Pride and Prejudice Character Map

Anne de Bourgh

Lady Catherine de Bourgh

Lady Catherine de Bourgh's daughter. She is pale, thin, small, sickly and cross with insignificant (though not plain) features.

A rich, bossy noblewoman; Mr. Collins’s patron and Darcy’s aunt. Lady Catherine epitomizes class snobbery, especially in her attempts to order the middle-class Elizabeth away from her well-bred nephew.

Mother and Daughter

Lady Catherine is Darcy's aunt, he is also supposed to marry her daughter

Darcy is cousins with Anne de Bourgh, but they are also supposed to get married because it would be beneficial to both parties because gaining wealth is the most important thing in society.

Lydia Bennet

George Wickham

A handsome, fortune-hunting militia officer. Wickham’s good looks and charm attract Elizabeth initially, but Darcy’s revelation about Wickham’s disreputable past clues her in to his true nature and simultaneously draws her closer to Darcy.

The youngest Bennet sister, she is gossipy, immature, and self-involved. Unlike Elizabeth, Lydia flings herself headlong into romance and ends up running off with Wickham.

Georgiana Darcy

After Wickham learns Elizabeth no longer likes him, he swoons Lydia and gets her to marry him. Wickham asked for a lot of money that Lydia didn't, and the marriage almost didn't happen, which would have ruined the Bennet's good name, but Darcy ended up providing the money and the were happily married. Lydia and Wickham's relationship shows the themes of love, reputation and wealth. By Wickham requesting money it shows how gaining wealth through marriage was important. When the Bennet's were worried about Lydia not getting married it showed the importance of keeping a good reputation.

Darcy’s sister. She is immensely pretty and just as shy. She has great skill at playing the pianoforte.

Darcy's father had been very fond of Wickham and ensured that the boy received an excellent education. Before his death, Darcy's father asked Darcy to provide Wickham an income, stipulating that young Wickham become a clergyman . Wickham, however, had no actual desire to become a clergyman and after the elder Darcy's death, asked Mr. Darcy to give him the money to study law. Darcy gave Wickham 3,000 pounds, provided Wickham give up all claims to any further assistance. Wickham quickly abandoned his studies and squandered the money. Broke, he promised Mr. Darcy that he would become a clergyman in exchange for more money. When Darcy refused, Wickham was furious.

Brother and Sister

Mr Fitzwilliam Darcy

Originally Elizabeth had been attracted to Wickham and because of the stories he told her she hated Darcy. But when Elizabeth finds out the truth about how Darcy did try to provide for Wickham and Wickham is actually at fault for his lack of money she then hates Wickham and gets with Darcy

A wealthy gentleman, the master of Pemberley, and the nephew of Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Though Darcy is intelligence and honest, his excess of pride causes him to look down on his social inferiors. Over the course of the novel, he tempers his class-consciousness and learns to admire and love Elizabeth for her strong character. Multiples times throughout the book, Austen describes Pemberly and just how wealthy Darcy is. She uses this to emphasize the importance of Darcy's wealth in the book and how it affects his relationships.

Elizabeth and Darcy are the main love story in Pride and Prejudice. At the beginning of the story Darcy describes Elizabeth and ordinary and not of worth to dance with her. Throughout the book there is a constant struggle between the physical attraction of the two and the hatred of their personalities. As more information is learned about each other though, they begin to see that they belong together. After Darcy saves her sisters marriage Elizabeth sees he has good qualities and they get married.

Mr William Collins

Elizabeth Bennet

Lydia is the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Bennet. She and Catherine would go to their aunts house and that is where she developed her like for the soldiers. When Lydia decides to elope with Wickham they did not have the money at first, and if she had not married Wickham it would have ruined the Bennet's name and that would not have been good. Darcy ends up supplying the money need for the wedding and they become happily married. The Bennet's were reluctant to let Lydia visit because she almost ruined the family.

Clergyman who is annoying, asks Elizabeth to marry him. She denies so he asks Charlotte Elizabeth’s best friend. Charlotte and Collins get married. A pompous, generally idiotic clergyman who stands to inherit Mr. Bennet’s property. Mr. Collins’s own social status is nothing to brag about, but he takes great pains to let everyone and anyone know that Lady Catherine de Bourgh serves as his patroness. He is the worst combination of snobbish and obsequious.

