esteem and Disdain

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This paper suggests that there is a very complex nature to the idea of pride, as Jane Austen treats it and that in the novel "Pride and Prejudice" it can mean anything from a healthy self-esteem to a haughty disdain for the perceived inferiorities of others. It examines how the treatment of prejudice includes the notion that one can be prejudiced against but also prejudiced in favour of something or someone.

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"Other characters in the novel that parody Darcy's and Elizabeth's pride but to an extreme extent are firstly, Lady Catherine. Lady Catherine has pride in her superior social status and blood. Her pride is unlike Darcy's though which is straightforward and honest. Her pride is extreme, overbearing and puffed-up. She is a snob and tries to run the lives of all those who are under her, thinking that it's her God-given right. She is also prejudice to those who belong to an "inferior" class then herself. She has a preconceived idea about Elizabeth and her inferior upbringing."

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