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

Prejudice in fleece and Prejudice by Jane Austen and To get the better of a Mockingbird by harper Lee In the novels feel and Prejudice by Jane Austen and To bulge out aMockingbird by Harper Lee it is evident that both novels aredominated by outrage. In both novels there are various themes butboth novels primarily centre on prejudice. In Pride and Prejudice theprejudices is not that serious. 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 block up in shocking and drasticresults.Pride and Prejudice was written 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 woof than the women of today.Most women did not receive a formal education, women were taught to b e recyclable but not independent, their aim was to become accomplishedwhich meant being skillful 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 those quantify to marry well, to obtain financial security, not just for theirselves but excessively for their immediate family. The position of unmarriedwomen is clearly defined in Pride and Prejudice there is no instancewhere a single adult female travelled alone, or was without a chaperone apartfrom when Elizabeth went to nurse Jane. all the same then this incident waslooked down upon by Miss Bingley, however it win Elizabeth respect inthe eyes of Mr Darcy. When Lydia r... ... forcedher to, but also because she reliable regular beatings from chase whichpsychologically left an impact on her and make her feel someone had topay and that person was Tom Robinson. So Bob Ewells prejudice was tosuch an extent that h e caused an innocent man to die, because 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 perversive form. Pride and Prejudice is abouttrivial themes like marriage, love and family flavor while in To Kill amockingbird it is about evil, racial prejudice and discriminationwhich eventually grasps the life of a innocent man.