Elizabeth Bennet

Young Women of the 21^st Century are able to relate to Elizabeth because of her attitudes towards love and marriage. She states, ‘there are few people whom I really love…” proves she believes strongly about love. She is strong willed and does not marry MR Collins because she knows she doesn't love him. Her mother says, “She is a head strong foolish girl.” Where her mother cannot see Elizabeth’s views on love, the reader can relate because arranged are rare in this century. Free will has also changed the way women of the 21^st century view marriage and love. Women are opinionated and independent which Elizabeth represents in the novel. Through the character Eliza, women of the 21^st century are able to relate to her attitudes to love and marriage.