Elizabeth And Mr Darcy

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen follows Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, two characters that grow and become more open minded throughout the novel. Mr. Darcy has too much pride, while Elizabeth holds prejudice against Mr. Darcy and lets it cloud her judgements.

In Chapter 3 Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy meet each other at a ball. It is quickly apparent that Mr. Darcy is arrogant, as stated in the novel: “for he was discovered to be proud; to be above his company, and above being pleased.” He acts cold towards Elizabeth, and insults her when she’s in earshot. Elizabeth leaves the ball with a new story to tell and a dislike for Mr. Darcy.

Elizabeth holds prejudice towards Mr. Darcy, which unfairly affects her views towards characters in the novel. She meets Mr. Wickham and takes an instant liking to him. Mr. Wickham tells Elizabeth that Mr. Darcy tricked him out of his inheritance in chapter 16: “A man of honour could not have doubted the intention, but Mr. Darcy chose to doubt it—or to treat it as a merely conditional recommendation, and to assert that I had forfeited all claim to it by extravagance, imprudence—in short anything or nothing.”

Darcy soon falls in love with Elizabeth and decides to propose to her. Elizabeth gets angry at Mr. Darcy and accuses him of tearing her sister, Jane, and Mr. Bingley apart and taking Mr. Wickham’s inheritance. She says to Mr. Darcy, "From the very beginning—from the first moment, I may almost say—of my acquaintance with you, your manners, impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain of the feelings of others, were such as to form the groundwork of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike." Mr. Darcy then leaves and later sends a letter to Elizabeth and explains that Mr. Wickham was lying, and why he separated Jane and Mr. Bingley. This is a significant turning point in the novel since both Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy realize their