characters in pride and prejudice
...ngly proud of their great fortunes and estates and as a result of the emphasis on money issues at that time. In my opinion, pride comes in for the sharper criticism by Austen. She has chosen to personify this trait inseveral characters in "pride and prejudice" although it is hard to find one character who portrays prejudice alone,thoughout the novel. When prejudice does occur in this novel, Jane Austen has shown it in the hands of a notoriously proud character .Because prejudice is not personified(ie. depicted as a major characteristic flaw) I believe that it was not to be the object of Jane Austen's sharper criticism.Jane Austen has depicted pride in her minor characters as a means of demonstrating it's importance as a theme of this novel.Lady Catherine is one of...