Themes: Pride
One of the major themes within the novel Pride and Prejudice is placed right in the title: pride. Many of the different character's portray this theme. Pride is one of Elizabeth Bennet's character flaws. Upon meeting Mr. Darcy she sees him as a rude, arrogant man and dislikes him immediately. Elizabeth then becomes cold and unfeeling towards him and treats him in a rude manner. her pride clouds her judgment as she believes that Wickham is telling the truth and Mr. Darcy is not. Mr. Darcy later sets Elizabeth's judgments straight by writing a letter to her about all of the wrongs she accused him of. He corrects her judgment that he ruined Mr. Wickham's life and also fixes the romance between Jane and Mr. Bingley. Later on he even pays for Elizabeth's sister, Lydia's, wedding to Mr. Wickham. This sets Elizabeth straight and she realizes that her pride was in the way of her judgment. Another character who demonstrates the theme of pride is Mr. Darcy. Mr. Darcy's pride of his social status makes him scorn the people around him. At the balls he is unfriendly and withdrawn. This causes people to dislike him and he does not care about this. Even when he is asking Elizabeth to marry him he is frowning at her inferior birth. In the book it says his objection and delay to the proposal were "His sense of her inferiority - of its being a degradation - of the family obstacles which judgment had always opposed to inclination..." (Pride and Prejudice, Page 210) Mr. Darcy ends up realizing his faults because of the light Elizabeth cast on them and he changes him prideful nature.
One of the major themes within the novel Pride and Prejudice is placed right in the title: pride. Many of the different character's portray this theme. Pride is one of Elizabeth Bennet's character flaws. Upon meeting Mr. Darcy she sees him as a rude, arrogant man and dislikes him immediately. Elizabeth then becomes cold and unfeeling towards him and treats him in a rude manner. her pride clouds her judgment as she believes that Wickham is telling the truth and Mr. Darcy is not. Mr. Darcy later sets Elizabeth's judgments straight by writing a letter to her about all of the wrongs she accused him of. He corrects her judgment that he ruined Mr. Wickham's life and also fixes the romance between Jane and Mr. Bingley. Later on he even pays for Elizabeth's sister, Lydia's, wedding to Mr. Wickham. This sets Elizabeth straight and she realizes that her pride was in the way of her judgment. Another character who demonstrates the theme of pride is Mr. Darcy. Mr. Darcy's pride of his social status makes him scorn the people around him. At the balls he is unfriendly and withdrawn. This causes people to dislike him and he does not care about this. Even when he is asking Elizabeth to marry him he is frowning at her inferior birth. In the book it says his objection and delay to the proposal were "His sense of her inferiority - of its being a degradation - of the family obstacles which judgment had always opposed to inclination..." (Pride and Prejudice, Page 210) Mr. Darcy ends up realizing his faults because of the light Elizabeth cast on them and he changes him prideful nature. 
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