10 Pride & Prejudice Major Themes Pride The two major themes of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice are summed up in the title. The first aspect can be traced in the actions and statements of the work's entire major and many of its minor cesecters. P ride i is the character flaw that causes’ Eiigabeth Bi net toy his own inflated opinion of ‘herself also suffers from the same flaw; her ity to analyze character is such that she refuses the face of evidence in his favour. Lady gh is motivated by pride in her family’s s status to try potential -match between Elizabeth and Dery, Mrs. » however, Austen depicts the pride of these lous; “Austen treats pride,” writes Robert B. imum: Parts and Whole in Pride and Prejudice” pblematic, a failing no less clear-cut than however, Austen treats pride e in the novel, Darcy appears pleased,” reports Heilman, the world.” The people who “believe that they are essive self approval at some of the other