Paper by Keith Nelson In Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, Austen portrays Mrs. Bennet as an absurdly ignorant character, unable to see clear inconsistencies in her thinking and embarrassingly overreaching in her daughters’ lives; this portrayal juxtaposes that of her quick and witty husband, Mr. Bennet. Examining the discussion of Mr. Collins’ marriage proposal … Continue reading Jane Austen’s Usage of Irony and Absurdity to Characterize