Character Analysis: Elizabeth

Characters: I have found that the character I can relate most to in our book is Elizabeth, or, as her family calls her, Lizzy. In my opinion, Elizabeth is the only one of the Bennet girls (including, and especially, Mrs. Bennet) that does not have a feminist attitude or outlook on life. As I described in Mrs. Bennet's character analysis, she has a very strong vision of what she wants her daughters to grow up to be. Lizzy, unlike her four sisters, has no intention of growing up to be this person. She feels like she doesn't need a husband, which worries her mother, and that she can be whomever she wants to be. This really shows when she turns down the handsome and rich Mr. Darcy, because she doesn't like his personality. Any one of her other sisters would have accepted him eagerly, but not Elizabeth. She sees past men's looks and wealth, to what she believes is most important, their personality.

~Carolyn