Pride and Prejudice

Elizabeth Bennet
Elizabeth Bennet is one of the
protagonists in the novel.
She is often referred to as Eliza or
Lizzy by her friends and family.
Elizabeth is the second child in a
family of five daughters
She is very closed to her older
sister, Jane.
She is 20 years old at the beginning
of the novel

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Jane and Elizabeth

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 Elizabeth is described as an intelligent young woman, with "a lively,
playful disposition, which delighted in anything ridiculous".
She often presents a playful good-natured impertinence that does not
offend.
Within her neighborhood Elizabeth
is considered a beauty and a
charming young woman with
"fine eyes
Elizabeth is her father's favourite,
described by him as having
"something more of quickness
than her sisters
In contrast, she is the least dear
to her mother, especially after
Elizabeth refuses a marriage
proposal from Mr. Collins. Her
mother tends to contrast her
negatively with her sisters Jane
and Lydia, who she considers
superior in beauty and disposition,
respectively, and does not
understand her father's
preference.
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 Mr. Darcy
Is one of the two central characters
in Jane Austen's novel Pride and
Prejudice.

Usually referred to only as "Mr.

Darcy" or "Darcy" by characters and
the narrator, his first name is
mentioned twice in the novel

Mr. Darcy is a wealthy

gentleman with an income
exceeding 10,000 a year, and
the proprietor of Pemberley, a
large estate in Derbyshire
He is a really close friend of Mr.
Bingley
Darcy and Bingley
 He is handsome, tall, and
intelligent.

Darcy lacks the ease and

social graces that comes so
naturally to his closest
friend, Charles Bingley, his
cousin Colonel Fitzwilliam,
and even to his former
childhood friend-turned-
antagonist George
Wickham (who abuses
them).

Others frequently mistake

his aloof decorum and
rectitude as further proof of
excessive pride.

While he makes a poor

impression on strangers,
such as the landed gentry of
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The first name

Originally, the novel

was going to be
called First
Impressions, but
after Austen hit the
big time with the
blockbuster sales of
Sense and
Sensibility, her
publisher asked if
they could try for a
little branding
magic by sticking to
the same title
formula: noun-and-
noun. Sure enough,
this new novel went
over like
 Why is called Pride and
Prejudiced?
Pride and Prejudice, at first sight is an obvious representation of the
two main characters in the book, Darcy and Elizabeth.

Darcy presents pride in his every

move, especially at the beginning
of the book where he calls
Elizabeth tolerable and not
handsome enough for him.

Elizabeth holds a prejudice

about Darcy from this day on,
until she is finally proven wrong.
She hardens her heart towards
Mr. Darcy on their first meeting
and grabs at every little bit of
information she hears that shows
him to be proud, arrogant and
disagreeable.
 Nowadays
Our society today is still full
of pride and prejudice,
especially between different
cultures and religions. No
human is pride and
prejudice free, it is
impossible. Although some
are more careful than others
to state their beliefs loud,
and to let their pride get out
of control.