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 * **Characters** || **Societal Class** || **Behavior/Attitudes of Characters** || **Success In Society** ||
 * //Elizabeth Bennet// || Middle Class || Elizabeth Bennet is a very nice and sweet girl, but she is not fooled by people and can see them for who they truly are. She does not hesitate to say how she feels or what she thinks about a subject. Elizabeth is a very intelligent young woman and very witty. She loves her mother and two younger sisters, but thinks that they are incredibly silly. Elizabeth and her sister Jane are very close to one another and as for her father, she is his pride and joy. || Elizabeth is very successful young woman within her soceity. She knows all the people of Hertfordshire and enjoys attending all of the balls and gatherings. She resides at Longbourn with her father, mother, and four other sisters. ||
 * //Mr. Darcy// || Upper Class || Mr. Darcy is a very proud man who thinks he is better than the people in Hertfordshire. He is very good friends with Mr. Bingley, but is the complete opposite of him. When at the balls he only speaks to Mr. Bingley and Miss Bingley and does not socialize with the other people there. Everyone in Hertfordshire does not like him because they think that he is an extremely proud and stuck up man. However, Mr. Darcy is also a very intelligent man and respected by those who know him well. || ​ Mr. Darcy is a very successful man in his society. He inherited money from his deceased father and is living off 10,000 per year. He resides at Pemberley in Derbyshire. ||
 * //Mr. Bingley// || Upper Class || Mr. Bingley is handsome, good-natured, and wealthy, he is contrasted with his friend Darcy as being less intelligent but kinder and more charming, and hence more popular in Meryton. He lacks resolve and is easily influenced by others. || Mr. Bingley is a very succesful man in his society. He is very wealthy and makes about 5,000 per year. He is well liked in his community and in Hertfordshire. ||
 * //Miss Bingley// || Upper Class || ​ Miss Bingley is Mr. Bingley's sister. Unlike Mr. Bingley, Miss Bingley is very proud and likes to flaunt her money. She is more like Mr. Darcy. Miss Bingley also thinks that she is better than the people in Hertfordshire and looks down upon anyone who is not in the same class as her. Miss BIngley seeks the affection of Mr Darcy and works tirelessly to impress him. She views his growing attachment to Elizabeth Bennet with some jealousy, resulting in disdain and frequent verbal attempts to undermine Elizabeth and her society. She is a very conceited woman. || ​ Miss Bingley is a very successful woman because she comes from a wealthy family and has a brother that will keep her living in the life she's accustomed to or until she marries a wealthy man. ||
 * //Mr. Collins// || Middle Class || Mr. Collins' personality and dependence on the likes of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, causes him to be silly and pompous. He believes he is the ultimate do-gooder, but people of higher intelligence can see past his mask of pretentions. People run the other way at the sight of him. This is most inappropriate behavior for a clergyman. || For the present Mr. Collins is not a huge succes in society, but owes whatever he does have to Lady Catherine de Bourgh. One mistake that displeases her could have him out on the street. However, upon the death of Mr. Bennet, Mr. Collins will inherit Longbourn and his status in society will improve. ||
 * //Lady Catherine de Bourgh// || Upper Class || ​ Lady Catherine de Bourgh is the ultimate in snobbish pretentions and thinks and knows that she is better than everyone else because of her fortune. She is not a very intelligent woman, but thinks that her company is beneath her. She is domineering, very formidable, and lacks affection towards people. She believes that people with lower connections must seek and take her advice on every matter. || Lady Catherine de Bourgh is very successful in society because she is very wealthy. Fortunately for her, she either married a wealthy man and/or came from a wealthy family herself. ||
 * //Mr. Wickham// || Middle Class || In the beginning, we se Mr. Wickham as a respectful and honest man as well as being very attractive. Elizabeth begins to find herself attracted to him. Mr. Wickham gets into an argument with Mr. Darcy because he wanted to marry Mr. Darcy's sister for money, but Mr. Wickham lies to Elizabeth about the real reason behind the argument . Mr. Wickham is the best example of a lying, swindling libertine. He talks out of both sides of his mouth and tells certain people what they want to hear to make them admire him and give him empathy. While on the other hand, he lies and cheats, uses his charms, and will go to any length to achieve his goals no matter who he hurts or destroys. || Mr. Wickham has never been nor will ever be successful in society because he has burnt all his bridges behind him and people know the type of man he is. He continually moves about to find other victims to seek empathy and take advantage of them. ||

Here in Gladstone we've been told that we are to assist you in understanding the book and something that has been suggested as a topic is the very distinct social classes present in 'Pride and Prejudice'. The novel shows these social classes as being very separate. Where the classes rarely come in contact with eachother and in each case the upper classes are almost disgusted by the presence of the lower classes. The social pressure to associate mainly within close circles and within your own class is constant and this is made apparent by Darcy when professing his love for Elizabeth. He lists the many reasons why they should never be together all to do with the disgrace it would bring to himself and his family to be associated with her own. I'm still reading so I'll finish it up later Hope this helps. Regards, Connor