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Throughout the novel Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet finds herself submerged in both filial and social turmoil. She encounters many situations and events that have a profound influence on her way of thinking. At the beginning of chapter 23 she says to her sister Jane, ?The more I see of the world the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of either merit or sense.? Elizabeth is most affected by the actions of Mr. Collins, Charlotte Lucas, and Mr. Bingley. Collins, the relative entailed to the Longbourn estate, is a pompous and odious man, who serves as the perfect example of impertinance in the human character. He is first introduced to the Bennet family when they receive a letter from h