Pride and Prejudice

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      The Point of View that the novel Pride and Prejudice is written in is the Third-Person Limited. Third-person limited is where the novel focuses on one main character as if the narrator was watching that person throughout the course of the novel. The fact that the novel is written in the third-person point of view is beneficial to the novel as a whole. The novel focuses on the character Elizabeth Bennet.

      Elizabeth Bennet has the ability to see things as they are. She is the only true intelligence of the book, and she is one of the few characters who are not "frozen" in one position. Her wit is far sharper than the narrator's. Unlike others, she has her own standards, rather than conforming to the standards of society. She tries to find true reality in a world that prizes appearance and wealth and not character. She tries to find a balance of claims of reason and heart.

      Elizabeth Bennet is unlike any other character in the novel. As the readers follow the events that occur in Elizabeth's life, they see the contrast of the life Elizabeth is trying to live compared to the materialistic and prejudiced lives of others. If the story had focused on another character, it would have lost its appeal. If it was written as a first-person narrative, the readers would not have been able to see some of the smaller events that occured around Elizabeth that also add definition to the novel. Jane Austen's use of the third-person viewpoint was phenomenal, and the novel proves it.