The title Pride and Prejudice refers to the two main characters in the novel, Elizabeth Bennet and Lord Darcy. Elizabeth is traditionally associated with prejudice. She conceives a dislike for Darcy even before she meets him. He walks arrogantly into a local ballroom. When he is encouraged to ask Elizabeth to dance, she overhears him say she is not pretty enough to tempt him. Naturally, she is angered by these words and decides he's...
The title Pride and Prejudice refers to the two main characters in the novel, Elizabeth Bennet and Lord Darcy. Elizabeth is traditionally associated with prejudice. She conceives a dislike for Darcy even before she meets him. He walks arrogantly into a local ballroom. When he is encouraged to ask Elizabeth to dance, she overhears him say she is not pretty enough to tempt him. Naturally, she is angered by these words and decides he's a jerk. As a result she is mean to him: this, of course, causes him to fall in love with her.
Darcy is traditionally considered to represent pride. He is the wealthy lord with a high income. He is used to everyone kowtowing to him. He is so sure of how great he is that he proposes to Elizabeth in the most insulting way possible. She gets furious at him, and more or less tells him she wouldn't marry him if he were the last man alive.
During the course of the novel, Elizabeth has to get over her prejudice against Darcy, and Darcy has to get over his pride if they are ever to get together.
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