In "Becoming Jane Austen," Jon Spence twists this claim in an unexpected way: He theorizes that Lefroy actually inspired the character of Elizabeth and that Austen modeled Darcy after herself.
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Charles is Darcy's best friend. He is very different from Darcy. While he is cheerful and optimistic, Darcy is aloof and calm. When it comes to relationships, Charles always confide with his friend of what he thinks. Darcy mistaken for Jane to not love Charles as much because of her lower status and her indifference to him but did not realize that Jane is shy and not indifferent. When he later admits to his friend what he had done, Charles was at first angry but quickly forgave his friend because he realized that his best friend was looking out for him.
George Wickham was a childhood friend of Darcy when they were young. They were both present when Darcy's father passed away. Darcy's opinion of him is not high as George gambles his money away and womanize with other females to the point he always asks Darcy for some money. This brought their friendship to a strained breaking point where Darcy refuses to give him any more money and Darcy saving his sister when George Wickham tried to elope her.
When Lydia ran away with George Wickham and the Bennet family ended up disgraced, Darcy tracked the duo down and bribed George that he would pay for his debts and gives him some money for him to marry Lydia in secret to avoid any disgrace.
Wickham's tale of his mistreatment by Darcy had caused her to dislike him intensely, even more so than she had before.
Eventually, Mr. Darcy declared his love for Elizabeth and proposed; yet, while expressing his ardent love, he kept reminding her of the large gap in their social status. Elizabeth was offended and vehemently refused him, expressing her reasons for disliking him, including her knowledge of his interference with Jane and Bingley, and the account she received from Mr. Wickham of Darcy's alleged unfair treatment toward him. Further insulted by Darcy's hurt retorts, Elizabeth claimed that the manner in which he proposed to her prevented her from feeling concern for him she "might have felt had [he] behaved in a more gentlemanlike manner".
Darcy departed in anger and mortification and, that night, penned a letter to Elizabeth in which he defended his honor, revealed the motives for his interference in Jane and Bingley's relationship, and gave a thorough account of his lifelong dealings with Wickham, who attempted to seduce and elope with Darcy's younger sister, Georgiana , the previous summer.
He later said that he had been feeling very much wronged while writing this letter, which explained the heat of his defenses and his haste in writing. Although initially angered by Elizabeth's vehement refusal and harsh criticism, Darcy was surprised to discover the reality of how his behaviour was perceived by others, particularly Elizabeth, and committed himself to re-evaluating his actions.
A few months later, Darcy unexpectedly encountered Elizabeth during her visit to his estate in Derbyshire with her aunt and uncle. Elizabeth was, at first, mortified to be discovered at Pemberley, having only visited on the belief that Darcy was absent. However, she was surprised to discover a marked change in Darcy's manner. In response to Elizabeth's criticism and due to his subsequent realizations, Darcy was determined to display the "gentleman-like manner" she accused him of lacking, and astonished her with his kindness towards both her and her aunt and uncle, Mr.
He was more courteous and less reserved than he had been previously, surpassing, therefore, not just Elizabeth's, but her aunt and uncle's, expectations. He also introduced Elizabeth to Georgiana, which Elizabeth saw as "a compliment of the highest kind. When Elizabeth found out that her youngest sister, Lydia , had eloped with Wickham, Mr. Darcy happened upon her, and saw that she was distressed.
Elizabeth confided the truth to him, and he showed civility, consoling Elizabeth over her distress. He left, and promptly decided to head to London to find Lydia and Wickham. Darcy eventually found the errant couple, although he tried to hush the matter up. Only Elizabeth's aunt and uncle, outside of Wickham himself and Lydia, knew of Darcy's involvement in the affair. It would have continued this way had Lydia not dropped the hint. That hint prompted Elizabeth to write to her aunt to tell them the truth, which her aunt couldn't refuse.
Darcy later told Elizabeth that he had seen the distress the elopement had caused her, spurring him to find the couple. He revealed that he did not do it to earn Elizabeth's gratitude, but rather to ease her distress. Darcy also did so, because he felt himself partially responsible for the event, in failing to warn both the Bennet family and the public of Wickham's true character.
It was hinted that Darcy's intervention to help Elizabeth cost him as much as a year's income. Why is Lizzy Mr.
Why does Darcy dislike Wickham? Why does Lizzy form a negative first impression of Darcy? According to Mr. What role do letters play in the novel? What is revealed about the characters after Elizabeth rejects Mr. How is the novel a critique of the social norms of its time?
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