Static Characters - This is about the static characters in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

Among Mr. Collins, Mrs. Bennet, and Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mrs. Bennet is the prime example of a static character. From the very beginning, learning of Mr. Bingley arriving into town, we see the wheels in Mrs. Bennet's mind start to turn. "Oh! Single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of large fortune, four or five thousane a year. What a fine thing for our girls!" (6). Right away she is setting them up for the game, because in her head one of her girls has to marry the rich man. She views the thought of a wealthy man entering town as the perfect oppurtunity to have her daughters step u…