Miss Elizabeth Bennet's personality is expressed in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice with an intelligent and headstrong style. She is incomparable to the women of her time, who mostly suffered from ignorance, blindly accepting that marrying for wealth and security would bring happiness and success. What sets Elizabeth apart from these other women is that Elizabeth firmly believes in independence and marrying for love, and this is what reflects Elizabeth's intelligence. However, this intelligence does not protect her from having a prejudiced character. Elizabeth is the representation of prejudice in the novel (while the counterpart of pride is characterized by Mr. Darcy). While Elizabeth has several admirable traits, her biggest personality problem is that she falls prey to crippling prejudices when dealing with other people. Elizabeth Bennet prides herself on being able to recognize personalities and understand them with relative ease. He expresses this ability several times throughout the novel with different people. The two people Elizabeth misunderstands the most are Mr. Darcy and Mr. Wickham. She is particularly prejudiced against Mr. Darcy; he considers him a very proud and arrogant character. She comes to this conclusion the first time she sees Mr. Darcy, even though she has never had a conversation with him or considered other possibilities for his seemingly rude actions. She allows this first impression to taint her and her opinions of Mr. Darcy. This opinion of hers is even more accentuated when she meets Mr. Wickham for the first time. Elizabeth immediately recognizes Mr. Wickham's charm and good nature, which leads her to trust him and believe his lies about Darc... middle of the paper... definitely marry Darcy, it is completely clear that she is in love with him and wishes to be with him, which ultimately happens at the end of the story. Elizabeth's role in Pride and Prejudice contains one of the greatest lessons found in the book. The reader is able to see the flaws of a prejudicial nature and the madness it can lead to, but then sees that nature is handed over to the non-prejudicial. Elizabeth's growth paints a beautiful picture of admitting her flaws and also waiting for true love. Elizabeth Bennet's character really allows the story to take on a lovely shape with depth and contrast to compare to others in the story. Works Cited Austen, Jane and Carol Howard. Pride and prejudice. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. Print.Caggiano, Courtney. "A Lesson from Elizabeth Bennet." Darlingmagazine.org. Np, 21 February 2014. Web. 26 April. 2014.