Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice"

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This paper analyzes the theme and characters of Jane Austen's novel, "Pride and Prejudice", and explains that the books is basically a love story that occurs between two people, Elizabeth and Darcy, who have attributes in their personalities that they must overcome. In particular, the paper looks at how the book is about people who see moral good in other individuals, and then better themselves through their influence.

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"At this point of change, some of Darcy's pride starts to slip away; it has already also significantly slipped away as he has fallen more and more in love with Elizabeth. Darcy would have looked down on Mr. Collins just because of his social class before, but he is changing through his relationship with Elizabeth and it is making him a better person from a moral point of view. "Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously" Early in the novel, when he provides an uptight foil to the easygoing character of Mr. Bingley, Darcy is portrayed as an elitist snob."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York: WW Norton, 2001
• Monaghan, David. Jane Austen: Structure and Social Vision. New York: Harper and Row, 1980.
• Whatley, Richard. "Technique and Moral Effect in Jane Austen's Fiction." Pride and Prejudice. New York: WW Norton, 2001.
• Pride and prejudice: Search, read discuss. Retrieved 2008, http://www.online-literature.com/austen/prideprejudice/

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