In Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, the emphasis is on irony, in its exposure of foolishness and the importance of social values. Jane Austen's irony is devastating in its exposure of foolishness. There are various forms of exquisite irony in Pride and Prejudice, sometimes the characters are unconsciously ironic, as when Mrs. Bennet seriously asserts that she would never accept any entailed property, though Mr. Collins is willing to. “Often Mr. Bennet and Elizabeth …showed first 75 words of 811 total…

…showed last 75 words of 811 total…love, and the mortify of suddenly realizing a big mistake” (Bradley 28). “The psychological realism of the novel is revealed in the quick recognition we have of how the characters feel, there is a very convincing view of how an intelligent, feeling person changes, the sensitiveness of how people do feel and act” (Trevor 351); as when Elizabeth and Darcy are angry at each other and how they completely change their minds with the passage of time.