Influence of Other Characters on the Transformation of Elizabeth in Pri

Influence of Other Characters on the Transformation of Elizabeth in vanity and Prejudice In Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, readers witness the profound transformation of the protagonist. Although the drastic changes are largely due to the characters self-propelled growth, the influences of opposite characters play a key position in igniting the permanent metamorphoses. This essay analyzes the two most influential characters in Pride and Prejudice and Elizabeths self-realization. We are working under the presumption that two other characters serve as catalysts to boost the final changes of the protagonist. Elizabeths transformation and growth are greatly attributed to two other characters namely Darcy and Wickam. At first Elizabeth notably concentrates on Darcys conceited attitude and on Wickams pleasing manners. As the story unfolds, the prejudices against Darcy and for Wickam are to face profound reversals. While Darcys real identity, which is not that arrogant, is being r evealed to Elizabeth, she is ushered into the darker side of Wickam. In the process of this remarkable revelation, Elizabeth obtains the reconfiguration of her attitude from prejudice-ridden to broadened perspective. In figuring out the specific process, Dar... ...t things may be opposite. This suspicion is strengthened when Wickam shows uneasiness about her stay at Rosings(175). On the heels of her subtle change of attitude toward Darcy, she visits Pemberly where Darcy lives and comes to hear about Darcy through the housekeeper as follows I have never had a cross word from him in my life, and I have known him ever since he was four years old(183). Works Cited Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. Ed. Donald Gray. New York W.W. Norton & Company, 1996. Fritzer, Penelope Joan. Jane Austen and Eighteenth-Century Courtesy Books. Westport, Connecticut Greenwood Press, 1997.