This chapter of the Cambridge Companion helped us understand the importance of rank in the society of pride and prejudice. For example, if one owns a carriage then people will think of you as rich and powerful. In pride and prejudice, your class determines how much power a family has on a society. Mr. Darcy and Mr. Bingley (upper class) have a lot of power of the society, people look up to them and want their daughters to marry them, because of their class rank and power. Jane Austin shows ones rank by telling us about the things they own or how much money they are worth. If one owns or is going to inheriet a important piece of land, you are more powerful because you are wealthy. But if one is a tradesman or clergyman (lower class) they are less important in society.
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