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Essay on Themes Pride and Prejudice:

In this novel, the title describes the underlying theme to the book.

Pride and prejudice were both influences on the characters and their

relationships. Darcy alienated himself from the others at first because of his

intense pride. His prejudice against the Bennet's because of their poverty was

also something that he would have to overcome. For Elizabeth, her prejudice

against Darcy came from his snobbery. It caused her to not see his feelings for

her and to believe whatever Wickman said.

Darcy's fierce pride often alienated him from others. For example, he

acted so snobby and superior at the first ball with the Bennet's that they were

all turned off by him. His eventual love, Elizabeth, was disgusted at his

behavior and formed a prejudice against him. Even after he fell in love with her

and proposed to Elizabeth, he completely debased her family. Darcy realized

eventually that he was going to have to change. He tried to look at his behavior

and analyze why he acted as he did. In the end, he fought his intense pride so

that he and Elizabeth could be happy together.

Prejudice was also an issue for Darcy in that he disliked Elizabeth in

the beginning because of her low social status, poverty, and socially inept

family. Darcy was forced to deal with his prejudice when he fell in love with

Elizabeth. This was not easy for him to do but it was necessary. His snobbery

was countered by his love for Elizabeth. In the end, he overcame his pride and

gave in to his feelings by marrying her in spite of her and her family's

shortcomings.

Elizabeth had her own issues with prejudice with which to deal. Darcy's

cold arrogance and snobbery prejudiced her from him from the beginning and it

took Elizabeth a lot longer time to overcome her prejudices than it did Darcy.

This was because Elizabeth was a very caring person and did not like the things

that Darcy had said about her and her family. When given the chance, Elizabeth

loved to hear about how awful Darcy was, such as when she met Wickman, who was

eager to slander Darcy.

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