Time plays an important role in Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice, and time uses the changes of seasons to set the tone for the direction of major characters. The novel takes the over the span of about a year, and each season signifies changes for the characters and their relationships with one another. Each new season sees how time can instill change in the way certain characters act and react to certain actions, and the seasons reflect upon how the characters feel at that very moment, while the seasons to come affecting them even more.
The novel begins near the end of September, as the beginning of fall nears ever closer. The coming of fall does symbolize the coming of a successful harvest as well, as the Bennets have no son to call …show more content…
Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy start to see eye to eye and realize their love for one another, and Lydia and Mr. Wickham run away to get married together out of lustful intimacy for one another. Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy continuously see different opportunities in which they meet one another, like when Mr. Darcy comes back to his home in Pemberley a day earlier than Elizabeth had expected. These interactions intertwine with the idea that they have been set on a course to marry one another, and that their interactions in spring have changed their opinions of one another. Not only does summer bring the love of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy together, but Lydia elopes with Mr. Wickham out of blissful ignorance towards his true past and identity. The exciting summertime reflects upon Lydia’s rebellious desire to run away with Mr. Wickham, and symbolizes her fantasies coming to life. The pleasant feelings of summer come to a close as autumn nears and the relationships of the characters come full circle; Lydia marries Wickham and comes to Longbourn and Elizabeth marries Mr. Darcy after the year long struggle to understand one another. The changing of the seasons and the mood the eminate concludes as the “successful harvest” of autumn brings new families at the end of the
The novel begins near the end of September, as the beginning of fall nears ever closer. The coming of fall does symbolize the coming of a successful harvest as well, as the Bennets have no son to call …show more content…
Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy start to see eye to eye and realize their love for one another, and Lydia and Mr. Wickham run away to get married together out of lustful intimacy for one another. Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy continuously see different opportunities in which they meet one another, like when Mr. Darcy comes back to his home in Pemberley a day earlier than Elizabeth had expected. These interactions intertwine with the idea that they have been set on a course to marry one another, and that their interactions in spring have changed their opinions of one another. Not only does summer bring the love of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy together, but Lydia elopes with Mr. Wickham out of blissful ignorance towards his true past and identity. The exciting summertime reflects upon Lydia’s rebellious desire to run away with Mr. Wickham, and symbolizes her fantasies coming to life. The pleasant feelings of summer come to a close as autumn nears and the relationships of the characters come full circle; Lydia marries Wickham and comes to Longbourn and Elizabeth marries Mr. Darcy after the year long struggle to understand one another. The changing of the seasons and the mood the eminate concludes as the “successful harvest” of autumn brings new families at the end of the