Pride And Prejudice By Jane Austen - 2011 Words

In the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, it is illustrated through the motif of sense that when it comes to reason versus passion, man should be more sensible in choosing the better for them. She emphasizes this through some of the characters and their relationships in the novel, such as, Jane Austen and Mr. Bingley, Mr. Collins and Charlotte, Mr. Wickham and Elizabeth, and Lydia and Mr.Wickham. Within many of these relationships a lot of suspicion and scandal takes place. In the novel, Austen attest that people should use your mind more when it comes to relationships and sometimes passion could prevent people from making logical decisions. Austen presents the idea of reason versus passion through sense first through the couple†¦show more content†¦Although, Elizabeth warned Jane of Mr. Bingley’s sister who wants to keep them apart she exclaims, â€Å"Indeed, Jane, you ought to believe me. No one who has ever seen you together can doubt his affection†(A usten 95). Elizabeth earlier on tried to warn Jane of her â€Å"friends† actions but she was blinded by her loving caring heart and she wanted to be so well mannered that she was in denial. To prove this idea, the literary journal titled â€Å"Pride and Prejudice Critical Companion to Jane Austen† the author, William Baker presents confirms these accusations by talking about the letter from Caroline Bingley explaining to Jane that â€Å"her brother will remain in London for the winter and is seeing Georgiana Darcy a good deal† (Baker). Caroline does this to discourage Jane for ever having a chance with Mr. Bingley again as he did just up and leave to London. As a result, Jane begins to believe that she was â€Å"mistaken in supposing that Bingley loved her,† but, â€Å"Jane is stoical and refuses to think ill of the Bingleys† (Baker). Most of the time Jane used her heart to make decisions and that is why she began to upset herself and began to hav e doubt in Mr. Bingley’s love for her because her personality could not possibly allow her to think that someone could be deceiving and have hatred or even envy towards her. As far as Mr. Collins and Charlotte goes Austen, also use this relationship to depict sensibility between the characters and