Elizabeth Bennet’s Great Awakening What would the world be like if everyone was normal and everyone followed the rules? There would be no fun and no one would ever be happy. Jane Austen demonstrates in Pride and Prejudice through Elizabeth and Darcy that in man's pursuit of the joys in life, those who stick too strictly or not at all to the existing social norms face the danger of never finding their place in …showed first 75 words of 1089 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1089 total…misjudge. Elizabeth realizes that people cannot be judged based on appearance; you have to know a person on the inside to before you can judge them. By the end of the novel, Elizabeth becomes a lady that all women can look up to. Through her own self-discovery as well as her interactions with other people, Elizabeth is able to lift the veil of pride from her eyes and see people for what they really are.