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Jane Austen's characters have lived through the ages very successfully. The prime reason for such a success is that although the class bias has become invisible the psychology and the effect still remain. The feeling of superiority and inferiority highlighted by Austen in Pride and Prejudice is very much valid even today. Austen's protagonist "Elizabeth Bennet" becomes the victim of prejudice because of her own pride. Elizabeth Bennet is a wise, intelligent, emotional and level headed character who usually takes the broader perspective of life. However, her level headedness is challenged and to a large extent disturbed with Fitzwilliam Darcy's words of her being just tolerable. Darcy goes to an extent of saying, "she is not handsome enough to tempt me". His words act like a dagger for Elizabeth who is fully aware of her own intellect, intelligence and beauty. Elizabeth 's eyes are described as highly expressive. Austen tries to highlight her he

I wrote the comment about Fanny Price given below in response to the blog post written on a blog that was endorsing a course on Jane Austen. The poster apparently wrote some prejudiced comments about the heroine of Mansfield Park. The poster even glorified Henry Crawford and called him quite amiable. The worst part was that Jane Austen was accused of being unfair on his accounts. My response to the poster of that irresponsible and immature post is given below for those who wish to know the character of Fanny Price and Henry Crawford. "I think there is a reason to disagree with your knowledge of Fanny Price. Fanny is indeed a woman of intelligence, high principles and sweet temper. She is not passive but wise. Henry does not bend towards his negative side but towards his original side. Fanny is aware about his real nature which is non-acceptable to the woman of her caliber, intellect and strength. Edmund is her counterpart because he and Fanny share the same interests. His lov