Pride and Prejudice
Taylor Thompson
Ms. Wright
English 111/4
19 November, 2012
Love in Pride and Prejudice
Love is a major theme in Pride and Prejudice. In the novel, Pride and Prejudice, the audience is exposed to three main marriages between three sisters, Lydia, Jane, and Elizabeth Bennet, and three random men named, George Wickham, Charles Bingley, and Fitzwilliam Darcy. The audience might suspect certain couples to end up together at the beginning of the book but that is not always the case when you have three, diverse sisters.
The first couple the audience see’s is Lydia and Wickham. Lydia is the youngest of the three sisters. She is boy crazy and very immature. Wickham on the other hand is conceited, handsome, and wants as much money as he can get. Initially, Elizabeth and Wickham seemed to like each other but what Darcy tells her about Wickham’s past turns here away from him. Lydia, not knowing about Wickham’s past and thinking they are completely head over heels for each other, runs off with Wickham. By running off and not being married stirred talk in their town. By this action, she ruined her and her family’s name when all George wanted to do was marry into money. She thinks that she is crazy in love with him but it is foreshadowed that she will end up like her mother and father, purposely irritating each other, in a regretful marriage. Neither Wickham nor Lydia seems truly happy with their runaway marriage that wasn’t planned.
When the two ran off together, the Bennet’s wanted to find their little girl more than ever. Mr. Bennet goes to London to search for his daughter but he finally returns home without Lydia. A few days after Mr. Bennet returned home, he gets a letter saying that Wickham and Lydia have been found but no one knows that Mr. Darcy is the one that found the couple.
Even more important than the daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet’s relationship plays a significant part in this novel. Mr. Bennet loves his family but the audience sees him as a mocking person. He seems to be very isolated from his wife and his daughters have been seeing this side of him for years.
Mrs. Bennet on the other hand, only thinks about marrying her daughters and making sure they have a husband, not worrying about whether they are happy or miserable. She also tries too hard to try and impress people of a higher status, especially Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy when she was trying to persuade them to be interested in her daughters.
Considering that the girls observe their parents relationship, this is the only way they believe a marriage should be. The two have an unfortunate marriage that is very regretful to the both of them. Mrs. Bennet got married to Mr. Bennet at a young age. It is obvious to the audience that Mrs. Bennet had to have been pressured into marrying at a young age or she would not have this obsession with her daughters tying the knot with rich, young men so quickly. Young women need time to grow up and figure out what a real husband is supposed to feel like. A person needs time to get to know the real side of a person before deciding to spend the rest of their lives together. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet did not take the time to think their marriage out before they made it official and now they live regretful lives that they have to cope with.
Elizabeth’s elder sister, Jane, is very beautiful. She is always sweet and gentle to everyone she comes in contact with. No one has ever heard her speak a bad word of anyone. The town heard news that there was a man named Charles Bingley, Mr. Darcy’s best friend, coming to stay at Netherfield Park. Bingley is a wealthy, well mannered, young man that has moved to Netherfield Park, looking for love some believe.
The first quote of the novel was, “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters. ” (3). This quote presents the audience to Mr. Bingley. This quote shows that Mr. Bingley is going to be arriving. It also presents us to the main importance of single men looking for a wife so they will have a good fortune all throughout this novel.
Mrs. Bennet, the girl’s mother, sees Mrs. Bingley’s arrival as a chance for one of her daughters to marry a flawless, wealthy man. One night at a ball in Meryton, Jane met Bingley. The first time their eyes met, it was love at first sight; a true love. Jane was the prettiest and oldest of her sisters. Bingley thought that Jane was the loveliest of all the girls at the ball. In his eyes, no one could compare to Jane. The two seem to be so in love because they have so many similarities in their personalities. There is talk of them being a couple during the novel because they were both friendly and everyone enjoyed their presence. Unlike Lydia and Wickham, Jane and Bingley have a real relationship. There is true love between them.
Darcy is the son of a wealthy family. He is very proud of himself and everything he does. Darcy has been involved with many women throughout the years but he knew he felt feelings for Elizabeth from the day he saw her at the Meryton Ball. He sees that she is beautiful and lovely. She is also the most intelligent out of the three girls. Her first impression of Mr. Darcy on the other hand, was not a good one because he would not dance with her at the ball. Bingley says, “Oh! She is the most beautiful creature I ever beheld! But there is one of her sisters sitting down just behind you, who is very pretty, and I dare say, very agreeable. Do let me ask my partner to introduce you.” Darcy replies by saying, “She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me.” This conversation shows that he cares about how he is perceived socially. His bad manners turn her off.
