Pride and Prejudice 1-6

The characters in pride and prejudice are very jugmental and hypocritical. At the ball, Mr. Darcy "was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening." pg. 7, but later he was said to be the "most disagreeable man in the world" pg. 8. The gossip between the ladies allows them to make wild accutions and stories that either greatly degrades or boosts the victim's social status. The gossip also twists the people's ideas of other people. They are also very materialistic: "Mr. Darcy... having ten thousand a year. The ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley." I find that fact that they marry for money and social class very sad.