Prejudice in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and To Kill a Mockingbi

Prejudice in haughtiness and Prejudice by Jane Austen and To Kill a mocker by Harper Lee In the novels Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen and To Kill aMockingbird by Harper Lee it is evident that some(prenominal) novels aredominated by disfavor. In both novels there are various themes butboth novels mainly centre on prejudice. In Pride and Prejudice theprejudices is not that heavy. It is mainly about first impressions(the original title of the Book) yet in To Kill a Mockingbird theprejudice is more serious and is shown in a more sinister way, thetheme of prejudice reaches a climax and end in shocking and drasticresults.Pride and Prejudice was indite in 1813. The period of the settingof the novel is 1811-1812. The novel is set in England in variousplaces like London, Kent, Derbyshire and Hertfordshire (home of theBennet family).Women in regency Britain had far less excerption than the women of today.Most women did not receive a formal education, women were taught to beuseful bu t not independent, their aim was to become accomplishedwhich meant being proficient In the social graces such as singing,music, drawing, needlework and literature, although the latter did nothave the same emphasis. There was constant pressure on women of thosetimes to marry well, to control financial security, not just for theirselves but also for their immediate family. The position of unmarriedwomen is clearly defined in Pride and Prejudice there is no instancewhere a single wo patch travelled alone, or was without a chaperone apartfrom when Elizabeth went to nurse Jane. Even then this incident waslooked down upon by Miss Bingley, however it won Elizabeth respect inthe eyes of Mr Darcy. When Lydia r... ... forcedher to, but also because she received regular beatings from Bob whichpsychologically left an collision on her and made her feel someone had topay and that person was Tom Robinson. So Bob Ewells prejudice was tosuch an extent that he caused an innocent man to die, theref ore alongwith most of Maycomb County he has Tom Robinsons blood on hishand. Both books contain a considerable amount of prejudice, however theprejudice in Pride and Prejudice is quite irrelevant while in ToKill a Mockingbird it is quite substantial.Jane Austen has shown prejudice in a satirical manner while in toHarper Lee has shown its evil form. Pride and Prejudice is abouttrivial themes like marriage, love and family life while in To Kill amockingbird it is about evil, racial prejudice and discriminationwhich eventually grasps the life of a innocent man.