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"PRIDE AND PREJUDICE"
Jane Austen
Significance of the title

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by Shiladitya Chakraborty

"Pride and Prejudice " , originally called "First Impression " had
carried the special connotation of immediate surrender to
sensibility -- love at first sight -- the kind of experience enjoyed
in Love and relationship
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And later Elizabeth admitted that she was guilty
of prejudice based on pride in her own discernment
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Jane
Austen in her novel "PRIDE AND PREJUDICE " set up a conflict
between Elizabeth and Darcy
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The title of the novel can be examined in such different levels
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Pride is ostensibly associated with Darcy while
prejudice with Elizabeth
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Jane
Austen points out , " BUT HIS FRIEND Mr
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OF HIS HAVING TEN
THOUSAND A YEAR
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When Elizabeth happens to meet Wickham , she apparently
receives the corroboration from Wickham that Darcy and her
sister are very proud of themselves and Elizabeth readily
believes Wickham from her sense of prejudice
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Darcy remained silent which
shows a popular view of his pride
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The other keyword of the title " PREJUDICE " refers to Elizabeth ,
the heroine of the novel
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Her prejudice gradually deepeens when she comes to know
about Darcy's Pride from Wickham
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Elizabeth has no doubt that
the friend is no one but Bingley
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The very next morning , she is handed over the letter of Darcy
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Elizabeth's first impulse is to disbelieve the letter but when she
reads the letter she begins to reverse her opinion against Darcy
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When she goes over to visit
Pemberley , she meets Mrs
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Elizabeth's heart was softened towards darcy
and through many trials and tribulations , she is finally engaged
to Darcy
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with the re-reading of the
novel the reader not only gain a new perception of the
Elizabeth-Darcy affair but also of the title
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The two key
words of the title - "PRIDE" and " PREJUDICE" - ironically refer to
Darcy and Elizabeth respectively
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Elizabeth's Pride is wounded when she overhears Darcy to say to
his friend Bingley : " SHE IS TOLERABLE BUT NOT HANDSOME
ENOUGH TO TEMPT ME "
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However , the
process of self examination begins for Elizabeth with Charlotte's
acceptance of Mr
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With the
receipt of Darcy's letter , Elizabeth's self-examination process
further intensifies
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Elizabeth
slowly gains a new perception of both Darcy and Wickham
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Darcy on the other hand becomes prejudiced against the Bennet
family
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Darcy
hears Mrs
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Darcy, despite her strong prejudice against
Bennet family , proposes Elizabeth at Hunsford which Elizabeth
scornfully declines
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The novel makes clear that Darcy's pride leads to
prejudice and Elizabeth's prejudice stems from her wounded
pride
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darcy finds his second proposal
accepted by her
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Their new understanding of each other involves a
good deal of self-examination
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But , Jane Austen makes Elizabeth and
Darcy , subject to their self-assessment and the title of the novel
seems so significant as both them discarded their defects of
pride and prejudice and they are allowed to be united with each
other

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