The Effect of Pride and Prejudice on Darcy and Elizabeth's Relationship
The novel 'Pride and Prejudice' was written in 1796. It was written by a writer who's name was Jane Austin. The book was first published in
1813, and has consistently been Jane's most popular novel. The original version of the novel was written in 1796, and was called
'First Impressions'.
In the story there is a family called 'The Bennett's'. This is one of the main families in the book. The whole novel is almost based around this family. In this family there is, Mr & Mrs Bennett, Jane,
Elizabeth, Mary, Lydia, and Kitty. There are five daughters. Mrs
Bennett is very determined to get her daughters married to someone with a lot of money.
An entail is to limit the inheritance of property or estate to a specified succession of heirs.
A good marriage is very important for everyone. This is because the person you get married to is the person that you are going to spend the rest of your life with. In the time that Austen wrote her novel, marriage was for life. There was no way out of a marriage. Divorce was not a common occurrence as it is today. A good marriage is important because you and your partner are together "to have and to hold, in sickness and in health"
There are many effects of pride on the relationship of Darcy and
Elizabeth. In chapter 33, Darcy says, "It distressed her a little," this evidence, tell us that Darcy thinks that she likes another man called Colonel Fitzwilliam. He believes that she will marry to have financial security because Colonel Fitzwilliam is rich. However,
Elizabeth knows that she will marry for love and not for money. So
Darcy is shown to be prejudiced against Elizabeth, because she is of lower class of him and he believes that she will marry for wealth.
Hence, Elizabeth's pride is hurt because, she thinks that she may not