The Incredible Love Story of Pride and Prejudice Essay -- Pride Prejud

The Incredible Love Story of Pride and Prejudice      Ã‚  Ã‚   The novel of Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen, was a love story in which two complete opposite characters overcame their pride and prejudice and fell deeply in love. The story told how a bitter acquaintance could become a blooming love. Through lies, deceitful company, and separation the fondness of two characters prevailed, and confusing emotions arose. There were other relationships scattered throughout the story, but none were as grand as the mixing of oil and water. Some of these relationships bonded the two main characters together while others almost tore it apart.    Elizabeth Bennet was the second of five girls, the favorite of her father, and the least of her mother. The most sensible of her sisters, she was a keen-witted, outspoken, and intelligent girl.    "Lizzy is not a bit better than the others; and I am sure she is not half so handsome as Jane, nor half so good-humored as Lydia. But you are always giving her the preference." "They have none of them much to recommend them," replied he; "they are all silly and ignorant like other girls; but Lizzy has something more of quickness than her sisters. PP 6-7    She studied people's characters and behaviors, and she could almost always tell what someone's next step would be. She went on first reactions and was prejudice of anyone who she didn't like upon first meeting. Her mother was a beautiful woman who married Mr. Bennet; the most well to do man she could find. They had a marriage not entirely based on love, and that caused the two to grow somewhat distant. Mr. Bennet stayed quiet and levelheaded, but Mrs. Bennet became capricious and shrewish. For her, the onl... ... all odds to be together. Love prevailed through lies, deceit, and jealousy, and pride and prejudice was overcome. In the end, Darcy and Elizabeth showed how love could blossom from anything.    Works Cited and Consulted:    Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Airmont Books, 1992.    Brower, Reuben A. "Light and Bright and Sparkling: Irony and Fiction in Pride and Prejudice." Ed. Donald Gray. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1966. 374-388.    Moler, Kenneth. Pride and Prejudice: A Study in Artistic Economy. Boston, MA: Twayne Publishers, 1989.    Southam, B.C., (ed.), Jane Austen: The Critical Heritage. Landon, NY: Routledge & Kegan Paul - Barres & Nobel Inc., 1968.    Wright, Andrew H. "Feeling and Complexity in Pride and Prejudice." Ed. Donald Gray. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1966. 410-420.