Pride and Prejudice/Characters

Mr. Bennet

Bookworm
Brilliant but Lazy
Deadpan Snarker
Parental Favoritism: Elizabeth is his admitted favorite of his daughters, as she's the one most like him in personality.

The Ditz
Gold Digger: It's not clear if her reason for marrying Mr. Bennet had anything to do with money, but if nothing else she's certainly a Gold Digger by proxy, and is loudly and shamelessly vocal about the fortunes of any eligible men in the vicinity and the likelihood of marrying her daughters to him. This is not without reason, given that the entailment on Longbourne means the girls must marry in order to have their livelihood assured.
I Was Quite a Looker: Apparently in her youth it was one of the main things going for her. And unfortunately for Mr. Bennet, he married her for shallow reasons such as that.
Parental Favoritism: In her case, Lydia is her favorite daughter,
Playing Sick: Her "poor nerves."

Beauty Equals Goodness: She's the prettiest and the nicest of the Bennet girls, as well as the nicest character in the book as a whole.
Birds of a Feather: With Bingley.
Cool Big Sis: To Elizabeth.
Love You and Everybody: The reason that Darcy comes to the (erroneous) conclusion that Jane is not particularly attached to Bingley is because she treats him with the same sweet, friendly openness that she shows to everyone.
Marry for Love
Nice Guy: A female example.
Proper Lady
Single Woman Seeks Good Man
Wide-Eyed Idealist
Yamato Nadeshiko

Attention Whore: In a different fashion from Lydia. Mary takes every opportunity to try to show herself off as intelligent and moral, and also jumps at the chance to perform musically whether anyone wants her to or not.
Bookworm
Captain Obvious: Most of her speeches
Dreadful Musician: In many adaptations. In the novel she's technically passable, but uninspired and thus not very interesting to listen to.
Giftedly Bad
Know-Nothing Know-It-All
Loners Are Freaks
Middle Child Syndrome
The Unfavorite

Middle Child Syndrome: Kitty catches the worst of this, overshadowed by Jane, Elizabeth, and Lydia and ignored by everyone as a result. She spends most of the book trailing in Lydia's wake until Lydia goes to Brighton.

Anguished Declaration of Love: Darcy's might be the most famous of all.
Awesome McCoolname: Fitzwilliam Darcy.
Big Brother Instinct: For his little sister Georgiana.
Birds of a Feather: With Elizabeth.
Good Is Not Nice
Heterosexual Life Partners: With Mr. Bingley.
Hidden Depths
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Jerk with a Heart of Gold
Promotion to Parent: For his sister Georgiana.
The Proud Elite: He is perceived as extremely arrogant and completely uncaring of those around him, to the point that even those who acknowledge his good looks and wealth dismiss him as someone not worth getting to know. However, this impression is unintentional, and he is, in actuality, a morally upright, deeply caring man who is very socially awkward.
Tall, Dark and Snarky
Troubled but Cute
Wall Glower

Affably Evil: Wickham is terribly charming, even after everyone knows what a scumbag he is.
Arch Enemy: For Mr. Darcy.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Wickham is a male version.
Casanova
Gold Digger: Wickham hopes to secure his fortune by marrying a woman with money.
Good-Looking Privates
Jerkass
Malicious Slander: Wickham accuses Darcy of denying him a valuable living out of petty spite; this is Serious Business for the times.
Shotgun Wedding: With Lydia.
Villain with Good Publicity

The Ditz
Professional Butt-Kisser: Mr. Collins is so devoted to sucking up to Lady Catherine that he shamelessly grovels over her when she's not even present.
Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
Settle for Sibling: Attempted, but firmly averted by Elizabeth, who wants to part of it or him.
Smug Snake

Clingy Jealous Girl
Composite Character: With her sister in many adaptations.
Green-Eyed Monster: Towards Elizabeth due to her managing to catch Mr. Darcy's attention.
Hypocritical Humor: Miss Bingley, who wants Darcy for herself, tears down Elizabeth every chance she gets; most notably, she claims that Elizabeth is one of those women who try to get men's approval by putting down other women.
Rich Bitch
Sugary Malice: Especially towards Jane.

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