Pride And Prejudice Darcy Character Analysis

In a discussion of Pride and Prejudice, one issue that has been discussed is the development of Darcy and Elizabeth throughout the whole story. On one hand, from the beginning, Elizabeth has been the smart mind sister but does she change and develop into a well-rounded individual? Over the span of the novel, we see her self-development, a developing of her character as she comes to more prominent information and comprehension of herself and other individuals. On the other hand, in the beginning, Darcy is snobbish and arrogant, he is also completely honest and sure of himself. My own view is that Darcy and Elizabeth have to and do change through the course of the story. For them to end up together, in the end, they need to grow as individuals …show more content…
In chapter one when Miss Lucas and Lizzy are discussing Darcy not dancing with her, “I could easily forgive his pride if he had not mortified mine”(24). In the conversation with Miss Lucas, Lizzy has agreed with her that Darcy is the way he is because the amount of money he has put in the back of Lizzy's mind Mr. Darcy truly mortified her by declining to hit the dance floor with her. Her pride has been harmed by his diss, so she's not willing to let him free of hurting her feelings. Elizabeth is the very honest person and when someone comes to her with a half-hearted statement she will let them not how she felt. In growing up when tell the truth people do it in the nicest way they can, but when Elizabeth tells Darcy she will not marry him she does it in a not so respectful way."You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me in any other way, than as it spared me the concern which I might have felt in refusing you, had you behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner."(168). Lizzy lets it be known that she will not just get married to anyone she wants someone that will treat her right and have respect for her. She takes the only decision that she has to make lightly she lets it knows what she wants and doesn't want in a man. Lizzy’s ability to tell to tell people what she does and doesn't like will come back to haunt her in Chapter 36 she finally comes to the conclusion that not everything that is thought needs to be said. "How despicably I have acted! I, who have prided myself on my discernment! I, who have valued myself on my abilities! who have often disdained the generous candour of my sister, and gratified my vanity in useless or blameable mistrust! How humiliating is this discovery! Yet, how just a humiliation! Had I been in love, I could not have been more