Comparing Pride and Prejudice to Macbeth

In the first few chapters of primp and Prejudice, Jane Austen portrays Fitzwilliam Darcy as so graduate(prenominal) and conceited, a intimately vexatious hu spell beings and possessed of shocking foolery. This is conv nerve centerd to the audience through with(predicate) Elizabeth Bennets eavesdropping and the Bennet familys first feel of Darcy. At the start of Macbeth however, the central face, Macbeth, is envisioned by William Shakespeare as a hero. In Scotland he is loved, trusted and admired Oh doughty cousin, worthy gentleman, brave Macbeth.Nevertheless by the end of some(prenominal) works, the audiences own opinion of each character has alternated to the complete opposite. Their opinion has been altered by the authors who try to confute the audiences initial understanding of both characters. more characters throughout Pride and Prejudice commute in one counselling or an new(prenominal). They especially change other concourses impressions of them. A good subje ct of this is Mr Wickham. When Wickham is first introduced into the novel, he is portrayed as a good, kind man who was underprivileged abounding to mystify lived with Darcy Wickham was the happy man towards whom al roughly every female eye was turned As the novel progresses Elizabeth begins to stupefy out just about his true characteristics. The way in which Jane Austen changes our opinion of Wickham is initially through the letter that Darcy sends to Elizabeth after she has declined his first straits of marriage. The letter she receives explains why Darcy dislikes Wickham. It tells her of the ungentleman like things that Wickham has done in the past. It explains how he became a brutal one as one of Darcys housemaids told Elizabeth when she made a visit to Pemberley.On the other hand in Macbeth, the character who undergoes the well-nigh change throughout the play is in fact Macbeth himself. At first, he was a very honourable and noble man, both on and off the battlefields o f Scotland. This is shown we he is decreed to becoming Thane of Cawdor He bade me, from him, entreat thee Thane of Cawdor. Macbeth however, was a very ambitious man as well, and this was part of the reason for his change of character and blastfall I remove no spurbut wholly vaulting ambition which oerleaps itself.It was Shakespeares portrayal of Macbeths ambition that allowed him to cause the ability to change the audiences opinion of Macbeth completely. Pushed by the idea that he could become king, his growing ambition and displace confidence in the prophecies and Lady Macbeth, Macbeth begins to become an evil, murderous tyrant lacking any(prenominal) sense of mind. Another way in which Jane Austen changes ideas and characters in Pride and Prejudice is through the actions and words of Mr Bennet. Mr Bennet undergoes one of the most significant changes throughout the course of the novel.When he is first introduced he is one of the direct characters offering comic relief and as the beginning of the story progresses, we call for that his pristine characteristics revolve around poking drama at his wife I have the utmost respect for your nerves. Theyve been my constant fellow traveller these twenty years. He also waistcloth aloof from his daughters, and does not care about serious matters of love. As the novel progresses, most especially after Lydias elopement and arranged marriage, we see Mr. Bennets character begin to change.The weight of his cursory attitude finally sits heavy enough on his shoulders that he can no longer ignore it. While he still pokes fun at his wife, he understands that his daughters need a firm fetch if they are to curb their wild natures. With Lydia, it was as well as late, but he wasted no time in turning on Kitty and immediately laying down the law of his house This shows the audience that he realises that he hasnt brought up his daughters how he wanted to and her wants to change that with kitty.