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A Character Analysis of Elizabeth Bennett The opening line of Pride and Prejudice is 'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife'. In Austen's world, the only way for women to ensure themselves a stable life was through marriage. Women had to marry a well-off man, else face homelessness (Even married women were not legally allowed to own property until 1882). Marriage, in essence, was a business transaction. Austen was appalled by this almost cattle trading of women that she saw around her and wrote Pride and Prejudice, a cutting novel of social protest in which the heroine, Elizabeth Bennett, perceptively reveals to the reader the ludicrousness of society. The first time Elizabeth is introduced to us in the book it is in conversation between Mr and Mrs Bennett regarding introducing the daughters to a new gentleman in...

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