Life lessons and the Selected Minor Characters in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudide

Abstract

Literary texts have multiple characters of different classes who have various educational qualifications and characteristics.  Whatever their types are, they are full of significant life lessons for the reader, although they are not present on every page or chapter. They become integral to fiction for their remarkable positive or negative character traits. Readers hate the negative ones for their villainy. The good-natured ones win our hearts for their sweet gestures and benevolent nature. Jane Austen’s masterwork Pride and Prejudice (1813) is her second novel, full of interesting and distasteful characters. It is globally known not only for its unique story but also for its diverse characters. In it, several major characters have touched the hearts of readers of all ages and periods due to their interesting character traits. Equally, the text is well-known for its remarkable minor characters, who advanced the plot. They are not available page after page, but they teach significant life lessons. These selected characters belong to different classes and age groups with interesting characteristics. Among them, some are men and women. This paper aims to explore their character traits and contributions to readers by giving life lessons through behavior, activities, conversations, and thought processes.