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Villain in Pride and Prejudice
However, while Wickham remains unchanged in his faults, Darcy realizes that his own pride has been his obstacle for many years. He casts his pride aside when he decides to help Lydia and to win Elizabeth’s admiration, if not love. Yet it is Wickham’s role as Darcy’s foil that allows the reader to appreciate Darcy’s final transformation. It may therefore be said that the villainy of George Wickham enhances the meaning of faulty pride and impuslive prejudice in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.