傲慢与偏见的人物简析英文版

傲慢与偏见的人物简析英文版
傲慢与偏见的人物简析英文版

傲慢与偏见的人物简析英文版
Mr.Bennet — An English gentleman with an estate in Hertfordshire.He is married with five daughters,a circumstance injurious to his family.The terms of Mr.Bennet's inheritance require a male heir.Because he has no son,upon his death,his property must go to his closest male relative,Mr.Collins,a clergyman who provides him with much amusement.Mr.Bennet,a gentle if eccentric man,is very close to his two eldest daughters,Jane and particularly Elizabeth.However,he has a poor opinion of the intelligence and sensibility of his wife and three youngest daughters,frequently declaring them "silly" and visiting them with insulting remarks as well as gentle teasing.
Mrs.Bennet — The querulous wife of Mr.Bennet.Her main concern in life is seeing her daughters married well.She angles for her new neighbour,Mr.Bingley,as a match for one of them.She also hopes for a match between one of her girls and Mr.Collins himself.
Jane Bennet — The eldest of the Bennets' five daughters and the one considered the most beautiful.She has a reserved personality and tends to hide her feelings.She is incapable of suspecting the worst of people,preferring to see only the good.
Elizabeth Bennet — The 20-year-old second sister,and the protagonist of the story.She is her father's favorite and inherits his intelligence and wit.She is generally regarded as one of the most enduring and popular female protagonists in English literature.
Mary Bennet — The third sister,bookish and shy.Mortified by unfavorable comparisons between her appearance and that of her beautiful sisters,she disdains their frivolous interests and seeks to impress others instead with her scholarly yet ill-timed aphorisms and limited musical abilities.
Catherine "Kitty" Bennet — The fourth sister,17 years old,generally follows the lead of her younger sister,Lydia.
Lydia Bennet — The youngest sister at 15 years of age.She is extremely flirtatious,naive,headstrong and reckless.
William Collins — A clergyman and cousin of Mr.Bennet.Mr.Collins,as the closest male relative,stands to inherit the Bennet estate.When not pompously full of himself,Collins is a narrow-minded sycophant,excessively devoted to his patroness,Lady Catherine de Bourgh.He is always keen to show his admiration and gratitude.
Charlotte Lucas — Elizabeth's close friend and daughter of a neighbouring landowner.She is willing to put up with Mr.Collins' flaws in return for a home and security.
Fitzwilliam Darcy — Mr.Bingley's close friend,an intelligent,wealthy and reserved man,who often appears haughty or proud to strangers.He is wary of his friend Bingley's romantic entanglements with unsuitable women.
Georgiana Darcy — Much younger sister of Mr.Darcy.The age difference is so great that he is more of a father figure than a brother.Since their parents' death,she has been under the joint guardianship of Darcy and their cousin Colonel Fitzwilliam.She became infatuated with George Wickham and was persuaded by him to elope.Fortunately,she felt it was her duty to inform her brother and he quickly put a stop to this ill-advised plan.
Charles Bingley — An outgoing,wealthy young man who leases property near the Bennets' estate.
Louisa Hurst and Caroline Bingley — Mr.Bingley's sisters,who look down upon the Bennets and their society.
George Wickham — A dashing,handsome young soldier who attracts the attention of Elizabeth Bennet.His father was the manager of the Darcy estate,so he grew up with Mr.Darcy and his sister.Though a favorite of Darcy's now-deceased father,there is bitter enmity between him and Darcy,due to his attempt to elope with Georgiana Darcy for her substantial inheritance.
Lady Catherine de Bourgh — Aunt of Mr.Darcy and patroness of Mr.Collins.A proud and domineering woman,she had planned for the marriage of Mr.Darcy and her daughter since they were infants.
Anne de Bourgh — Daughter of Lady Catherine and presumed betrothed of her cousin Mr.Darcy,suffers from some infirmity.A gently humorous running joke has the proud mother describing extraordinary talents her daughter would have possessed had she applied herself.
Colonel Fitzwilliam — Another nephew of Lady Catherine and friend and cousin of Mr.Darcy.He is attracted to Elizabeth Bennet,but is not wealthy enough to consider her seriously as a spouse.
Mrs.Philips — Sister of Mrs.Bennet
Edward Gardiner — Sensible brother of Mrs.Bennet and Mrs.Philips.
Mrs.Gardiner — Wife of Mr.Gardiner.She is the favorite aunt of Jane and Elizabeth Bennet.