Jane Austen’s, introduction of main characters in pairs of contrasting foils, serves to hyperbolizes each ones personal traits while purposely deceiving the reader to come to quick conclusions about each character that later prove false.
Example: Elizabeth and Jane Bennet are classified, as Jane the pretty and happy daughter while Elizabeth is the smart more intellectual sister. At first the sisters seem to fit into these respective categories, however as the reader reads on they discover Austens use of foils is meant more as a way to exaggerate one trait while covering up others. Elizabeth for example starts off as the smart-independent sister, but we soon see that this assumption is false and she is falls victim to pre-judgment of Darcey based on what others say.
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