A person who is too proud looks down on people and as long as he looks down, he cannot see what is above him. On the other hand, an individual with too little pride has an attitude of mediocrity and this hinders self-realization. Disproportionate pride blinds moral judgment, creates intolerance, and deters relationships. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin is a novel that features individual characters who demonstrate a lack of balance in how they view themselves and, as a result, create ruin. Pride and Prejudice tells the most cherished love stories set in the small English village. from Longbourne, England, and it is primarily a story of relationships with interactions of characters who suffer and cause suffering because of disproportionate pride. Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy, Lady Catherine Debourgh are characters whose excessive pride blinds their moral judgment and harms their relationships. Charles Bingley, Jane Bennett, and Charlotte Lucas are Austen's characters who possess an attitude of mediocrity that compromises their ability to maximize their fulfillment in their lives. Elizabeth Bennet, the protagonist of the novel is the second daughter of the Bennet family who is adorable, intelligent, honest, virtuous and witty. Despite her admirable qualities, Elizabeth allows excessive pride to create a destructive prejudice against Fitzwilliam Darcy, the son of a wealthy and established family, and this prejudice causes Elizabeth to jeopardize her love. Early on, Elizabeth demonstrates how her pride leads her to misjudge Darcy when he shows interest in dancing with her. Elizabeth's pride causes her to react defensively and refuse Darcy's honest advances...... middle of paper ... Instead, Charlotte accepts Mr. Collins' marriage proposal "only by...the desire for establishment” ( Austen, 121). Charlotte's non-existent pride creates a lack of self-confidence, which leads to poor judgment with a disastrous outcome. The world is full of people who are either too arrogant or others who live with too little self-esteem. Through the characters in her book Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen describes how attitudes that are too proud or too unfulfilled can cause ruin. Some, like Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, are lucky enough to realize their excessive pride and thus manage to find happiness in their relationship. Unfortunately, others, like Charlotte Lucas, never wake up and remain unfulfilled their entire lives. Balance of perspectives is a good rule to respect.