Women suffer as a result of being misjudged by men in both my core text, Pride and Prejudice and secondary text, The Yellow Wallpaper.

Mr Bennet also teases Mrs Bennet a little later on in the novel where Mrs Bennet says: “I am sick of Mr Bingley,” Mr Bingley replies: “I am sorry to hear that; but why did not you tell me so before? If I had known as much this morning I certainly would not have called on him. It is very unlucky; but as I have actually paid the visit, we cannot escape the acquaintance now.” Again, Mr Bingley has used an opportunity to make fun of Mrs Bennet. These two examples show Mr Bennet making fun of and contempt Mrs Bennet. This is important because it shows that men do not have enough regard for women, and they misjudge them. In the case of Mrs Bingley, she has suffered all of her life with Mr Bennet as he constantly mocks her and pokes fun at her.

In the first social gathering in Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth too suffers as a result of being misjudged by a man. Mr Darcy misjudges Elizabeth by saying: “She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.” This misjudgement of Mr Darcy upsets Elizabeth deeply and throughout most of the novel, she dislikes Mr Darcy. Due to Austin’s omniscient narration, we as the reader can see the effect that Mr Darcy’s words have on Elizabeth but Darcy does not notice this until he falls in love with Elizabeth.