Prejudice

Finally I’m aware of some of the prejudice that’s been taking place. Sadly, it apparently had to be extremely evident for me to realize. Oh, Mr. Wickham. That handsome fellow. Nice, caring, a victim of Mr. Darcy’s jealousness, apparently.  Elizabeth’s response to Wickham’s claims was extremely prejudicial as we see in page 60 “This is quite shocking!—He deserves to be publicly disgraced.” Although we have previously clearly established that she doesn’t feel very fond of him, she is taking Wickham’s claims to heart and proposing that he be punished for his actions.

I hate that this actually happens. That however you meet a person, if you hear something negative about them you completely assume that it can be logical and plausible and and and….. agh everything bad in the history of bad things should happen to them.


I later realized that this character is one of the few blatantly characterized as "handsome". Which I guess through logic (and again Social Psychology) gives him the upper hand; cause you see, when people are prettier they give off a more trustworthy vibe, more deserving and be supported will all logic, more appealing.


Therefore, if a person is prettier then not only will they be more accepted but their life will be all around easier...  ;) (get it?)

I’m definitely sticking to my hypothesis that Austen is clearly trying to portray society as a whole… We’ll just have to see how that works out.