"Pride and Prejudice"

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This paper looks at whether or not the title "Pride and Prejudice," that the author, Jane Austen gave to her book, correctly reflects the themes detailed in the book. The author looks at all the characters, main and secondary, in order to evaluate their roles and connections to the theme of pride and prejudice.

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"The majority of the other characters in "Pride and Prejudice" are guided and blinded by their pride and prejudice. Two prime examples are Sir Lucas, the Bennet's neighbor and Mr. Collins, the Bennet's cousin who will inherit Mr. Bennet's fortune. Sir Lucas was too proud to work anymore like the rest of the people on earth. Austen describes this fact when she tells of Sir Lucas quitting his job and then removing "...his family to a house about a mile from Meryton... where he could think with pleasure of his own importance, and unshackled by business, occupy himself solely in being civil to all the world." The fact that Sir Lucas quit his job, where he could gain respect by performing a vital function in society, so that he could spend his time faking kindness to get respect shows how during that time appearances were everything."

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