How Does Shakespeare Present Elizabeth A Complex Character In Pride And Prejudice

Elizabeth is one of the main characters of “Pride and prejudice”. She can be compared with her sister Jane with whom she has lots of things in common and contrast with her mother Mrs. Bennet. Firstly, Mrs. Bennet is very immature and she shows us this when she says to Mr. Bennet: “you have no compassion on my poor nerves…”. This shows immature because she is being very selfish and it is thought that a characteristic of maturing is to stop being selfish. On the other hand, there is no aspect of Elizabeth being selfish or immature she rather behaves maturely, and not childish as her mother. Mr. Bennet is also seen a s very childish when she is at Bingley’s and she says: “… that gentleman …” referring to Mr. Darcy. Moreover, Mrs. Bennet is