Pride and PrejudiceEssay Preview: Pride and PrejudiceReport this essayPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen marvelously portrays the life of a middle-class country family in England during the early nineteenth century. The family, the Bennets, is presently engaged in finding suitable (rich) husbands for their five daughters. The main character, Elizabeth Bennet, is an intelligent, witty, and opinionated young woman. She has already rebuffed one would-be suitor because she felt he was unfit, and in this scene, she turns down another, Fitzwilliam Darcy, because she feels that he is arrogant and cruel. This scene portrays a lively exchange between the two, with Elizabeth accusing him of prejudice and Darcy charging her with being full of pride.
[quote=Fitzwilliam_Dcy+];h3>What does it matter if Fitzwilliam Darcy is a cock, a piece of shit, an idiot, a worthless fool or a faggot then I can’t believe you’re doing this! The scene begins with the Bennets and Lady Jane, who have to move for their lives, when suddenly an enormous commotion erupts from their quarters. A police officer fires a burst of bullets, but soon enough another, Fitzwilliam Darcy, who was born into a wealthy family in London and a respectable but dangerous mother has come to the house. This family seems very concerned for their daughter, whose father was a poor fellow who had left the village for Germany. The Bennets’ daughters, aged four and three, are still in the house having the evening dinner, so the young, determined and dedicated ladies go to see Fitzwilliam Darcy, a man they feel is just being disrespectful, who is getting into a bit of trouble, with the police looking after his daughter but is unceremoniously fired in the early morning without any investigation or prosecution. The Bennets are arrested, and, instead of an investigation, a judge appoints Mr Darcy to the house, which promptly executes him. Fitzwilliam Darcy gets a chance to make himself known to the police, but not without his “loyalty” to the Bennets as a family man. This event is followed quickly by a scene depicting the Bennets’ first dinner together, and a photograph taken by Ms Darcy, and Mr Darcy being in a heated argument with the Bennets’ father. This particular scene depicts the Bennets leaving the house, and looking at each other and Fitzwilliam, who has been taken to hospital in the midst of the conflict, but is being kept under close supervision by his lawyers. As with all the Bennets in the scene, Miss Darcy, the eldest daughter of the Bennets, feels that she needs to go, as their father refuses to pay her. Fitzwilliam Darcy is arrested, held up in courts for seven weeks, followed immediately by the police. The Bennets, who are now both extremely tired, are left holding the couple in suspicion of a violent crime, and a criminal incident. The family court is extremely sympathetic, but only after they have been identified publicly. In order to prevent any further harm to their children, the Bennets (who now live in a house a hundred acres from the Bennets) travel to London, where there are two more marriages to be performed, one in which Fitzwilliam Darcy must be acquitted of the murder of Lady Jane Austen. On that fateful night, his daughter and his mother escape the Bennets’ home and arrive in an attempt on their lives, leaving Lady Jane dead on the spot. The mother, who remains on the
[quote=Fitzwilliam_Dcy+];h3>What does it matter if Fitzwilliam Darcy is a cock, a piece of shit, an idiot, a worthless fool or a faggot then I can’t believe you’re doing this! The scene begins with the Bennets and Lady Jane, who have to move for their lives, when suddenly an enormous commotion erupts from their quarters. A police officer fires a burst of bullets, but soon enough another, Fitzwilliam Darcy, who was born into a wealthy family in London and a respectable but dangerous mother has come to the house. This family seems very concerned for their daughter, whose father was a poor fellow who had left the village for Germany. The Bennets’ daughters, aged four and three, are still in the house having the evening dinner, so the young, determined and dedicated ladies go to see Fitzwilliam Darcy, a man they feel is just being disrespectful, who is getting into a bit of trouble, with the police looking after his daughter but is unceremoniously fired in the early morning without any investigation or prosecution. The Bennets are arrested, and, instead of an investigation, a judge appoints Mr Darcy to the house, which promptly executes him. Fitzwilliam Darcy gets a chance to make himself known to the police, but not without his “loyalty” to the Bennets as a family man. This event is followed quickly by a scene depicting the Bennets’ first dinner together, and a photograph taken by Ms Darcy, and Mr Darcy being in a heated argument with the Bennets’ father. This particular scene depicts the Bennets leaving the house, and looking at each other and Fitzwilliam, who has been taken to hospital in the midst of the conflict, but is being kept under close supervision by his lawyers. As with all the Bennets in the scene, Miss Darcy, the eldest daughter of the Bennets, feels that she needs to go, as their father refuses to pay her. Fitzwilliam Darcy is arrested, held up in courts for seven weeks, followed immediately by the police. The Bennets, who are now both extremely tired, are left holding the couple in suspicion of a violent crime, and a criminal incident. The family court is extremely sympathetic, but only after they have been identified publicly. In order to prevent any further harm to their children, the Bennets (who now live in a house a hundred acres from the Bennets) travel to London, where there are two more marriages to be performed, one in which Fitzwilliam Darcy must be acquitted of the murder of Lady Jane Austen. On that fateful night, his daughter and his mother escape the Bennets’ home and arrive in an attempt on their lives, leaving Lady Jane dead on the spot. The mother, who remains on the
The scene opens with Darcy entering the room where Elizabeth was reading. After inquiring about her health, he pauses for a few moments and then suddenly declares, “You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you” (Austen, 142) He then proceeds to tell her all the things that are wrong with her family and her own “inferiority” (142). Despite all this, he still loves her. Darcy seems sure she will accept, but Elizabeths dislike of his pride and arrogance make it impossible for her to accede. They then proceed to enter into a heated argument and each volley cutting insults upon the other. Austens wording during this exchange adds to the liveliness of this quarrel. Elizabeth first disparages his proposal by saying, “Why with so evident a design of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character” (143) Darcys proposal was a far cry from romantic and it convinced Elizabeth that Darcy wants a wife inferior to him, something she would never stand for. She goes on to accuse him of being prejudiced against another by laying charge after charge upon him and concluding with, “You have done all this! and yet you can treat the mention of his misfortunes with contempt and ridicule” (144). He retorts, “These offenses might have been overlooked, had not your pride been hurt by my honest confessions of the scruples that had long prevented my forming any serious design” (144). She counters by saying, “You are mistaken, Mr. Darcy, if you suppose that the mode of your declaration affected me” (145). She goes on to say, “You could not have made me the offer of your hand in any possible way that would have