As stated by Joann Morse In her afterward to the novel, Mr.. Dared and Elizabeth move past the roles fixed for them to become full human beings with insight and understanding rather than flat figures of pride and prejudice. Elizabeth and Mr. Dared do still experience some pride and some prejudice , but unlike others, they are able to overcome that with some insight and understanding.
ELIZABETH is described as having a defect to “willfully misunderstand everybody” (prejudice When she mentions Mr. Dared, she says, “it would be great misfortune… To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate” ( prejudice ). Dared states that he hopes that he will never allow himself to be blinded by such prejudice. After Mr. Dairy’s proposal, Elizabeth rejects him only because his honest hurt her pride. She seems to have a strong prejudice against any explanation of Mr. Dairy’s. AS TIME goes on, Elizabeth begins to realize that Mr. Dairy’s pride might not be so bad after all. She later states that she has been “blind, partial, prejudiced, absurd… ” She now begins to realize her false pride.
As Elizabeth recognizes her mistakes, and confesses to Jane that she “meant to be so uncommonly clever In taking so decided a dislike to him (Dared) without any reason” (prejudice In addition, Elizabeth admits her mistake in accusing Mr.. Dared of being too proud. As the novel ends, Mrs.. Bennett expresses her delighted pride In the daughters. “
THE TITLE exemplifies the focus of the novel and defines the themes presented n the novel. Through their experiences of both pride and prejudice, Elizabeth and Mr. Dared learn to grow and to become human beings with the ability to understand each other.
