Whickham,the forgotten
Wickham, the forgotten influence of the storyPride and Prejudice was written by the famous Jane Austen in 1813. It was first called ' First Impression'. The reason for its name was pretty obvious after reading the novel. The main character, Elizabeth, often judged others by the first impression. As the novel proceeded, these characters slowly revealed their true personalities, which were totally contrary to the first impression. There was an obvious misjudgment between many characters especially Elizabeth and Darcy. However, these misjudgment were essential in shaping the outcome of the story. Pride and Prejudice tells the story about five sisters of the Bennet family and their different belief towards life. The five sisters are Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia. They lived at Longbourn in Hertfordshire. Without any male heir, the family would have to give up their property to their closest male relative, William Collins. He worked as a rector of the Lady Catherine de Bourgh. One day Charles Bingley, a wealthy young man, rented Netherfield, a house near Longbourn. Accompanied him was his two sisters and his friend, Fitzwilliam Darcy. Charles Bingley and Jane soon began to develop a rel
The misjudgment between Darcy and Elizabeth could be clearly seen. Elizabeth got the first impression that Darcy was a cold and arrogant person. Initially Darcy appeared to be full of pride. He showed poor manners in public when refusing to dance with Elizabeth. He said " She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me." (Pride and Prejudice, page 11). Elizabeth disliked him immediately without trying to seek his true personality. Instead, she listened to Wickham, a person she met for only one day. Elizabeth also misjudged Wickham. She liked him for his good look and charming character without knowing his true personality. It revealed the prejudice of Elizabeth to Darcy. Wickham was playing Elizabeth for a fool. She already had negative feelings toward Darcy, therefore it was very easy for Wickham to manipulate Elizabeth. Elizabeth said " I have spent four days in the same house with him, and I think him very disagreeable." Wickham then knew that Elizabeth was on his side and described the negativity of Darcy (Pride and Prejudice, page 68). Wickham succeeded in misleading Elizabeth. There were three factors that change Elizabeth's feelings towards Darcy. The letter that Darcy wrote to Elizabeth was the first key that right the negative feelings she had. The second was when she heard the praised of his maid. The third key was when she found out that Darcy was the one behind Lydia's arrangements. Therefor
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