Pride and Prejudice 13: Ch. 10-12

"Her mother's ungraciousness made the sense of what they owed him more painful to Elizabeth's mind; and she would, at times, have given any thing to be privileged to tell him, that his kindness was neither unknown nor unfelt by the whole of the family"(329).

Mr. Darcy fell in love with Elizabeth However, Darcy was hesitant to confess his love because "His sense of her inferiority, of its being a degradation, of the family obstacles which judgement had always opposed to inclination"(188), prevented him from acting upon his feelings. Although, he felt an "attachment which, in spite of all his endeavours, he had found impossible to conquer"(188). Despite Elizabeth's social status and embarrassing family, Darcy proposed to her anyway only to be rejected by her in a cold and uncivil manner: "It is natural that obligation should be felt, and if I could feel gratitude, I would now thank you"(189). At first Elizabeth blamed him for tearing apart Jane and Mr. Bingly, and being unfairly cruel toward her family. However, as time went on, Elizabeth learned of the true characteristics of Mr. Darcy. When Elizabeth and her aunt and uncle met Mr. Darcy, he cordially welcomed them into his home. In addition to this unexpected kindness, Mr. Darcy was the one who found Lydia and Mr. Wickham, and convinced them to be married. Elizabeth could undoutably see how great of a man that Mr. Darcy was, and regretted letting him go. She saw his kindness and his generosity and felt unconditionally thankful toward him. She wanted to share her thanks with him but the only attention that Mr. Darcy received was uncivility and rudeness from Mrs. Bennet.


Mrs. Gardiner expresses in her letter that Mr. Darcy's only fault is that he is:
a.) Insolent
b.) Haughty
c.) Obstinate
d.) Pretentious