Essay Archive - Escaping the Fog of Pride and Prejudice
Escaping the Fog of Pride and Prejudice
The words of the title of Jane Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice,
shroud the main characters, Elizabeth and Darcy in a fog. The plot of the novel
focuses on how Elizabeth and Darcy escape the fog and find each other. Both
characters must individually recognize their faults and purge them. At the
beginning of the novel, it seems as if the two will never be able to escape the
thick fog. The scene at the Netherfield ball makes the marriage of Elizabeth
and Darcy much more climactic because the pride and prejudice of both increases
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