Austen, Jane “Pride And Prejudice” Essay, Research Paper
Jane Austen’s intricate novel exhibits
dry, subtle humor. She paints her genteel and refined characters with a
fine brush, allowing them to enno’-'le or lower themselves with their own
actions and words. A symmetrical plot provides insight into both the foibles
and the warmth of human nature. Pride and Prejudice is a perceptive examination
of the relationship between the classes in Britain with middle class, upwardly
mobile aspirations to progress rubbing against upper class efforts to keep
them “in their place.” Austen’s adroit depiction of the plight of women
in pre-Victorian Europe also shows her superlative insight into her own
world. And this insight is skillfully mirrored through one of the most
intriguing and admired heroines of English novels Elizabeth Bennet.