... to tempt me - In Pride and Prejudice, the author Jane Austen delineates the nature of the society in which she lives through several parties and balls that her characters attend. Mr. Darcy epitomizes rich, discriminatory noblemen while Miss Elizabeth Bennett symbolizes the deserving, socially inferior young woman of the period. Through Darcy, Lizzy and other characters' interactions at balls and parties, Austen vividly portrays their ... Elizabeth's hand, he says to her face that she "is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me."" Darcy's callous arrogance in this one instance con...

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