Lydia Bennet Dishonest

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Lydia Bennet, the youngest out of the five sisters in the Bennet family, was known to be ecstatic, flirtatious, confident, and a boy-crazy teenager. Lydia always finds a way to get herself into situations, and unconscious because her father payed no heed, while she is favoured by her mother. Lydia came across and man named Mr. Wickham, who comes from a poor family and seems to be a perfect gentleman unlike the other men. He turns out to be a womanizer, dishonest, a gambler, and a foe to the Bennet family. The great dismay of her upbringing led to “neither Lydia’s virtue nor her understanding would preserve her from falling easy prey.” Lydia is characterized as a “prey” a term that simultaneously portrays Wickham as a predator. No one brought