How and where is pride a factor in the novel? Explain with details.
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As the title would sugguest, pride is a major part of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The novel begins with a prime example of pride consuming someone's life as Mrs. Bennet dedicates herself to finding suitable husbands for her five daughters, and suitable in her eyes is no easy task. She needs for a man to be of utter superiority and of good blood because she is too proud to let her family go to anything else.
Throughout the novel the words pride and proud are tossed around. Mr. Darcy is considered a very proud man and as the novel progresses Elizabeth sees that his pride is worthy and he does not flaunt it.
Pride in this book really is not definded as confidence in ones accomplishments but confidence in ones character. Darcy know his character and feels he has done all to set it right and as the book ends Elizabeth sees that this pride was deserved. Towards the end of the novel Elizabeth feels proud of Darcy.
I think pride is reflected in both Elizabeth and Darcy's characters. It is Elizabeth's pride/strong feelings of self respect that allow her to judge Darcy based on a bad fist impression. And it was Darcy's pride that allowed him to set himself apart from the "lower class" people at the first party. I think overcoming that pride and learning to see people as they really are is a central theme of the novel.
Pride is most noticeably a factor in the character of Mr. Darcy. Darcy's pride in the beginning of the novel is really the reason for a good deal of the rest of the plot. His original refusal to dance with Elizabeth, based on his pride, leads to Elizabeth's dislike of Darcy, and the ensuing conflicts that arise from this, such as Elizabeth's preference to Wickham and her refusal of Darcy's first proposal. Darcy's pride also leads to the separation of Jane and Mr. Bingley, because, among other things, Darcy does not believe that Jane's family situation is good enough for Bingley to marry into. Though there are other examples of pride in the novel, Mr. Darcy clearly stands as the epitome of pride.
I agree with everybody else who says that Mr. Darcy is the most proud character in the story. I would also like to point out that Mr. Darcy seemed to really overcome his pride a lot as the book went on. I would also like to point out that the vast majority of the characters in the story have some amount of pride not just Mr. Darcy. For instance, I think many of the wealthier characters of the story, such as Lady Catherine, derive a feeling of pride and power from their wealth.
Pride plays a major role in this novel, as hinted by the title. The whole book circles around it and the main stories lie around Mrs. Bennet's daughters finding suitable husbands that will give their family pride. Mrs Bennet wants all her dughters to marry honorable men so that they will be viewed better in society giving their family pride.
I feel as though pride is a huge factor in the novel. right off the bat the novel starts talking baout peoples backgrounds where they came from, and as characters are introduced, it is very clear that they show pride in regards ot their wealth. Throughout the novel i found that different people took pride in different things, which especially set them apart, however, the title pride AND prejudice very well reflects the novel, because with all this pride found, there is much prejudice going around due to "too much" pride. a good example of this would be when the rich turn their noses down to the less wealthy, that would be prejudice in results of such overwhealming pride, which is a recurring theme in the book.
Everybody in this novel has a degree of pride. Whether it is caused by social status or money, or both. People are also looking for things to be proud of, like suitable marriages. People also overcome their pride and learn to forgive others for their pride. Pride plays a large part in this novel and is a reccuring theme. -Kori
Pride is a big factor in the novel right from the very beginning, as we're introduced to Elizabeth's character. She's very proud and not at all hesitant to give her opinion. We see this when she meets Mr. Darcy and her pride in herself and her family causes her to view him as conceited and arrogant.
Pride is the underlying factor in the prejudice of the upper-class characters, such as the Bingleys. They are so proud of their social statue, their money, their desirable children, and their ability to manipulate those who are "lower" down the social chain (such as the Bennets). But furthermore, pride is also an essential element in Elizabeth's character-- pride both holds her up and holds her back. It holds her up because without pride, Elizabeth would not be this confident, smart, conscious, independent girl who is different from all her peers at time and in the novel. However, pride also holds Elizabeth back because (as in the case of falling for Mr. Darcy) it often gets in the ways of allowing herself to admit that she has fallen in love or been wrong. But that leads into prejudice...