The novel’s protagonist. The second daughter of Mr. Bennet, Elizabeth is the most intelligent and sensible of the five Bennet sisters. She is well read and quick-witted, with a tongue that occasionally proves too sharp for her own good. Her realization of Darcy’s essential goodness eventually triumphs over her initial prejudice against him.

Mary Bennet

When Mr. Collins comes to town he immediately decides he wants to marry one of the Bennet sister and because of Jane's potential marriage to Bingley he turns to Elizabeth. he asks her to marry him, but when she turns him down he says she is just being a woman and will wait to ask her again.

The middle Bennet sister, bookish and curious.

Elizabeth is the 2nd oldest Bennet daughter, her mother likes her least of her kids, but she is her father's favorite

Mr. Bennet has an entail on Mr, Bennets house and property, so when Mr. Bennet dies, Collins will get his house and wealth

Sir William Lucas

Mr & Mrs Bennet

The middle Bennet sister, she doesn't do much in the book

Charlotte Lucas' father who is not a disgraced member of society but he does not has substantial wealth so he quickly agrees to Mr. Collins proposal t marry his daughter.

Mr. Bennet is the patriarch of the Bennet family, a gentleman of modest income with five unmarried daughters. Mr. Bennet has a sarcastic, cynical sense of humor that he uses to purposefully irritate his wife. Though he loves his daughters (Elizabeth in particular), he often fails as a parent, preferring to withdraw from the never-ending marriage concerns of the women around him rather than offer help.

Mrs. Bennet is Mr. Bennet’s wife, a foolish, noisy woman whose only goal in life is to see her daughters married. Because of her low breeding and often unbecoming behavior, Mrs. Bennet often repels the very suitors whom she tries to attract for her daughters. Mrs. Bennet's want to get her daughters married to fortunate men shows the theme of wealth and class because she wants them to not only marry a good person but to also gain social class and wealth since the Bennet's won't have anything after Mr. Bennet dies.

Charlotte Lucas

Father and Daughter

Elizabeth’s dear friend. Pragmatic where Elizabeth is romantic, and also six years older than Elizabeth, Charlotte does not view love as the most vital component of a marriage. She is more interested in having a comfortable home. Thus, when Mr. Collins proposes, she accepts.

Mrs. Bennet’s brother and his wife.

Mr & Mrs Gardiner

The Gardiners, caring, nurturing, and full of common sense, often prove to be better parents to the Bennet daughters than Mr. Bennet and his wife.

The 4th Bennet sister. Like Lydia, Catherine likes the soldiers and when Lydia runs off with Wickham, Mr and Mrs Bennet keep Catherine away from Lydia because she is a bad influence.

Catherine Bennet

The first and most beautiful daughter of Mr and Mrs Bennet

The fourth Bennet sister. Like Lydia, she is girlishly enthralled with the soldiers.

Jane Bennet

Mr Charles Bingley

Miss Caroline Bingley

Bingley’s snobbish sister. Miss Bingley bears inordinate disdain for Elizabeth’s middle-class background. Her vain attempts to garner Darcy’s attention cause Darcy to admire Elizabeth’s self-possessed character even more.

The eldest and most beautiful Bennet sister. Jane is more reserved and gentler than Elizabeth. The easy pleasantness with which she and Bingley interact contrasts starkly with the mutual distaste that marks the encounters between Elizabeth and Darcy.

At the beginning of the book Jane meets Mr. Bingley at a ball and immediately they are attracted to each other. From then on their relationship grows stronger until Darcy breaks then up. After a little bit however they are reunited and they get married.

Brother and Sister. Caroline did not like Jane and thought that Bingley was better suited to be with Georgiana. After Bingley and Jane were separated Caroline rubbed it in Jane's face that he was marrying Georgiana.

Darcy’s wealthy best friend, the man who marries Jane after much complication. Darcy’s considerably wealthy best friend. Bingley’s purchase of Netherfield, an estate near the Bennets, serves as the impetus for the novel. He is a genial, well-intentioned gentleman, whose easygoing nature contrasts with Darcy’s initially discourteous demeanor. He is blissfully uncaring about class differences.Throughout the book Austen uses imagery to describe how impressive each estate is and she uses that to express just how wealthy Bingley is and how high class he is.

Pride and Prejudice Character Map

By Lexi Dellinger