Question

PART A: What does Lady Catherine’s behavior towards Kitty and Mrs. Bennett reveal about her character?

A. Lady Catherine ignores Mrs. Bennett and Kitty and barely acknowledges Elizabeth, suggesting that she is arrogant and prejudiced towards their lower class status.
B. Lady Catherine only greets Elizabeth, not the other women, suggesting that she is a woman of great focus and cannot be persuaded from her one-track mind.
C. Lady Catherine greets Kitty and Mrs. Bennett though not Elizabeth, whom she came to see, suggesting a bitter and petty personality.
D. Lady Catherine is cordial though not warm towards all of them, revealing that she cares more of propriety than actual friendship.

Answer 1

D

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

D. Lady Catherine is cordial though not warm towards all of them, revealing that she cares more of propriety than actual friendship.

Step-by-step explanation:

Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice revolves around the lives of the five Bennet sisters especially the hard-headed Elizabeth and the society they are living in. The themes of social class, marriage, patriarchal society and propriety overtake love and it's importance in a person's life.

In chapter 56, Lady Catherine de Bourgh visited the Bennet family to talk to Elizabeth after she had learned of her nephew Mr. Darcy's plans to marry Elizabeth. During the visit, she did acknowledge Mrs. Bennet and the others but not too warm towards them. She had come to try to persuade Elizabeth to deny the rumors of her marriage to Darcy and that he is in fact to be married to her own daughter.

Thus, the correct answer is option D.