Lydia Analysis

Lydia is a lascivious hussy, ignorant to the feelings of others around her, and selfishly only cares about her immature impulses. Throughout the entire novel, Lydia was completely obsessed with ideally obtaining a handsome, rich officer for a husband. When the militia leaves Meryton, Lydia begs her father to follow them to Brighton. Elizabeth pleads with her father not to let Lydia go because she knows it will only cause trouble: "Her character will be fixed; and she will, at sixteen, be the most determined flirt that ever made herself and her family ridiculous. A flirt, too, in the worst and meanest degree of flirtation"(226). It is plainly obvious how focused Lydia is on chasing men as Miss Bingley painfully hints to Elizabeth: "are not the ----shire militia removed from Meryton? They must be a great loss to your family"(262). Just as Elizabeth predicted, Lydia’s relentless quest of male attention led her down the wrong path. Lydia ran away with Wickham, only marrying him because of Mr. Darcy’s help. Her selfish actions gave her a very bad reputation and could have done the same for her entire family as Mr. Collins pointed out, "who [...] will connect themselves with such a family"(287), that has a daughter as indecent as Lydia. Lydia’s selfishness rubbed off on Kitty which became clear when "removed from the influence of Lydia’s example, she became [...] less irritable, less ignorant, and less insipid"(372). Putting her own lustful and selfish desires before her family’s needs and feelings shows how idiotic and inconsiderate Lydia really is.
Lydia is like a horrible referee. She makes the same amount of bad decisions as a referee can make in a single game. Just as a referee can be completely ruthless and inconsiderate of a team or a player, Lydia acts the same way toward her family. Similar to the way no one can get through to Lydia, it is impossible to sway a referee’s decisions. However, there is one glaring similarity between Lydia and a bad referee: neither of them have any common sense.
Today, Lydia is comparable to Britney Spears. Both of them are irrational hussies who disregard what other’s think, and get married impulsively.