“Pride and Prejudice”.

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“Pride and Prejudice” offers an intensely personal story, and this story is written in light, airy, sparkling prose and is filled with witty and immensely entertaining dialogue. There are brilliantly drawn characters ranging from Elizabeth’s slightly eccentric mother to the gold-digging military officer Wickham.

The two couples that I will be investigating in the following coursework are Elizabeth with Darcy and Collins with Charlotte.

The two couples are both completely different in their relationships.

The relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy is a peculiar one. Elizabeth first set eyes on Darcy at a public ball, and Elizabeth was not given the best if first impressions. This is because it was also the first appearance of Mr. Bingley and Elizabeth would have been comparing them both.

Mr Bingley danced happily all night at every opportunity:

“…Danced every dance, was

angry that the ball

closed so early…”

Whereas Mr. Darcy:

“…danced only once with

Mrs. Hurst and once with

Miss Bingley…”

Elizabeth would be interested in a fun loving man, not some boring man that was too proud.

…………..Or so she thought.

When Mr. Bingley was in vain trying to persuade Mr. Darcy to dance with another Bennet his comment was:

“…She is tolerable; but not

handsome enough to tempt ME…”

Although Mr. Darcy did not intend for Elizabeth to hear this, she did. And this brief meeting was enough to give Elizabeth a first impression, originally the novel of “Pride and Prejudice” was called “First impressions” and we can see why.

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So what of our second pair; were events more auspicious? Charlotte Lucas is a very close friend to Elizabeth, but even with this they have very different views on marriage and love. Elizabeth feels it is essential to have love in a marriage and she would not dream of marriage otherwise. Whereas Charlotte has a very different opinion, she thinks love is a bonus in marriage and not a necessity. She would be quite happy to marry blindly because all that she seeks in a marriage is social stability and the social status:

“…Happiness in Marriage

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