In the book pride and prejudice you can easily notice which positions the women have in society. The Bennet sisters , even though they may not be the wealthiest of their neighbourhood, have maids, which is very common for people in the middle class in that era. In the other book, Great Expectations ,you can read that the sister of the protagonist does all the housekeeping and they are not very wealthy. This shows what influence the financial position in society has on these females. Miss Havisham and Lady Catherine are both wealthy women with a high position in society, that is why the moments in which Pip meets Miss Havisham and Elizabeth meets Lady Catherine will be compared. When Pip visits Miss Havisham for the first time, he has to wait …show more content…
The one person that Lady Catherine questioned the most was Elizabeth, because she knew the least about her. She asked her about her upbringing and about the qualities that her and her sisters have. It’s clear that Lady Catherine wasn’t impressed by what Elizabeth told her, in her eyes Mrs Bennet (Elizabeth’s mother) failed raising her daughters the right way, because she didn’t hire a governess and because Elizabeth and her sisters lacks musical and artistic talents. This is clear in Pride and Prejudice in the scene where Elizabeth Bennet tells that she and her sisters never had a governess , Lady Catherine, reacts surprised: “I always say that nothing is to be done in education without steady and regular instruction, and nobody but a governess can give it.”(Pride and Prejudice,1992,p 140)What becomes clear by comparing these two scenes, are that both women, Miss Havisham and Lady Catherine think very highly of themselves, and don’t let anything happen without their permission. It’s very clear that they aren’t used to not having their way, which becomes clear when Lady Catherine is astonished by Elizabeths indirect answers and when Miss Havisham practically forces Pip to stay longer after he made it clear that he actually wanted to leave. Both women are put in a negative light,