hts while contemplating her parents' marriage. "Her [Elizabeth] father, captivated by youth and beauty, and that appearance of good humour which youth and beauty generally give, had married a woman whose weak understanding and illiberal mind had every early in their marriage put an end to all real affection to her" (Austen 176). Even Elizabeth, their daughter, can see that the Mr. Bennet's reason for marrying Mrs. Bennet was her beauty. The reader realises that even early in their marriage, he had lost all attraction to her despite her beauty, since beauty is only skin deep. In addition to beauty, another negative aspec
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