After the act of rudeness at the ball, she heard that Mr. Darcy has treated Mr. Wickham badly and wouldn’t let him live the life Darcy’s father had promised him, not knowing the truth. He asks her many times if she would be with and marry him but she does not want to take time out of her day to get to know him. He feels that she is different from every other woman that he has met. He spends his time popping up in Elizabeth’s life randomly during the novel. He tries not to pay attention to Elizabeth but the more he tries to stay away from her, the more he finds himself loving her and so does she.
When Elizabeth really realizes that she has fallen for Mr. Darcy is when she is with the Gardiner’s at Pemberley. They are in the middle of taking a tour of the house when Elizabeth realizes what she should have done long ago. “Elizabeth was delighted. She had never seen a place for which nature had done more, or where natural beauty had been so little counteracted by and awkward taste. They were all of them warm in their admiration; and at that moment she felt, that to be mistress of Pemberley might be something.” (159) Darcy’s housekeeper tells them how good of a person Darcy is. The good talk of Darcy changes her mind set on him altogether. Thankfully, Elizabeth finally recognizes how noble Darcy really is. She can now show her affection to Darcy is he asks her to marry him again. She just hopes that he hasn’t moved on.
Lastly, Elizabeth and Darcy have a conversation about how she had come to liking him after all of the times that she had turned his marriage proposals down. Darcy states, “You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject forever.” (239) This quote lets the audience see that Mr. Darcy’s feelings for Elizabeth have not changed all this time. His love has overpowered him and he tells Elizabeth this because he thinks there might be a chance that she likes him back. When she told her family that the two were getting married, it was a shock to everyone because they all believed that she had a strong hatred for Darcy but Mr. Bennet gave Darcy his consent to marry his daughter.
The outlook on their marriage is by far the happiest out of the three girls because they are portrayed to be the only ones who have truly found their soul mate.
In the novel, Pride and Prejudice, love plays a huge part in the plot. The audience gets to see three couple’s relationships unfold. Lydia Bennet and George Wickham’s was not very true and based on impatience, which will lead to regret; Jane Bennet and Charles Bingley’s was a love at first sight, true love and Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy’s was suspicious and patient love. All of the characters in the story had to deal with love in some way. Whether it is true love or “love” that isn’t so real, they all bare a certain type of love.
Ms. Wright
English 111/4
19 November, 2012
Love in Pride and Prejudice
Love is a major theme in Pride and Prejudice. In the novel, Pride and Prejudice, the audience is exposed to three main marriages between three sisters, Lydia, Jane, and Elizabeth Bennet, and three random men named, George Wickham, Charles Bingley, and Fitzwilliam Darcy. The audience might suspect certain couples to end up together at the beginning of the book but that is not always the case when you have three, diverse sisters.
The first couple the audience see’s is Lydia and Wickham. Lydia is the youngest of the three sisters. She is boy crazy and very immature. Wickham on the other hand is conceited, handsome, and wants as much money as he can get. Initially, Elizabeth and Wickham seemed to like each other but what Darcy tells her about Wickham’s past turns here away from him. Lydia, not knowing about Wickham’s past and thinking they are completely head over heels for each other, runs off with Wickham. By running off and not being married stirred talk in their town. By this action, she ruined her and her family’s name when all George wanted to do was marry into money. She thinks that she is crazy in love with him but it is foreshadowed that she will end up like her mother and father, purposely irritating each other, in a regretful marriage. Neither Wickham nor Lydia seems truly happy with their runaway marriage that wasn’t planned.
When the two ran off together, the Bennet’s wanted to find their little girl more than ever. Mr. Bennet goes to London to search for his daughter but he finally returns home without Lydia. A few days after Mr. Bennet returned home, he gets a letter saying that Wickham and Lydia have been found but no one knows that Mr. Darcy is the one that found the couple.
Even more important than the daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet’s relationship plays a significant part in this novel. Mr. Bennet loves his family but the audience sees him as a mocking person. He seems to be very isolated from his wife and his daughters have been seeing this side of him for years.
Mrs. Bennet on the other hand, only thinks about marrying her daughters and making sure they have a husband, not worrying about whether they are happy or miserable. She also tries too hard to try and impress people of a higher status, especially Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy when she was trying to persuade them to be interested in her daughters.
Considering that the girls observe their parents relationship, this is the only way they believe a marriage should be. The two have an unfortunate marriage that is very regretful to the both of them. Mrs. Bennet got married to Mr. Bennet at a young age. It is obvious to the audience that Mrs. Bennet had to have been pressured into marrying at a young age or she would not have this obsession with her daughters tying the knot with rich, young men so quickly. Young women need time to grow up and figure out what a real husband is supposed to feel like. A person needs time to get to know the real side of a person before deciding to spend the rest of their lives together. Mr. and Mrs. Bennet did not take the time to think their marriage out before they made it official and now they live regretful lives that they have to cope with.
