WILL MARK BRAINIEST!!!
Read the excerpt from chapter 8 of Pride and
Prejudice by Jane Austen.
How does the economic context of the setting directly
affect Miss Bingley's characterization?
When dinner was over, she returned directly to Jane,
and Miss Bingley began abusing her as soon as she
was out of the room. Her manners were pronounced to
be very bad indeed, a mixture of pride and
impertinence; she had no conversation, no style, no
beauty. Mrs. Hurst thought the same, and added:
O She believes that she is better than Elizabeth, so
she speaks poorly of her
O She wants to make a good impression on the
guests, so she joins in on the gossip about
Elizabeth.
O She is accustomed to others agreeing with her, so
she begins the conversation about Elizabeth.
O She wants to create a divide among the guests, so
she gossips about Elizabeth.
"She has nothing, in short, to recommend her, but
being an excellent walker. I shall never forget her
appearance this morning. She really looked almost
wild."
"She did, indeed, Louisa. I could hardly keep my
countenance. Very nonsensical to come at all! Why
must she be scampering about the country, because
her sister had a cold? Her hair, so untidy, so blowsy!"