Analyse the character
of Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice.
Of all her heroines,
Jane Austen liked Elizabeth most. She once wrote to her niece Cassandra:
“I must confess that I
think her as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print, and how I shall
be able to tolerate those who do not like her at least I do not know”.
Indeed, the trust placed
by Jane Austen in her favourite heroine wasn’t at all misplaced, for during the
last one century and a half, countless readers of English fiction including
some very enlightened and discerning critics must have fallen in love with her.
A.C. Bradley once wrote, “I am meant to fall in love with her, and I do.” R.L
Stevenson was so enthusiastic about her that he said he wanted to ‘go down on
his knees’ whenever she spoke.
An intricate character
At the ironic level, Pride
and Prejudice present an antithesis between Intricacy and Simplicity. “Intricate
characters are the most amusing,” says Elizabeth in chapter IX. And she herself
is one of the intricate characters. She is profound and perceptive. There is a
good deal of intellectual complexity about her. She doesn’t just represent
prejudice, as is commonly understood. Her prejudice stems from pride in her own
perception, as Darcy’s pride leads him into prejudice against the rural gently.
When she is rejected by Darcy for a dance, her pride is mortified by his, and
she gets prejudiced against him. This gets her into a number of unsavory
situations. She is percipient, hence subject to failures of perception, and this
is what account for the intricacy of her character...........................................................
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