How are both "pride and prejudice" introduced in Chapter 3 and 5. What can you infer about the author's thematic purpose in the selecting this title.

In Chapter 3 the ladies of the household meet Mr. Bingley and his friend from London, Mr. Darcy, at a ball at Meryton. Mr. Darcy is quickly judged as "the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world" because of his reserve and unwillingness to dance with anyone outside of his own party. When both Darcy and Elizabeth are sitting out a dance and Bingley attempts to persuade him to dance with her, Elizabeth overhears Darcy's reply "She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me." Really this has all to do with the mix of gender, money, marrage and class. Pride and prejudice have everything to do with these ideas. In Chapter 5 they speak about general admiration for Jane's beauty and Bingley's attraction to her, and then go on to criticize Darcy's pride and his treatment of Elizabeth. Mary makes a remark about universality of pride in human nature and its differentiation from vanity. Again matters of pride and prejudice are at the heart of this.