pride and prejudice

"Oh! you are a great deal too apt, you know, to like people in general. You never see a fault in anybody. All the world are good and agreeable in your eyes. I never heard you speak ill of a human being in your life."

Elizabeth Bennet; she is speaking of Jane's character and how she sees the good in everyone but never sees someone's true nature

Relationship between Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy

Elizabeth hated Mr. Darcy at first because of his manners towards her and Mr. Wickham's account of his unfair treatment but she grew to love him once she realized that he was really kind and helped with the Wickham and Lydia scandal. Mr. Darcy thought she was not attractive and wanted nothing to do with her at first, but came to like her more after he got to know her which ends in them marrying

Relationship between Caroline Bingley and Elizabeth

Elizabeth never liked her and saw through her care for Jane. Caroline acted like she liked Elizabeth at first but she begins to insult her and tries to get Mr. Darcy and Georgiana to join in. Caroline makes several comments about her appearance, family connections, and social status.

"I, who have prided myself on my discernment!-I, who have valued myself on my abilities! who have often disdained the generous candour of my sister, and gratified my vanity in useless or blameable mistrust.-How humiliating is this discovery!-Yet, how just a humiliation!...Pleased with the preference of one, and offended by the neglect of the other, on the very beginning of our acquaintance, I have courted prepossession and ignorance, and driven reason away, where either were concerned. Till this moment, I never knew myself."

Elizabeth; after reading Mr. Darcy's letter, she realizes that she has been prejudice towards him and she is embarrassed with how she has acted

"There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it."

Elizabeth; said to Jane speaking about how Mr. Darcy has all the goodness and is really a great person whereas Mr. Wickham has the ability to give the appearance of goodness and he's really a bad person

"I have said no such thing. I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me."

Elizabeth; she says this to Lady Catherine telling her to mind her business and that she doesn't tell anyone anything that concerns her, especially someone not connected to her

"The fact is, that you were sick of civility, of deference, of officious attention. You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking, and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike them."

Elizabeth; speaking to Mr. Darcy on the reason why she believes he fell in love with her being that she didn't obsess over him when she first met him but instead she treated him as if he was no one and that's what made him fall in love with her

Which century did the events take place?

Georgian Era (Nineteenth Century)

What story did Mr. Wickham tell Elizabeth about his and Mr. Darcy's past?

He claims that the late Mr. Darcy, who was very attached to him, left him money to become a preacher, but he received nothing because he said Mr. Darcy wasn't pleased by it and was jealous of his own father liking his godson more so Mr. Darcy refused to acknowledge the will and gave nothing that was promised to him (Mr. Wickham)

Relationships between Lady Catherine, Elizabeth, and Mr. Darcy

Her visit to Longbourn-Lady Catherine threatens Elizabeth not to marry Darcy Mr. Darcy's knowledge about the visit-Lady Catherine's visit with Elizabeth gave him hope that he had a chance with her because she had feelings for him Elizabeth's response to Lady Catherine-she refused to promise to reject a marriage proposal from Mr. Darcy

Author of the novel

Jane Austen

Relationship between Miss Bingley and Jane Bennet

Miss Bingley shows love for Jane on the outside but she really doesn't want Mr. Bingley to marry her because of her status and inferior family and financial standings; Jane is really kind to Miss Bingley and Jane is hurt when she receives a letter from Miss Bingley telling her that they weren't friends and Mr. Bingley had moved on

"I know that you could be neither happy nor respectable, unless you truly esteemed your husband; unless you looked up to him as a superior. Your lively talents would place you in the greatest danger in an unequal marriage...My child, let me not have the grief of seeing you unable to respect your partner in life."

Mr. Bennet; said to Elizabeth when she goes to him about wanting to marry Mr. Darcy, but he is concerned that she won't be truly happy because she is marrying him for his money and not because she loves him

"That is what makes it amusing. Had they fixed on any other man it would have been nothing; but his perfect indifference, and your pointed dislike, make it so delightfully absurd!"

