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All of the relationships in the novel Pride and Prejudice symbolize a type of love.

Couple	Type of Love	Description
Lydia and Wickham	"Crush" Love	This love is the type where the persons involved only become interested in each other based on infatuation or appearance.
Lady Catherine and Mr. Collins	"Courtly" Love	This is a love of pure admiration. Mr. Collins feeds off of Lady Catherine's approval, and his wife comes second. Mr. Collins is like a knight of the roundtable defending his lady's (Lady Catherine) honor.
Mr. Collins and Charlotte	"Convenient" love or "materialistic" love	Charlotte accepts to marry Mr. Collins only because of what he can offer her. The two stay married only because it is convenient for them. They both just need someone, not each other.
Jane and Mr. Bingley	Romantic Love	Jane and Bingley love each other, and it shows. They act like a romantic couple, and they are not afraid to express their love for each other.
Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy	True Love	Darcy and Elizabeth truly love each other, and it shows just like Jane and Bingley. The main difference is that Elizabeth and Darcy's love have stood the test of time. They experienced many trials throughout the establishment of their relationship, but in the end, their love for each other prevailed.

Other Symbols:

Art, music, and a governess symbolize civility and class. Lady Catherine was surprised to find out that none of the Bennet daughters had been raised in the arts, or raised with a governess in the home. Lady Catherine reacted as if art and music were the only things that determined civility, and that without having a governess in the home one could not possibly have been raised to be of a high class in society.
Books symbolized a hiding place, or an escape from society. Mr. Bennet's library was dear to him, and very few people were ever found in his library with him. If Mr. Bennet was troubled, he would often retreat to his library and indulge himself in a book. Mr. Darcy was also an avid reader, and he loved to read books to help escape the pressures of society.