Mr Darcy
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- Created on: 01-05-18 18:16
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- Mr Darcy
- Eventually the romantic hero
- Coloured narrative prevents reader from immediately identifying him as the hero- he is just a man who was rude to her at a ball
- His flaws make his interesting and the reason Elizabeth initially dislikes him
- His good points develop as book progresses and it is revealed he is Lizzy's true love
- Makes a bad first impression
- First introduced at Meryton ball , the public setting presents all his worst qualities
- His character mainly shown thorugh opionions of others and his actions interpreted negatively by crows. Dances only twice and speaks to people that he knows- based on this it is decided that he is "forbidding" "above his company and "disagreable"
- Won't dance with Lizzy because he refuses to "give consequences to young ladies who are slighted by other men" Reinforcing to the reader that he is rude and arrogant
- Austen hints that he is actually nice
- More likable in private setting of Netherfield
- But snobish attitude also verified as he thinks country society is "confined and unvarying" and doesn't want to be attracted to E because of the "inferiority of her connections"
- Attracted to E for right reasons- not just looks, he thinks her expression is "uncommonly intelligent" and he is drawn to her kindness and livliness
- Is not affected by Miss Bingleys flattery- listens with "indifference" and doesn't let her compliments go to his head, not as arrogant as he seems
- Seems to have strong morals eg says "whatever bears affinity to cunning is despicable" which suggests he doesn't like people who are sly or dishonest
- More likable in private setting of Netherfield
- Complex and mysterious
- Austen presents a lot of evidence to suggest E is right to dislike him
- Proud but he doesn't see it as a flaw because of his "superiority of mind" keeps it "under good regulation"
- Wickham's story makes his seem cruel, vindictive and dishonest"
- Fitzwilliam's description of how Darcy split up Bingley and Jane also makes him seem cruel and proves that he is prejudiced against people because of their family connections
- BUT immoral behavior only described through rumors, the behavior the reader sees is respectable, honorable and sometimes kind
- World play and flirtation between E and him suggest possible attraction, creating suspense as reader wonders whether Darcy is hero or villain
- Austen presents a lot of evidence to suggest E is right to dislike him
- Elizabeth challenges his pride and prejudices
- Darcy's main flaws are his pride in social status and prejudice against those who are socially "inferior", this flaws obstacles to relaitionship with E- they have to be overcome before they can unite
- Austen uses Darcy to critisise the way upper class look down on lower class. As Darcy loses his class prejudice, he opens up to the relationship with E and the Gardiners making him happier and more likable
- First proposal imporant for his developmentn as a character. E's criticisms of his "arrogance,,, conceit... and... selfsih distain" make him start to realise how his proud snobby manners and social prejudices' are "unpardonable"
- The time after the 1st proposal at Pemberley his manners are "polite and unassuming" and he makes an effort to get to know the Gardiners, who are socially "beneath" this, this shows how he has overcome his social prejudice
- Most dramatic evidence of change in character is behaviour during Wickham scandal. Paying off Wickahms demonstrates that he is willing to swallow his prdie to porve his love
- By the end of the novel, Darcy has learnt to judge on personal merits. Eg he "he really loved" the Gardiners, despite their lower social class
- Darcy's main flaws are his pride in social status and prejudice against those who are socially "inferior", this flaws obstacles to relaitionship with E- they have to be overcome before they can unite
- Eventually the romantic hero
- Darcy is PROUD "How could you expect me to... congratulate myself on the hope of relations, whose conditions in life are so decidedly beneath my own?" UNFORGIVING"My good opinion, once lost, is lost forever" GENEROUS "To give his money freely,, to asssist his tenants, and relieve the poor"
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