Inevitable Judgment In Pride And Prejudice

Like the clouds block out the sunlight, pride can cloud reasonable judgement. Being prideful can lead others or oneself into making wrong judgments. Adding Elizabeth and Darcy’s dispute, Elizabeth’s refusal to a proposal, and Elizabeth’s findings of Mr. Wickham’s true intentions, Jane Austen, the author of Pride and Prejudice teaches that pride clouds reasonable judgement. Elizabeth and Darcy the two main characters of Pride and prejudice didn’t start out fond of each other and that is because of their pride. Towards the beginning of the book Elizabeth visits her sister, Jane who is sick in the Bingley’s, friends of the wealthy gentleman, Darcy house. While at the house, she has an encounter with Mr. Darcy. The conversation leads to Elizabeth calling out Darcy’s pride that “not even the best educated can overcome” (Austen 58). Darcy’s pride clouds Elizabeth’s judgement towards him and results in Elizabeth not seeing what the sunlight could
Wickham which then led to the misinterpretation of Darcy. Mr. Wickham in the book served as a soldier that happened to be well known to Darcy and later, Elizabeth. In the book, Wickham had used his Darcy’s sister to gain wealth. When Elizabeth meets Wickham, he lies to her by telling that Darcy is in the wrong and she willingly believes. Once Darcy reveals the truth to Elizabeth she concludes “I, who have valued myself on my abilities…I have courted prepossession” (Austen 205). Elizabeth realizes that her pride blocked the sunlight that shined on the better qualities of Darcy making the two characters become closer. When a cloud blocks the sun the world darkens. Like the cloud, pride can block out better judgment leading to failing relationships. Jane Austen teaches that pride clouds reasonable judgement by adding in her book, Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth and Darcy’s dispute, Elizabeth’s refusal to a proposal, and Elizabeth’s findings of Mr. Wickham’s true