Is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. Pg. 5 lines 1-2. Mrs. Bennet has five daughters and a big problem; none of them are married, there isn’t much fortune to go around. “My dear Mr. Bennet, have you heard that Netherfield Park is rent at last?” pg.5 lines 8-9. Mrs. Bennet is in a hurry for her daughters to get married as soon as possible, when she asked to Mr. Bennet he replied that he has not, they continued arguing for a few moments who had took the house, she read him the letter that Mrs. Long sent to her, the letter said that the house is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England. They continued talking about the young man for a while.
Mr. Bingley is a rich, single man who takes a liking to the eldest Miss Bennet, Jane but don’t save the date quite yet, Mr. Bingley might be easygoing and pleasant, but his sisters are catty snobs and his controlling friend. Mr. Darcy isn’t about to let Mr. Bingley marry beneath him. When they all meet up at the local ball. Mr. Darcy lets everyone around him know just how boring he finds the whole thing. “HE was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world and every body hopes that he would never come here again.” Pg.15 lines 72 chapter 3.Including the second Bennet daughter, Elizabeth. It is clear to everyone that Mr. Bingley is falling in love with jane, but Jane want to keeps her feelings on the down low against the advice of Lizzy’s good friend Charlotte Lucas. And. Surprising no one, Mr. Darcy finds himself strangely attracted to Lizzy. The two get even more opportunities to snip at each other when lizzy goes to Mr. Bingley’s house to nurse her sister. Who’s gotten sick on a wet horseback ride over the dinner.
This book is unfolding in a very entertaining and dramatic way since Mr. Darcy began to have feelings towards Jane. Elizabeth became confused and not knowing what to do, if she wanted to marry that man or the other man. Mr. Bennet and her daughters then departed, ad Elizabeth returned instantly to jane, leaving her own and her relations behaviour to the remarks of the two ladies and Mr. Darcy; the letter of who, however, could not be prevailed on join in their censure of her, in spite of all Miss Bingley’s witticism on fine eyes. Mr. Bingley’s family started gossiping about the Bennets but Mr. Darcy didn’t talk. But he isn’t defending her. “ Elizabeth, having rather expected to affront him, was amazed at this gallantry” page 62 chapter 10. There was a mixture of sweetness and archness in her manner which made it difficult for her to affront anybody. For other part, Mr. Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her connectios, he should be in some danger for falling in love with her.
During the early 19th century, Austen wrote a classid novel – Pride and Prejudice. The novel was influenced by the era it was written in as well as society’s cutoms and rules. The elements of society that can be examined in this novel are marriage and gender roles, class, income and land ownership, as well as reputation. Austen’s novel can be used to analyze the society and era it was written in – early 19th century England. It was a time before and during some of the core ideas and value sof Society were changing. The concepts of class and status underwent dramatic revisions. Because of the times that Austen lived in as well as her characters that broke the mold, the early 21st Century has a society that has progressed, with rights and equality for most.
