Pride and Prejudice is a story that shows readers problems and misunderstandings that arise from one's pride and prejudice. In this story, Ms. Elizabeth Bennet represents prejudice. Due to her first impression of him at a ball where he says that Ms. Bennet is not handsome enough to tempt him, she holds a prejudice against Mr. Darcy. This leads her to believe Mr. Wickham's wicked story about Mr. Darcy. Mr. Darcy represents pride. When he first comes to Netherfield, he acts pridefully and says that the girls there are not handsome enough to tempt him. He also persuades Mr. Bingley, his friend who is in love with Ms. Jane Bennet, Elizabeth's older sister, to leave Netherfield so that he will not marry a low-class woman like Jane.

     Further on in the story, Mr. Collins, a cousin of Elizabeth who will inherit the Bennet estate, proposes to Elizabeth. When Elizabeth rejects him, he proposes and marries Elizabeth's best friend, Charlotte Lucas. Mr. Collins speaks often of his patroness, Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who is Mr. Darcy's aunt. When Elizabeth goes to visit the Collins, she is invited to go to Rosings, the estate of Lady de Bourgh, and meets Mr. Darcy. There Mr. Darcy proposes to her high-handedly and is stunned when Ms. Elizabeth tells him that he is the last man in the world whom she could be prevailed to marry. The next day, Mr. Darcy gives Ms. Elizabeth a letter justifying his actions toward Bingley and Jane and revealing Mr. Wickham's true nature. This is when Elizabeth's prejudice begins to back down. When Elizabeth goes on a trip with her aunt and uncle, they stop by at Pemberly, Mr. Darcy's estate after hearing that Mr. Darcy is absent. However, Mr. Darcy arrives a day early and meets them. At this place, Mr. Darcy shows his true self and acts in a gentlemanly manner toward her and her aunt and uncle. Around this time, Elizabeth hears about her young sister, Lydia, who ran off with Wickham. This is dreadful news. Mr. Darcy secretly persuades Mr. Wickham to marry Lydia. It is around this time that Lady de Bourgh hears of Mr. Darcy's feelings toward Elizabeth. She had always wanted Mr. Darcy to marry her own daughter. Thus she goes to try to intimidate Elizabeth into refusing to marry Mr. Darcy but ends up consolidating Elizabeth's intentions and giving Darcy hope that Elizabeth will accept his proposal of he proposes again. After helping Jane and Bingley get reunited, Elizabeth and Darcy get engaged too. The book ends with the marriage of two couples, Jane and Bingley and Elizabeth and Darcy.