Mr. Bennet; telling Elizabeth how funny he thinks it is that Mr. Collins thinks she is engaged to Mr. Darcy, a man she obviously hates and he tries to make a joke about it

Relationship between Mr. Collins and Charlotte Lucas

Mr. Collins believes they are in love and even brags about how great his marriage is and hopes the Bennet girls will find that some day, but Charlotte only married him for financial stability and not love. Charlotte often is embarrassed by his words and tries to stay away from him as much as she can

Relationship between Elizabeth and Mr. Collins

Mr. Collins thinks he is doing the girls a favor by marrying one of them but Elizabeth is repulsed and annoyed by him and wants nothing to do with him and refuses to marry a man like him

"Your portion is unhappily so small that it will in all likelihood undo the effects of your loveliness and amiable qualifications. As I must therefore conclude that you are not serious in your rejection of me, I shall choose to attribute it to your wish of increasing my love by suspense, according to the usual practice of elegant females."

Mr. Collins; he believes that Elizabeth didn't really want to reject him but did because that's how females are

"The death of your daughter would have been a blessing in comparison of this...They agreed with me in apprehending that this false step in one daughter will be injurious to the fortunes of all the others; for who, as Lady Catherine herself condescendingly says, will connect themselves with such a family?"

Mr. Collins; in a letter to Mr. Bennet sending his concerns for the scandal and telling Mr. Bennet that he should cut ties with his daughter to help get rid of the embarrassment she's brought upon them

"In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."...He spoke well; but there were feelings besides those of the heart to be detailed; and he was not more eloquent on the subject of tenderness than of pride. His sense of her inferiority-of its being a degradation-of the family obstacles which had always opposed to inclination, were dwelt on with a warmth which seemed due to the consequence he was wounding.

Mr. Darcy/unnamed narrator; he admits his feelings to Elizabeth but her feelings towards his approach are of anger and annoyance

"What do I not owe you! You taught me a lesson, hard indeed at first, but most advantageous. By you, I was properly humbled. I came to you without a doubt of my reception. You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased."

Mr. Darcy; he is telling Elizabeth that she made him realize he was proud and he hadn't treated her the way he should have treated her and she made him realize his pride

Mr. Wickham, his gambling, and reputation

Mr. Wickham acquires huge amounts of debt from gambling which caused everyone to stop liking him as well as him scandal with Lydia brought out his true character

Charlotte Lucas/Collins

Sir William Lucas's eldest daughter; marries Mr. Collins not for love but for stability; close friends with Elizabeth; sees Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth's feelings for each other

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife"

Unnamed narrator; ironically said as women (at this time) were the ones in want of a man with wealth to make sure they were stable in life

"His character was decided. He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and everybody hopes that he would never come there again"

Unnamed narrator; talking about Mr. Darcy's character at the ball where he doesn't speak or dance with anyone except the people in his group of friends and everyone immediately hate him and want nothing to do with him

Relationship between Mr. Darcy, Wickham, and Lydia

although Wickham did him wrong, Mr. Darcy felt it was his fault for no one knowing Wickham's true character and he felt bad for Lydia being tricked like Georgiana so he pays Wickham's debts and continues to help Wickham and Lydia even though they are banned from Pemberley

What was Mr. Darcy's attitude about Elizabeth's actions

at first he is offended that she would call him prideful, but he eventually realizes after she rejects him that he has been prideful and he tries to be more respectful and uses his manners

Mr. and Mrs. Philips

aunt and uncle of the Bennet girls; Mrs. Philips has a vulgar, unfashionable, inelegant appearance; Mr. Philips is a clerk to Mr. Bennet; Mrs. Philips invites the militia men over often

Mary Bennet

bookish; would have married Mr. Collins if he had asked; changes her bookish ways and becomes more sensible; lacks intelligent thought

Mr. Collins

brags about Lady Catherine de Bourgh; tries to marry Elizabeth but is rejected; marries Charlotte Lucas; he will inherit the Bennet estate upon Mr. Bennet's death; thinks his marriage is a model marriage

