Lady Catherine de Bourgh is an overbearing woman who will argue and fight with anyone and everyone just to get her own way. She will not settle for any disagreement; she is bossy, mean, egotistical and so much more, that no one can stand her. She is so mean that she went all the way from her estate to see Lizzy just to tell her that she would be a disgrace to Pemberley if she married Darcy.
In my opinion, the way Austen portrays Lady Catherine is effective in adding humor to the whole novel. Because Lady Catherine is the way she is, it gives room for other characters in the story to make fun of her and of the situation as a whole. Lady Catherine is also a good example of a wealthy, aristocratic, but arrogant women at the time which completely goes against the stereotypical women during the time period.
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