Pride and Prejudice
Lady Catherine
character analysis of Lady Catherine?
character analysis of Lady Catherine?
Lady Catherine de Bourgh is Fitzwilliam Darcy's aunt. A proud, unforgiving woman, she is
a control addict who likes to tell everyone what to do. She is scheming to have her nephew marry her own daughter, Anne de Bourgh, whom Austen describes as "sickly and cross." Elizabeth quickly realIzes that Lady Catherine is a petty tyrant, but she seizes upon tills revelation as an excuse to conclude that Fitzwilliam Darcy is himself equally flawed
Lady Catherine makes a final attempt to create a breach between Darcy and Elizabeth in the final chapters of the book, but her attempt backfires and only serves to help bring them together.