Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Themes

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Themes

Family

If you think your family is weird, you might want to meet the Bennets in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Sure, they can defend themselves from attacks by the undead, but they can't stop the rest o...

Lies & Deceit

Zombies may look human, but they're not fooling anyone. In Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, it's the non-zombies walking around that you've got to watch out for. Mr. Wickham, of course, is the bigg...

Love

Love. It's the most magical feeling in the world. It's also the most dangerous. Well, it is if you're Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, anyway. She may know how to behead a zombi...

Marriage

Love and marriage—they go together like zombies and brains. At least in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. But that wasn't always the case. Back in the 19th century, a lady didn't necessarily marry...

Society & Class

We totally get you: the dead are rising from their graves and these ladies are worried about snagging a rich husband. Huh?Okay, just hear us out. Yes, in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the undead...

Strength & Skill

When a mob of bloodthirsty zombies comes rampaging, it's pretty tough to ward them off with excellent conversation skills. As we learn in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, you need to learn how to f...

Violence

Okay, we love Jane Austen, but there's something kind of amazing about taking her refined and mannerly world and throwing in a dash of ultraviolent zombie mayhem.Sure, the all the guts and gore in...

Women & Femininity

Girls, girls, girls—that's what our story is about. Oh, and zombies, too. But mostly, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is about women trying to figure out their place in a society that has very sp...