What do the characters in Pride and Prejudice reveal about the role of women in society?

I assume you are referring to the society in which Jane
Austen was writing. Well, I think one of the major issues that this text reveals is the
way that being a woman was all about marrying well, and then once you had married,
having children and then making sure that they marry well. Of course, you might want to
think about this through considering the delightful character of Mrs. Bennet, who is a
flat character who, now she is married, only lives to try and marry off her daughters to
any suitable (and unsuitable) gentleman that has the misfortune to come into her path.
Note the way that Mrs. Bennet is described after the wedding of Jane and
Lizzie:

Happy
for all her maternal feelings was the day on which Mrs. Bennet got rid of her two most
deserving daughters. With what delighted pride she afterwards visited mrs. Bingley and
talked of Mrs.Darcy may be
guessed.

Of course, all this
points to the rather limited sphere that women could occupy. Their place was the sitting
room, the ball room, paying visits to neighbouring families and, if they were lucky,
going on holiday to places such as Brighton and Bath. However, at the same time,
marriage for some of the characters in this novel is shown as an escape from dependency
and spinsterdom, such as Charlotte's interesting choice of a husband. Either way, women
occupied a restricted position in society which revolved around the question of
marriage.