Elizabeth’s elder sister, Jane, is very beautiful. She is always sweet and gentle to everyone she comes in contact with. No one has ever heard her speak a bad word of anyone. The town heard news that there was a man named Charles Bingley, Mr. Darcy’s best friend, coming to stay at Netherfield Park. Bingley is a wealthy, well mannered, young man that has moved to Netherfield Park, looking for love some believe.
The first quote of the novel was, “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. However little known the feelings or views of such a man may be on his first entering a neighborhood, this truth is so well fixed in the minds of the surrounding families, that he is considered as the rightful property of someone or other of their daughters. ” (3). This quote presents the audience to Mr. Bingley. This quote shows that Mr. Bingley is going to be arriving. It also presents us to the main importance of single men looking for a wife so they will have a good fortune all throughout this novel.
Mrs. Bennet, the girl’s mother, sees Mrs. Bingley’s arrival as a chance for one of her daughters to marry a flawless, wealthy man. One night at a ball in Meryton, Jane met Bingley. The first time their eyes met, it was love at first sight; a true love. Jane was the prettiest and oldest of her sisters. Bingley thought that Jane was the loveliest of all the girls at the ball. In his eyes, no one could compare to Jane. The two seem to be so in love because they have so many similarities in their personalities. There is talk of them being a couple during the novel because they were both friendly and everyone enjoyed their presence. Unlike Lydia and Wickham, Jane and Bingley have a real relationship. There is true love between them.
Darcy is the son of a wealthy family. He is very proud of himself and everything he does. Darcy has been involved with many women throughout the years but he knew he felt feelings for Elizabeth from the day he saw her at the Meryton Ball. He sees that she is beautiful and lovely. She is also the most intelligent out of the three girls. Her first impression of Mr. Darcy on the other hand, was not a good one because he would not dance with her at the ball. Bingley says, “Oh! She is the most beautiful creature I ever beheld! But there is one of her sisters sitting down just behind you, who is very pretty, and I dare say, very agreeable. Do let me ask my partner to introduce you.” Darcy replies by saying, “She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humor at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me.” This conversation shows that he cares about how he is perceived socially. His bad manners turn her off.
After the act of rudeness at the ball, she heard that Mr. Darcy has treated Mr. Wickham badly and wouldn’t let him live the life Darcy’s father had promised him, not knowing the truth. He asks her many times if she would be with and marry him but she does not want to take time out of her day to get to know him. He feels that she is different from every other woman that he has met. He spends his time popping up in Elizabeth’s life randomly during the novel. He tries not to pay attention to Elizabeth but the more he tries to stay away from her, the more he finds himself loving her and so does she.
When Elizabeth really realizes that she has fallen for Mr. Darcy is when she is with the Gardiner’s at Pemberley. They are in the middle of taking a tour of the house when Elizabeth realizes what she should have done long ago. “Elizabeth was delighted. She had never seen a place for which nature had done more, or where natural beauty had been so little counteracted by and awkward taste. They were all of them warm in their admiration; and at that moment she felt, that to be mistress of Pemberley might be something.” (159) Darcy’s housekeeper tells them how good of a person Darcy is. The good talk of Darcy changes her mind set on him altogether. Thankfully, Elizabeth finally recognizes how noble Darcy really is. She can now show her affection to Darcy is he asks her to marry him again. She just hopes that he hasn’t moved on.
Lastly, Elizabeth and Darcy have a conversation about how she had come to liking him after all of the times that she had turned his marriage proposals down. Darcy states, “You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject forever.” (239) This quote lets the audience see that Mr. Darcy’s feelings for Elizabeth have not changed all this time. His love has overpowered him and he tells Elizabeth this because he thinks there might be a chance that she likes him back. When she told her family that the two were getting married, it was a shock to everyone because they all believed that she had a strong hatred for Darcy but Mr. Bennet gave Darcy his consent to marry his daughter.
The outlook on their marriage is by far the happiest out of the three girls because they are portrayed to be the only ones who have truly found their soul mate.
In the novel, Pride and Prejudice, love plays a huge part in the plot. The audience gets to see three couple’s relationships unfold. Lydia Bennet and George Wickham’s was not very true and based on impatience, which will lead to regret; Jane Bennet and Charles Bingley’s was a love at first sight, true love and Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy’s was suspicious and patient love. All of the characters in the story had to deal with love in some way. Whether it is true love or “love” that isn’t so real, they all bare a certain type of love.