... gathering generally would typecast you within the minds of those around and usually only swayed by gross changes in your behavior. Elizabeth Bennet from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice falls victim to this practice in relation to Fitzwilliam Darcy after their first encounter. Darcy seems anything but a man ... at the first ball, and his confinement into conversations only with his close acquaintances, create a conceited air about him that Elizabeth detests. Austen purposefully strives for this initial effect if only to prove that first impressions are not always what they seem, and proc...

• Word Count: 1964
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... fortune must be in want of a wife."" What we read is just the opposite; a single woman must be in want of a man with a good fortune. In this first line of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice we are at once introduced to language rich with satire. The comic tendencies displayed in the novel's language introduce a theme very important to the novel "the ... Lydia introduces into previously ordered structures are evident in her speech and manners long before she runs off with Wickham. But it is this assertion of her "liberty- that reveals Jane Austen taking a more conservative view of humor. ...

• Word Count: 1894
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

... . She believed him to be snobby and arrogant. Darcy took notice of Elizabeth and became fond of her when she stayed at Mr. Bingley's when Jane was sick. Unfortunately, Elizabeth's preconceptions ended up causing both her and Darcy pain. When Elizabeth heard word from Darcy's friend, Colonel Fitwilliam, that Darcy ... had "saved a friend from the inconveniences of a most imprudent marriage"(153), she was immediately angered that Darcy would ruin Jane and Bingley's relationship and break her heart. Darcy is unaware of Elizabeth's dislike of him when he makes a proposal of marriage to her, ...

• Word Count: 1537
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School