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How Does Elizabeth Bennet Change In Pride And Prejudice

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Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice introduces the love and hate relationship between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet. Austen conjures up the mixed singles in society norms of social class and love and affection that can break ones pride. These first impressions of disdain and rejection leads through the emotional development of unspoken pride and underestimating major comparisons in familiarity. In the novel, Elizabeth Bennett os one of the few who change through the novel. In the beginning Elizabeth develops on first impressions and seems to trust them more than actually knowing a person for awhile. In this case her first impression on Mr. Darcy was radiating of arrogance and self-satisfied persona that lead her to not liking Mr. Darcy …show more content…

Darcy confesses his love for Elizabeth, she denies his proposal, in the novel it states, “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 su has to form that ground work of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike; and I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world who I could ever be prevailed on to marry”(11. 164). Elizabeth not only felt the need to establish her dislike for Mr. Darcy’s attitude and the way he is,but also admitted to not likely to ever marry him if he was the only man left in the world. Elizabeth picks apart Mr. Darcy’s dream or from there first account together and persuades herself and Mr. Darcy to believe that she does not have feelings for him. Austen appears to be meddling and pushing these two main characters together by displaying their less of affection for each other. Austen begins to show the readers how both pride and prejudice can compare and contrast against each other in one way or

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