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As the title would sugguest, pride is a major part of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The novel begins with a prime example of pride consuming someone's life as Mrs. Bennet dedicates herself to finding suitable husbands for her five daughters, and suitable in her eyes is no easy task. She needs for a man to be of utter superiority and of good blood because she is too proud to let her family go to anything else.
~Alyssa
Throughout the novel the words pride and proud are tossed around. Mr. Darcy is considered a very proud man and as the novel progresses Elizabeth sees that his pride is worthy and he does not flaunt it.
Pride in this book really is not definded as confidence in ones accomplishments but confidence in ones character. Darcy know his character and feels he has done all to set it right and as the book ends Elizabeth sees that this pride was deserved. Towards the end of the novel Elizabeth feels proud of Darcy.
I think pride is reflected in both Elizabeth and Darcy's characters. It is Elizabeth's pride/strong feelings of self respect that allow her to judge Darcy based on a bad fist impression. And it was Darcy's pride that allowed him to set himself apart from the "lower class" people at the first party. I think overcoming that pride and learning to see people as they really are is a central theme of the novel.
Pride is most noticeably a factor in the character of Mr. Darcy. Darcy's pride in the beginning of the novel is really the reason for a good deal of the rest of the plot. His original refusal to dance with Elizabeth, based on his pride, leads to Elizabeth's dislike of Darcy, and the ensuing conflicts that arise from this, such as Elizabeth's preference to Wickham and her refusal of Darcy's first proposal. Darcy's pride also leads to the separation of Jane and Mr. Bingley, because, among other things, Darcy does not believe that Jane's family situation is good enough for Bingley to marry into.
Though there are other examples of pride in the novel, Mr. Darcy clearly stands as the epitome of pride.
-Victoria M
I agree with everybody else who says that Mr. Darcy is the most proud character in the story. I would also like to point out that Mr. Darcy seemed to really overcome his pride a lot as the book went on. I would also like to point out that the vast majority of the characters in the story have some amount of pride not just Mr. Darcy. For instance, I think many of the wealthier characters of the story, such as Lady Catherine, derive a feeling of pride and power from their wealth.
Drew McGlincy
Pride plays a major role in this novel, as hinted by the title. The whole book circles around it and the main stories lie around Mrs. Bennet's daughters finding suitable husbands that will give their family pride. Mrs Bennet wants all her dughters to marry honorable men so that they will be viewed better in society giving their family pride.
Matthew Fitch
I feel as though pride is a huge factor in the novel. right off the bat the novel starts talking baout peoples backgrounds where they came from, and as characters are introduced, it is very clear that they show pride in regards ot their wealth. Throughout the novel i found that different people took pride in different things, which especially set them apart, however, the title pride AND prejudice very well reflects the novel, because with all this pride found, there is much prejudice going around due to "too much" pride. a good example of this would be when the rich turn their noses down to the less wealthy, that would be prejudice in results of such overwhealming pride, which is a recurring theme in the book.
Everybody in this novel has a degree of pride. Whether it is caused by social status or money, or both. People are also looking for things to be proud of, like suitable marriages. People also overcome their pride and learn to forgive others for their pride. Pride plays a large part in this novel and is a reccuring theme.
-Kori
Pride is a big factor in the novel right from the very beginning, as we're introduced to Elizabeth's character. She's very proud and not at all hesitant to give her opinion. We see this when she meets Mr. Darcy and her pride in herself and her family causes her to view him as conceited and arrogant.
-Kayleigh
Pride is the underlying factor in the prejudice of the upper-class characters, such as the Bingleys. They are so proud of their social statue, their money, their desirable children, and their ability to manipulate those who are "lower" down the social chain (such as the Bennets).
But furthermore, pride is also an essential element in Elizabeth's character-- pride both holds her up and holds her back. It holds her up because without pride, Elizabeth would not be this confident, smart, conscious, independent girl who is different from all her peers at time and in the novel. However, pride also holds Elizabeth back because (as in the case of falling for Mr. Darcy) it often gets in the ways of allowing herself to admit that she has fallen in love or been wrong. But that leads into prejudice...
-Sarah
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