Define Vanity

Interestingly enough we’ve ran into VAIN. Quick recap, vanity is what other think of you an pride is what you think of yourself. “In vain did Elizabeth endeavor to check the rapidity of her mother’s words” (P.75) looks like Elizabeth is more than proud my friends. She is vain, especially with her family and they with each other. Throughout this Bingley’s ball we are bombarded with evident examples as Mary’s horrendous playing which ended because Mr. Bennet “ took the hint” (p. 77) and his imprudent wife.

It appears as if the characters are very much aware of each other’s behavior’s and the possible inconvenient this could cause to their personal image; however, they are oblivious to their own behavior.  As is Mrs. Bennet with all of her daughter’s, embarrassed by Elizabeth and proud of Jane because they somehow improve her public image (despite being pretty much described as neurotic and stupid… but whatever). Also how Elizabeth fears that her family has set out to be embarrassing in the ball to which she feels ashamed of despite being described as “different”.

I guess that based on this we can conclude that another distinction made by the book between pride and vanity is that pride is what you think of yourself and it depends on yourself whereas vanity is other’s image of you and it depends on other’s behavior (as if somehow their actions were your own)