This is very.
important, as a man who is as cynical as Mr. Bennet would not usually own up to.
any folly this directly and easily, and although he makes several blunders in.
the course of the plot this is one of only two he acknowledges. Such a.
self-infraction of his character could only be explained by the fact that he.
cares for Elizabeth more than he ever shows, more even than the reader ever.
realizes. Taking into consideration Elizabeth's perceptive nature the reader is made to.
understand the true depth of the relationship between her and her father. It.
would be impossible for her to grow up without noticing the affection that he.
felt, and not to benefit from it. Because she is the only child he really cares.
for, she truly becomes her father's daughter - smart, witty and realistic. Even.
as she develops as a person during the progress of the events, the qualities.
Elizabeth obviously inherited from Mr. Bennet allow her for a better perception.
of what is really going on inside her. It is true that she dares to do.
something her father doesn't, which is to put the same method of analysis that.
she uses on other people to herself, but without that skill of interpretation.
she would not be able to grow and that skill was acquired from none other than.
her Mr. Bennet. She is, in other words, a direct derivation of her parental.
genes - the next improved and more modern step up in the evolution of character.
and abilities exemplified by her father. As mentioned above, Mr. Bennet admits to two mistakes in the course of the novel.
The first one he avows to is his marriage. The second, of course, is his.
failure in fatherly duties to which he confesses in Chapter VI of Volume III.
This instance is different from the other, simply because he really does not.
loose his composure as he discusses the subject with Elizabeth. The way he.
chastises Kitty is vintage Mr. Bennet, full of sarcasm and hyperbole to the.
extent that makes his youngest daughter cry.
