This chapter really emphasized how class status had everything to do with the relationships between people during the Regency England time period. For example, Elizabeth doesn't want Darcy because she views him as a very proud man, but then she begins to accept him a lot more when she sees how he uses his power as master of Pemberley to help out others. Many people who had lots of power looked down upon those who weren't at their standing, and they treated them poorly. The Bingley sisters are very power hungry and care a lot about social status. People married not out of love but rather to help them socially. Appearance is everything as well. Mr. Collins asks Elizabeth to not try to dress like Lady Catherine de Bourgh, for she is a powerful lady and class difference must also be seen in order to exist, in Mr. Collin's eyes.
Another thing I learned from this chapter was that the system of inheritance was very unfair. Estate was only passed down to the male in the family, and if there was no male in the immediate family it was given to another relative. The Bennets' estate was denied of the Bennet ladies and instead given to their distant male cousin, Mr. Collins. The women are to be turned out of the land when their father passes away.
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