Man's social position in life PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Jane Austen, like her most beloved heroine, Elizabeth Bennet, is a keen observer of the nature of man in society. To simplify her studies, and to give her readers a better understanding of the concept of Pride and Prejudice, Austen does not focus our attention on the larger social structure as a whole, but skillfully directs our consideration only to a small, isolated segment of the society. In Pride and Prejudice, Austen scrutinizes a microcosm, …

…a person's appearance"(Horwitz 99). Elizabeth becomes a "rational creature speaking the truth from her heart"(Babb 429). Without neither family wealth nor wisdom to aid her, Elizabeth's success is a attribute to her inner strength. Darcy in the beginning is snobbish and proud. "I certainly lack the talent...of conversing easily with those I have never seen before. I cannot catch their tone of conversation, or appear interested in the concerns, as I often seen"(Austen 56).