The Bennet family is a fictional family created by English novelist Jane Austen. The family plays a central role in the novel Pride and Prejudice since it is the one of the protagonist, Elizabeth. The complex relationships between its various members influence the evolution of the plot. In a society where marriage is the only possible future for a young girl of good family, the presence in the household of five girls to marry with no other advantage than their good looks can only be a source of concern. Yet the Bennet couple do not assume their role as educators: the mother struggles so awkwardly under the mocking gaze of an indifferent husband that she scares the rich young man who noticed the oldest and most pretty of her daughters. These girls show very different behaviors according to the education they received or provided themselves: the two eldest daughters, Jane and Elizabeth, show irreproachable conduct and are appreciated by their father, while Mary, less physically attractive, displays intellectual and musical pretensions, and the two youngest are left almost abandoned under the sloppy supervision of their mother.