From the moment Elizabeth walks into the room, she is crudely judged by the Bingleys and Darcy for her appearance, since it was raining that evening. Elizabeth, despite sensing the hostility in the Bingley sisters’ welcome, accepts their offer to stay the night with Jane as she is nursed back to health. The Bingleys mock her behind her back during her stay, furthering her disgust with those of higher class, and even though Darcy defends her, he still manages to disappoint later on. While Elizabeth and Darcy are speaking in the library, he begins to describe his ideal woman. Elizabeth comments that there is no way any woman can fit the standards he has set: “I never saw such a woman. I never saw such capacity, and taste, and application, and elegance, as you describe, united.” Elizabeth is further repulsed and begins to find Darcy too
From the moment Elizabeth walks into the room, she is crudely judged by the Bingleys and Darcy for her appearance, since it was raining that evening. Elizabeth, despite sensing the hostility in the Bingley sisters’ welcome, accepts their offer to stay the night with Jane as she is nursed back to health. The Bingleys mock her behind her back during her stay, furthering her disgust with those of higher class, and even though Darcy defends her, he still manages to disappoint later on. While Elizabeth and Darcy are speaking in the library, he begins to describe his ideal woman. Elizabeth comments that there is no way any woman can fit the standards he has set: “I never saw such a woman. I never saw such capacity, and taste, and application, and elegance, as you describe, united.” Elizabeth is further repulsed and begins to find Darcy too