Rash Judgments

On occasion one will simply misread the intentions and actions of another individual, often criticizing and making unnecessary judgements. In Pride & Prejudice Elizabeth Bennet is forced to face the pressures of marrying into wealth pushed onto her courtesy of her mother. As Elizabeth meets a possible prospect of the Bennet sisters, she is mystified by the young man who assists the bachelor. As Ms. Bennet and Mr. Darcy become a part of frequent encounters, the pair is quick to make rash judgements based on each other and their personal lives without adequate information or reasoning. Because of hasty insinuating, both Ms. Bennet and Mr. Darcy fall victim to biased judgements; furthermore, both are also forced to face the detrimental effects …show more content…
Darcy, not only did he suffer, but her as well. By choosing to spend her time pinpointing each flaw of Mr. Darcy’s, she is not able to get to know the type of person Mr. Darcy actually is. His intentions of separating Mr. Bingley and Jane Bennet were that in protecting his friend from what he thought was a relationship that was not ready for a proposal instead of separating them for a malice purpose. Ms. Bennet sees this as a way of trying to inflict pain on her and her family, instead of him remaining loyal to Mr. Bingley and their friendship. Elizabeth never took the time out to understand or listen to Mr. Darcy’s reasoning; therefore, her relationship with Mr. Darcy remained tense and somewhat …show more content…
Darcy without having the necessary information, Ms. Bennet learned that her actions had caused her to first lose out on an opportunity with someone who actually had kind intentions. Coinciding with lost opportunity is the individual thoughts and feelings of each person. Eventually Elizabeth came to the conclusion that she was in love with Mr. Darcy. She concluded that he was a man of his words and she liked the way they challenged each other. While judging Mr. Darcy she failed to reflect upon herself to see that she was similar to Mr. Darcy in more than one way. Being stubborn and always going after what she desired, Elizabeth was finally able to free herself of the slightest misunderstanding and forever be called Mrs.