ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Bennet family, fictional characters in Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice (1813). Mr. Bennet is an intelligent but eccentric and sarcastic man who is fond of his two oldest daughters-especially his favourite, Elizabeth-but scorns the rest of the family.

Detailed explanation-2: -Mr. Bennet, the patriarch of the now-dwindling Bennet family (a family of Hertfordshire landed gentry), is a landed gentleman of a comfortable income. He is married to Mrs Bennet, the daughter of a Meryton attorney, the late Mr Gardiner Sr.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mr. Bennet, Elizabeth’s father, was an English gentleman who owned the estate, Longbourn. His estate earned him at least £2, 000 pounds per year. Many of the novel’s fans tend to assume that because his estate earned this amount, he was a landowner that happened to be a part of the middle class.

Detailed explanation-4: -Therefore, Austen depicts Mr. Bennet as a negative character, one who does not care about his family’s future nor his daughters’ present situation. Instead of helping his family, he often mocks them with his jokes. He is a coward who fails to become a source of strength to the family.