Character Analysis

By: Ashley Jose

Section 2

Elizabeth Bennet: Elizabeth is the second daughter of Mr. and Ms. Bennet.  She is the most intelligent and sensible out of all her sisters. She is often called Eliza or Lizzy by her family members. Elizabeth not only must deal with her mother, but her distant father, two rudely behaved younger sisters and her mistaken impression of Darcy. She has received a proposal from Mr. Collins and also Mr. Darcy. Although she has rejected both proposals, she feels a sense of regret and sadness of how she turned Mr. Darcy down.

“I am not in love with Mr. Wickham; no, I certainly am not. But he is, beyond all comparison, the most agreeable man I ever saw”(Austen, 109) 
As I got to know Mr.Wickham, he was a lovely man and Ill admit I had been spending a rather large amount of time with him. I was never in love with him nor did I have the intention. My family members have been awfully worried about that and as I learned more about him, I have realized that he is not the man I thought he was and I no longer talk to him.

“Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society.” (Austen, 100)

Mr. Collins is not the greatest man and is now married to my dear friend, Charlotte. I don’t believe he deserves a woman as fine as her, and I do think she has made a horrible mistake into marrying him. He is only using her for her fortune and she does not see that, yet. I can see my attitude has caused great problems but unfortunately, I am a straight forward person.

"Spare me the concern of refusing you, had you acted in a more gentlemanlike manner."(Austen, 147)

When I said this to Darcy, it was because I had only known the negative things he has done to Mr.Wickham and my sister. My sister means the world to me and for him to ruin her life is something I cannot tolerate. I am ashamed for reacting the way I did when he proposed, but after reading that letter, I now know the truth and I hope he will forgive me.

Fitzwilliam Darcy: Mr. Darcy is an honest, wealthy young gentleman who is the master of Pemberley. He is handsome, tall, and intelligent, but rather anti-social. He is the nephew of Lady Catherine de Bourgh. Although most of the time Mr. Darcy has trouble seeing the value of people beneath his social standing, the women still admire him. Mr. Darcy soon expresses his love for Elizabeth, and is later on rejected due to destroying her sister’s relationship.

“‎Does anyone truly understand females? ...Their behavior is opposite of everything in the natural order and flies in the face of logic.” (Jane Austen)

When it comes to women, I’m terribly confused. Sometimes I don’t know what to do, I always get mixed emotions from women and yet they somehow always blame men. I don’t understand how they can blame other people without knowing both sides of the story.  When I had asked Elizabeth to marry me, I had not known she would react the ways she did, but that still has not stopped me from loving her. 

“So this is your opinion of me. Thank you for explaining so fully. Perhaps these offences might have been overlooked had not your pride been hurt by my honesty...”(Austen, 150)

Although Elizabeth doesn’t show it, she is very sensitive. When I talk to her I know she gets offended by the things I say but does not show it. I know Elizabeth is a straight forward person, but I am too. I understand I can be a bit mean sometimes, but I would rather have her hurt by my honestly rather than a lie.

“Because I believed your sister to be indifferent to him.” (Austen, 140) I know it had been terribly wrong to interfere with Jane and Mr. Bingley’s relationship, and I did not mean to ruin their romance with each other. I felt somebody had to do something because I felt Jane’s attachment with Mr. Bingley was not strong enough to lead to heartbreak. I also felt as if Mr.Bingley wasn’t right for Jane, or the Bennet family due to his lack of wealth and propriety. I know it had been none of my business to get involved, but I thought it should be done.

Jane Bennet: Jane is the eldest out of all her sisters and known to be the most beautiful. She is extremely pleasant and kind, and feels a strong sense of attraction towards Mr. Bingley. She never judges anyone, she is always giving everyone the benefit of the doubt and generally acts just as a proper young woman should. With the unfortunate event that took place between her and Mr. Bingley, it stirred up great drama between Mr. Darcy and her sister, Elizabeth. Jane continues to hope that Mr. Bingley will return to Nether field Park and will one day marry him.

 “He is just what a young man ought to be.” (Austen, 124)

I don’t know what it is about Mr. Bingley but he has certainly caught my attention since the moment I laid my eyes on him. I am hurt that he decided to leave and listen to his mother; I know I will never find somebody like him.

“Oh, Lizzy, if I could but see you happy. If there were such another man for you.” (Austen, 119)

I love my sister Elizabeth very much. I would do anything in the world to see her happy and I am sure she would do the same for me. If I could find her a great guy I would, but unfortunately she’s been dealing with far too much bad behaved men. I want her to find a man that will treat her right and will love her unconditionally.

 “Mr. Bennet takes delight in "vexing" his wife, it is not a very difficult thing to do!”

This is what I said while I was talking to another person about my father. I’m not usually the person to talk bad about my father, but it seems as if he always wants to do the complete opposite as my mother. It sometimes amuses me at the fact that they never get along.