Discuss the ways contrast are used to define the characters in a novel you have studied. Jane Austin uses contrast extensively in the book, Pride and Prejudice. There is examples of it in the contrast between Darcy and Lizzie, one is a proud man, contrasted with the outer, who without intentionally mean or wanting to, is prejudiced to wards most. There is also another important contrast between Charlotte and Lizzie, on the one hand Lizzy …showed first 75 words of 928 total…

…showed last 75 words of 928 total…see how she slipped off the rails. In conclusion, Contrast is a very essential tool of the writer. It allows the difference between two characters to change each other, this constant process of defining characters, is what makes a book effective. Pride and Prejudice shows this well, it takes the entire book for Darcy and Lizzie to both mutually love each other, this would not have happened should their characters not evolved throughout the book.