RE: Pride and Prejudice Questions Chapter 2-3

1. How does Austen go against the grain of traditional romance stories of the period?

2. What is the biggest stumbling block in the future development of a romance between Jane and Bingley?

3. What is Lizzy’s first impression of Mr. Darcy?

4. Quote some samples of dialogue that give you insight into Darcy’s character.

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3. What is Lizzy’s first impression of Mr. Darcy?

When Elizabeth first met Darcy at the Meryton ball, everyone in the room agreed that he was the proudest, rudest man present. He only danced with Bingley’s sisters and only conversed with Bingley’s party. He refused to meet anyone new. He felt that the society was beneath him, even saying that there wasn’t a single woman in the room that “would not be a punishment” for him to dance with. Elizabeth first thought that Mr. Darcy was a proud, disagreeable man and she could not figure out why he would be friends with Mr. Bingley who is the exact opposite of that.  She also thought he was a snob. Also Elizabeth’s first impressions, meanwhile, catalogue Darcy as arrogant and self-satisfied; as a result, she later accepts slanderous accusations against him as true.

Answered on 30.06.2017.
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