For example, Lady Catherine, Darcy’s aunt, epitomizes the prejudices and superiority of the upper class. Prideful, she demands Elizabeth to not accept Darcy’s proposal to preserve his “honor and credit” (Austen 338). Austen uses Lady Catherine to represent traditional prejudices. By insinuating that Elizabeth’s connection to Darcy would harm others’ respect for him, she judges Elizabeth with prejudice towards inferior families, similar to how Elizabeth disliked Darcy for his supposedly arrogant manners. But, Elizabeth, no longer burdened by “duty, nor honour, nor gratitude” that restricts families with no aristocratic lineage, demonstrates her courage and tenaciousness that allows for her to have an unorthodox, but deserving, marriage and future (Austen
For example, Lady Catherine, Darcy’s aunt, epitomizes the prejudices and superiority of the upper class. Prideful, she demands Elizabeth to not accept Darcy’s proposal to preserve his “honor and credit” (Austen 338). Austen uses Lady Catherine to represent traditional prejudices. By insinuating that Elizabeth’s connection to Darcy would harm others’ respect for him, she judges Elizabeth with prejudice towards inferior families, similar to how Elizabeth disliked Darcy for his supposedly arrogant manners. But, Elizabeth, no longer burdened by “duty, nor honour, nor gratitude” that restricts families with no aristocratic lineage, demonstrates her courage and tenaciousness that allows for her to have an unorthodox, but deserving, marriage and future (Austen