MAREBEAR

                In the beginning of the book, I believed that Mr. Darcy was going to have a dislike toward Elizabeth.  In the third chapter of the book, Mr. Darcy is introduced as Mr. Hurst’s friend.  “Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mein; and the report which was in general circulation within five minutes of his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year.(12)”  I soon learned that he was very judgmental.  In the same chapter, when Mr. Bingley tries to convince Mr. Darcy to dance with Elizabeth,  Mr. Darcy replies with, “She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me. (13)” Mr. Darcy continues to judge Elizabeth, but through this comes to realize that he is truly fond of her.  “But no sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she had hardly a good feature in her face, than he began to find it was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes.  To this discovery succeeded some others equally mortifying.  Though he had detected with a critical eye more than one failure of perfect symmetry in her form, he was forced to acknowledge her figure to be light and pleasing; in spite of his asserting that her manners were not those of the fashionable world, he was caught by their easy playfulness (24).”  Mr. Darcy’s talk about Elizabeth the first time he met her, kept her dislike for him throughout the story.  Elizabeth’s anger at Mr. Darcy, was negatively affecting him because she refused him when he tried to get close to her.  “Mr. Darcy with great propriety requested to be allowed the honour of her hand; but in vain.  Elizabeth was determined; nor did Sir William at all shake her purpose by his attempt at persuasion (26).”  Some of Mr. Darcy’s character traits change throughout the book, such as his feelings for Elizabeth, but others stay the same, such as his attitude toward others.

P.S I didn’t check the blog after Friday