Read the excerpt from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.
"Certainly not; at first. But they are very pleasing women when you converse with them. Miss Bingley is to live with her brother and keep his house; and I am much mistaken if we shall not find a very charming neighbour in her.”
Elizabeth listened in silence, but was not convinced; their behaviour at the assembly had not been calculated to please in general; and with more quickness of observation and less pliancy of temper than her sister, and with a judgment too unassailed by any attention to herself, she was very little disposed to approve them.
Which statement best explains Austen’s use of characterization in this excerpt?
Readers learn that Elizabeth is more critical of people than Jane is.
Readers learn that Elizabeth has a harder time making friends than Jane does.
Readers learn that Elizabeth does not want to associate with the Bingleys.
Readers learn that Elizabeth is upset because the Bingleys do not spend time with her.