1. "Human nature is particularly prone to it, and that there are very few of us who do not cherish a feeling of self-complacency on the score of some quality or other, real or imaginary [...] A person may be proud without being vain." (page 21)
- Besides the satire of the regimented social hierarchy, the discussion on the nature of pride and prejudice is the other main theme of this novel. "Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy's characteristics are different in many people's eyes; however, the major parts of their personalities are overlapped - both of them have pride and prejudice, although those characteristics are shown in slightly different ways. Mr. Darcy has his pride on the outside, while prejudice is the domination of his views to other people. He refused to interact with people other than his closest friends because he is supercilious - but that is just partly right - he is, indeed, so sticked to his prejudice that he cannot see the goodness in others. On the other hand, Elizabeth is using her prejudice to cover up her pride: "Compliments always take you by surprise, and me never" (16). She is not surprised by others' compliments because she knows her good qualities already. She becomes extremely critic when meeting people from a higher social class, for example, Mr. Darcy, because her pride is being violated by the air of aristocracy.
- The two protagonists' hearts are tangling with pride and prejudice. They also struggled to put down their pride and get rid of their prejudice in front of the irresistible love that is slowly but surly growing between them. Luckily, "a person may be proud without being vain" (21); there is no vanity in their pride and there is no hatred in their prejudice. So the time when they realize how much they share in their personalities would also be the time when prejudice dissolves, pride humbles, and love completes.
1. What is the narrative mode of this novel?
A. Third-person, objective
B. Third-person, subjective
C. Third-person, omniscient
D. Third-person, limited
E. Multiple-person narrative mode
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