“She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me…” (Austen, 13). This quote is spoken by Mr. Darcy upon first seeing Elizabeth Bennet. That quote is in complete contrast to how he sees Elizabeth later on in the book, as he is wholly infatuated with her starting soon after this moment. Elizabeth also does not think highly of Darcy in the beginning, but throughout the book, she warms up to him, leading to romantic feelings. Throughout the book, they both change in how they perceive one another and in how they perceive and act towards the entire world. In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy undergo transformations in their character. Elizabeth starts as a young woman quick to judge, who had large amounts of
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Throughout the book, they cause one another to change in how they act and perceive the world, and ultimately bring each other closer together. Elizabeth Bennet is a young woman who prides herself on having keen observation skills, particularly in observing and judging people's’ characters. She seldom is ever wrong, and, therefore, sticks to her judgement and does not budge on it. This stubbornness to keep her opinion lands her in trouble, due to her incorrectly determining Darcy and Wickham’s personalities. She thought that Darcy was a conceited, disagreeable man and that Wickman was an amiable one. She, however, was wrong, as Darcy was pleasant and Wickham was anything but amiable. She realized this through a letter authored by Darcy, and began to see Darcy in a different light. This kickstarted her interest in Darcy, and also started a change in herself. "How despicably I have acted!" she cried; "I, who have prided myself on my discernment! …show more content…
Fitzwilliam Darcy is a rich landowner who comes off to the world as proud, condescending, and an unpleasant man. This can be seen in chapter three, where Mrs. Bennet gives her opinion of Darcy. “‘But I can assure you,’ she added, ‘that Lizzy does not lose much by not suiting his fancy; for he is a most disagreeable, horrid man, not at all worth pleasing. So high and so conceited, that there was no enduring in him! He walked here, and he walked there, fancying himself so very great! Not handsome enough to dance with! I wish you had been there, my dear, to have given him one of your set-downs. I quite detest the man.’” (Austen, 15). The excerpt shows only how Mrs. Bennet views Darcy- with utter hatred and disgust but the rest of Hertfordshire also feel the same way about Darcy. However, when not in public, and he is surrounded by his close family, Darcy is actually a kind, generous person. He doesn’t show the public this side of him because he was raised to not have to be a gentleman to everyone. Throughout the book, he changes his ways and tries to be pleasant to everyone he meets. The moment he decides to change is right after his first proposal to Elizabeth and she tells him, “‘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 gentleman-like manner.’” (Austen, 191). He realizes, due to her remarks, that he has
Throughout the book, they cause one another to change in how they act and perceive the world, and ultimately bring each other closer together. Elizabeth Bennet is a young woman who prides herself on having keen observation skills, particularly in observing and judging people's’ characters. She seldom is ever wrong, and, therefore, sticks to her judgement and does not budge on it. This stubbornness to keep her opinion lands her in trouble, due to her incorrectly determining Darcy and Wickham’s personalities. She thought that Darcy was a conceited, disagreeable man and that Wickman was an amiable one. She, however, was wrong, as Darcy was pleasant and Wickham was anything but amiable. She realized this through a letter authored by Darcy, and began to see Darcy in a different light. This kickstarted her interest in Darcy, and also started a change in herself. "How despicably I have acted!" she cried; "I, who have prided myself on my discernment! …show more content…
Fitzwilliam Darcy is a rich landowner who comes off to the world as proud, condescending, and an unpleasant man. This can be seen in chapter three, where Mrs. Bennet gives her opinion of Darcy. “‘But I can assure you,’ she added, ‘that Lizzy does not lose much by not suiting his fancy; for he is a most disagreeable, horrid man, not at all worth pleasing. So high and so conceited, that there was no enduring in him! He walked here, and he walked there, fancying himself so very great! Not handsome enough to dance with! I wish you had been there, my dear, to have given him one of your set-downs. I quite detest the man.’” (Austen, 15). The excerpt shows only how Mrs. Bennet views Darcy- with utter hatred and disgust but the rest of Hertfordshire also feel the same way about Darcy. However, when not in public, and he is surrounded by his close family, Darcy is actually a kind, generous person. He doesn’t show the public this side of him because he was raised to not have to be a gentleman to everyone. Throughout the book, he changes his ways and tries to be pleasant to everyone he meets. The moment he decides to change is right after his first proposal to Elizabeth and she tells him, “‘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 gentleman-like manner.’” (Austen, 191). He realizes, due to her remarks, that he has