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Some literary elements in //Pride and Prejudice// What is the universal goal of humans? Marriage. Education. Love. Happiness. People could answer that with long studies and surveys, which could take years. In the book //Pride and Prejudice//, Jane Austen uses irony, metaphors, and characters to appoint a heart throbbing tone, which answers one scenario of a common goal of people. Irony is a major device that is often used in Pride and Prejudice. A great example of Irony is when Mr. Darcy was brought into conversation about Elizabeth and says, "She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me…" It's funny because Mr. Darcy falls madly in love with Elizabeth. On the other hand, it was similar with Elizabeth when Mr. Darcy proposed. Elizabeth said to Mr. Darcy that he " is the last man she would ever marry." Her love for Mr. Darcy grows from a dead seed to a blossoming sprout when he rescues her family from embarrassment during the course of Lydia's marriage to Wikham. In another sense He also helps out with the marriage between Jane and Bingley, telling Bingley that Jane truly loves him Bingley. Not only does Jane Austen use irony, but she also uses metaphors to equip this surrounding environment of love. Although the metaphors and symbols work hand in hand, they serve for greater purpose together. When Elizabeth visits Pemberley, the home of Mr. Darcy; she describes his home as, "Large, handsome, stone building, standing well on rising ground . . . in front, a stream of some natural importance was swelled into greater, but without any artificial appearance. Its banks were neither formal, nor falsely adorned". Symbolically, Pemberley was used metaphorically to describe Mr. Darcy. Darcy is similarly large and handsome, elevated socially just as his house is elevated physically. The description of the way the stream's "natural importance was swelled into greater" reminds the reader of Darcy's pride; that the stream is "neither formal, nor falsely adorned," however, reminds the reader of Darcy's honesty and lack of pretense. Jane Austen uses the characters' estate imagery as a way to reference them to their class of society and who they are personally. An estate is a security for some characters, or in people generally. Jane Austin also uses characters to frame mood of spiteful characters. With Characters like Mr. Collins, Ms. Bingley, and Lady de Bourgh, they create an atmosphere of bitterness, and snobbery. Mr. Darcy, the nephew of Lady de Bourgh describes his aunt as, " dictatorial and insolent." Lady Catherine was fond of telling Mr. Collins what to do and how to do it. A perfect example is when Lady Catherine stormed to Longbourn. Lady Catherine claims that Elizabeth is bound to obey her by " the claims of duty, honor, and gratitude." The readers consider this action of Lady Catherine as rude, audacious, and insolent. Characters like Lady Catherine create a mood of tension; the tension hooks the readers' interest to the point where the book never leaves them. The writing of Jane Austin is original and full of life through the Irony, metaphors and the characters. What is the goal of human beings? For the Bennett's', it is marriage, for Mr. Darcy, It is love, and for Lady Catherine de Bourgh it is to devour others' happiness. The novel is intertwined with irony, metaphors, and unique characters. Irony increases the vision of hilarity and never-ending love. Pemberley was a very significant example of a metaphor/symbol to describe the very admirable Mr. Darcy. Lady Catherine de Bourgh is one character that influenced this story to become more appealing and exciting. Pride and Prejudice is a heart throbbing, original and eccentric novel.