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In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen displays relationships based on passion, through the marriage of Lydia Bennett to Mr. Wickham and on reason through the marriage of Elizabeth Bennett to Mr. Darcy. Lydia’s marriage to Wickham is very sudden and based totally out of passion, lacking thought and reason. In contrast to this, Elizabeth’s marriage to Darcy spans over many months and is almost too thought out. When Lydia and Wickham wed they had barely had time to get to know each other and ran away together so that no one could reason with them about the situation. This fits Lydia’s character very justly. Since the beginning of the novel Lydia has become very passionate about anything she deems worthy of her affection. When the soldiers first came to town she and her sister would frequently visit them to try and win their affections. This became very important to her and would constantly be thinking of the situation of the soldiers in the nearby town. Later in the novel she falls for one particular soldier, Mr. Wickham. She become