mr Bennet

• (1)Mr. Bennet uses wit and sarcasm to distance himself from the chaos of his family and society.

  (2)Despite his intelligence, Mr. Bennet is a passive father whose lack of involvement has consequences

  (3) Mr. Bennet’s superficial marriage to Mrs. Bennet mirrors Lydia’s impulsive elopement
• (1)I have the highest respect for your nerves. They are my old friends.
• (1) should she die, it would be of comfort to know that it was all in the pursuit of mr bingley
• (2)A matter far more interesting to me than my own welfare and that of my own family.”
• (2) The licentiousness of behaviour in your daughter has proceeded from a faulty degree of indulgence.
• (3) "Mr Bennet was captivated by youth and beauty," but Mrs Bennet's "illiberal mind... put an end to any real affection"
• (3) their passions were greater than their virtues