Cochrane, Madeline

3rd Hour

AP HE4

I would like to take a moment and step back to explain and clarify that I did enjoy Pride and Prejudice very much. I do not want it to be confused with the lack of assignments done and such, but I loved everything about this book. Now that that is done with I suppose I will just dive directly into the point. Pride and Prejudice was not however, love at first sight, ironic I think. I had my judgments at the beginning, mainly due to the numerous chapters within, but also I had my own fixed idea of the book before actually reading it due to the inputs from those around me.

What I knew and what I know now are far from adjacent.

I have several thoughts about Pride and Prejudice none the less, so ill begin by saying

Mr.Darcy could marry me any day, time, month, season, and I would definitely say yes. Actually scratch that I would say yes, I would most likely blurt out the loudest yes known to man. Darcy swept me off my feet, and as a reader I think that those sort of emotions are so vital to any good source of reading. But back to Darcy, he is so dark and mysterious in the most subtle sexy way possible. I have also come to notice, he is super awkward. It is the most attractive awkward though. It’s like that really hot guy you see who never says anything, ever and then when he does he is just so lost and uncomfortable, but it becomes the most adorable thing ever, and you cannot help but want more and more from him.

Darcy is the truest out of all the many characters that run in and out of the book. He portrays the concept of being “real”. Mr. Darcy is a high class man with an abundance of money in his pockets ready to be tossed left and right. Throughout that book his awkwardness shows.

For example he does not speak in the beginning when he enters the ballroom nor does he chose to dance with anyone. There were a mass amount of beautiful women, but it was not in his nature to dance or speak to them just out of interest. These acts are typically perceived to be snobby or coincided but the general audience. It’s all wrong though. We the readers become prejudice ourselves to Darcy and many other characters throughout the story line. Mr.Darcy is a rich man, yes, but he is also a shy quiet man looked at as a superior individual. He himself explains to

Elizabeth while she plays the piano, that neither of them enjoy to perform in front of people.

Darcy’s true colors shine brighter than ever.

The Bennet family has a firmness built off of crazy, love, and female rule. The most discussed of the five girls is Elizabeth, Jane, and Lydia. All three are so different but also similar.

The main point across the board is that each one of the women married for love as their number one priority with money being a blessing. Lydia ran off with Wickham even though neither of them had a dime to their name. Jane and Mr. Bingley fell in love with each other and him having a large estate and being wealthy became a bonus, the same goes for Elizabeth. They all broke the bonds of the stereotypical marriage being essentially for money and stability.

Elizabeth is my favorite character besides Mrs. Bennet, primarily because Mrs. Bennet is the definition of a nut job. Elizabeth is so stubborn and not true to herself, not nearly as much as

Darcy at least. I applaud her for standing strong against feminism and taking a stand not completely intentionally. She denied two proposals to show that she can do as she pleases and not marry until she wants to. I despise the way she acts disgusted with Darcy or too good for him. I think she is the snobbish one out of everyone. She believes that Darcy is a rich man with no desires for anyone because he is too good for any woman. When in reality Elizabeth is the coincided stuck-up wench. She judges Darcy before he can even take a breath. I think the moment she laid eyes on Darcy, it was love at first sight granted that love was buried deep down.

Pride and Prejudice reminds me of the movie 10 Things I Hate About You, minus the part were he gets paid to date that one chick. But high school status match the social class, and the crossing of classes or “cliques.” It is the same concept going back to the archetypes, except there is a catch. 10 Things I Hate About You was based off Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew.”

This was believed to have been written between 1590-1591, before Jane Austen’s time, so is

Pride and Prejudice just another repeat?