In spite of her mistake in misjudging Wickham and Darcy, and her more blamable fault of sticking stubbornly to that judgment until forced to see her error, Elizabeth is usually right about people. For example, she painfully recognizes the inappropriate behavior of most of her family, and she quickly identifies Mr. Collins as a fool and Lady Catherine as a tyrant. However, this ability to size people up leads her too far at times. She proceeds from reasonable first impressions of Darcy and Wickham to definite and wrong conclusions about their characters.
Let us not forget that the dramatic height of the novel revolves around the horrific realization that Lydia, the youngest and silliest Bennett sister, may have pre-marital sex—and that if she does, the entire family will be destitute. Of course it is not Austen as much as the period in which she wrote that is the problem here. Fifteen years old, Lydia is only saved from assured ruin through the help of a rich male benefactor, Mr.
He acts not from any sense of morality or charity—he at first finds a possible association with Lydia so despicable as to prevent him proposing to her sister—but out of love for another, better-behaved woman and the need to protect his own reputation by association.
After her marriage, Lydia is all but ostracized by her father and her sisters simply because she has the audacity not to be ashamed. Bennet, who sent the notoriously flirtatious Lydia to spend poorly supervised months with a bunch of soldiers in the first place, is content to publicly cut ties with his daughter and her husband solely out of spite. Her actions seem to be equally condemned by Austen—she and Mr.
Wickham are acknowledged as a point of fact to be unhappy and unstable long term. Though Lizzie and Jane advocate for Lydia, arguing the disavowal would only hurt the family more, it is largely for the sake of their mother, who persists in loving Lydia, who silly woman is proud of her daughter, that she is allowed to return home at all. Lydia is oblivious and vain, obviously, but the small, selfish idiocies of teenagers are deserving of light mockery and forgiveness, not permanent condemnation.
It is a path few other Austen parents take. That refusal to blame is not just kind but revolutionary. As the first rule of polite society is never to insult someone to their face, the family has little choice but to publicly endorse her felicity. She goes so far as to make peace with Wickham, who she worthily hates, solely to avoid any hint of a straightforward confrontation within the family.
Because Lizzie at her core is absolutely traditional, as are her values and her limitations. The World Academy of Art and Science is an association of committed individuals drawn from diverse cultures, nationalities, occupations and intellectual pursuits spanning the arts, humanities and sciences, conscious of the profound social consequences and policy implications of knowledge, and united by a common aspiration to address the urgent challenges and emerging opportunities confronting humanity today.
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Although he behaves badly by refusing to dance with Elizabeth and not being friendlier, he does not actually harm anyone. This single interaction is not enough to truly reveal his character. Nonetheless, the bad impression he makes leads many other characters to make up their minds about who he is. For example, Mrs. When Wickham later tells Elizabeth the story of how he has been mistreated by Darcy, she believes him because he describes Darcy in a way that agrees with her prejudiced opinion of him.
By the time Wickham tells her the story of his past, she is already negatively prejudiced against Darcy. Elizabeth is also prejudiced in favor of Wickham. Wickham is handsome, charming, and easy to get along with. Even though she is intelligent and not easily fooled, Elizabeth gets distracted by his external qualities and does not show good judgment in understanding who Wickham truly is. This kind of positive prejudice occurs throughout the novel.
Collins assumes that everything Lady Catherine does is intelligent and in good taste because he is prejudiced by her wealth and social position. He cannot form a clear assessment of what her behavior is actually like. Both Elizabeth and Darcy must overcome feelings of pride and prejudice to realize their love for one another. Darcy actually does this first, and it is not an easy process for him.
When he first proposes to Elizabeth, he makes it clear that his pride led him to struggle against his attraction to her.
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