Were Pride and Prejudice part of the first impressions of others in the 17th century and are they still present today? In Jane Austen's romantic and satirical novel, Pride and Prejudice, examine the main themes or certain judgments that occur in the novel. Austen's shows that Pride and Prejudice deserved to be the title of the novel as it connects to the characters, society, and history. First of all, Austen shows that the characters contained a great deal of pride and prejudice. Mary, for example, is one of the first protagonists to mention one of the terms and gives an excellent definition and opinion: “Vanity and pride are different things, although the words are often used synonymously. A person can be proud without being vain. Pride refers more to the opinion we have of ourselves, vanity to what we would like others to think of us” (15). Mary provides readers with her opinion and definition of pride excellently. It doesn't help that she's trying too hard to interact with her sister Liz and Mrs. Lucas, but her interpretation of pride and vanity is correct. Additionally, his quote includes a clue for readers, specifically how it affects Elizabeth and Darcy. Pride is usually always present in Darcy's character and throughout the book it has affected his reputation. When he attends his first dance with Liz present, he comments to Bingley, "She is tolerable; but not beautiful enough to tempt me; and I am not in a mood at the moment to give importance to young women who are despised by other men." (8 ). At the beginning of the book, Darcy's pride has become his enemy that everyone in society catches. Even though the pride attached itself to Darcy, other characters contained this quality, mentioned later by Lady Catherine de Bourgh paper... he eliminated his anger towards Liz in the letter as he still thinks he is above her, even though her husband Darcy has a higher status Obviously her pride has gotten the better of her and she is still prejudiced against Liz even though she is married to her nephew. By the end of the novel, Darcy and Liz have grown closer, Liz tolerates him, and they truly love each other. Overall, all the events that happened in the story did not change the character's pride or prejudice or change him completely. Austen made the story effective and inspired the theme of pride and prejudice. Ultimately, Austen proves that Pride and Prejudice deserved to be the title of the novel as they connect to the characters, society, and story. Austen certainly realizes that not everyone notices their pride and prejudice and that this was the problem in her story and in her society. Word count: 1180