#7

    In Jane Austen's, Pride and Prejudice , the protagonist Elizabeth Bennet is seemingly the very definition of Prejudice.  Elizabeth does not allow any margin for veneration.  Instead Elizabeth treats all of his entrieaties of friendship with asperity due to prejudice.  After reading Mr. Darcy's explanation for his actions and the truth about Mr. Wickham in Mr. Darcy's  letter, Elizabeth still refuses to believe Mr. Darcy a good person.  Instead she views hims as "not penitent, but haughty" and "of all pride and insolence" (Austen 173).  Yet in the midst of all of Elizabeth's disapprobation and constrain in her prejudice toward Darcy truth still comes to light.  As she reads Darcy's account of Wickham she begins to see that she errs in her positive prejudgment of the affable man.  Later on when her prejudices are confirmed to be completely false Elizabeth laments, "How despicably have I acted!...But vanity not love has been my folly. Pleased with the preference of one and offended by the neglect of the other" (Austen 177).  This is the beginning of change within Elizabeth Bennet.  The prejudice that hindered her praise of others is now demolished.  Elizabeth is free to judge based on actual character and not just first glances.