Mr. and Mrs. Hurst

brother-in-law and sister to Mr. Bingley; Mrs. Hurst tried to keep Mr. Bingley from marrying Jane; Mrs. ________ is a social snob; Mr. _________ looked like a gentleman without having the manners or culture associated with it

Kitty Bennet

closest to Lydia; obsessed with militia men; knew about Lydia's plan to begin with; manners and actions become more appropriate and acceptable with constant visits with Elizabeth and Jane

Col. Fitzwilliam

cousin of Mr. Darcy; tells Elizabeth that Mr. Wickham is not as good as he seems; has joint guardianship of Georgiana with Mr. Darcy

How do dances and marriages affect their lives?

dances are where people usually look for a companion and try to impress others and marriages were normally made to keep wealth in families or for stability, people didn't necessarily marry for love

Anne de Bourgh

daughter of Lady Catherine de Bourgh; sickly; keeps inside most of the time; very quiet

who is mr bennet's favorite daughter

elizabeth

Mr. Darcy

first seen as rude and prideful man; not liked based on first impressions; wealthier than Mr. Bingley; helps settle the Wickham and Lydia situation by paying debts and convincing Wickham to marry Lydia

Mr. Wickham

liked by all at first; hated in the end for his deception; son of the estate manager for the late Mr. Darcy; gambling debts are paid by Mr. Darcy

Pemberley

located in Derbyshire; estate owned by Mr. Darcy; place Elizabeth and the Gardiner's visit

Netherfield

located in Hertfordshire; rented residence of the Bingleys'; Mr. Bingley held a ball here

Rosings

located in Kent; estate inherited by Lady Catherine; called "very extensive property" by Mr. Collins; place where Mr. Darcy proposes to Elizabeth the first time

who is mrs. bennet's favorite daughter

lydia

Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner

main reason why Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth come together; the one who tells Elizabeth about Mr. Darcy's involvement in Lydia and Wickham's marriage; live in London

Col. and Mrs. Forster

militia officer and his wife who are stationed at Meryton; Lydia is trusted in their care and she runs off with Wickham; Mrs. Forster is the one who suggests Lydia go with them

Mrs. Bennet

more concerned with her situation after Mr. Bennet dies and finding her daughters wealthy husbands; emotional and dramatic; brags about Jane's marriage prospect; tries to force Elizabeth to marry Mr. Collins

Caroline Bingley

nasty sister of Mr. Bingley; tries to keep Mr. Bingley from marrying into Jane's family; tells Elizabeth that Mr. Bingley is supposed to marry Georgiana Darcy; often tries to insult Elizabeth and get Mr. Darcy and others to join in; makes embarrassing mistake when she mentions Wickham in front of Mr. Darcy and Georgiana; seen as a social snob

Mr. Bennet

not interested in his wife and daughters and often makes fun of them; upset with Lydia and at first forbid her from visiting the house; visits Elizabeth often when she marries Mr. Darcy

Newcastle

place Wickham and Lydia moved to upon their marriage and Wickham being assigned to another military group

Brighton

place where Lydia goes for the summer and location of the military men

London

place where the Gardiner's live and the place that Lydia and Wickham run off to

Meryton

place where the militia men were stationed and the Philips live here

Lady Catherine de Bourgh

proud and arrogant lady who is well known, wealthy, and high in status; rude, condescending, and self-centered

Longbourn

residence of the Bennet's

Jane Bennet

sees the good in everyone; shy and reserved attitude leads to Mr. Darcy thinking she isn't interested in Mr. Bingley

Elizabeth and the Pemberley visit

she went only on the thought that Mr. Darcy wouldn't be there; Mr. Darcy shows up and speaks to her kindly and even treats her aunt and uncle as welcome in his home; he invites Mr. Gardiner to fish with him and the other men on his private pond

Georgiana Darcy

sister of Mr. Darcy; shy and reserved; doesn't join in on Miss Bingley's insults towards Elizabeth; said to be the one Mr. Bingley was supposed to marry by Caroline Bingley

Elizabeth Bennet

stubborn; dislikes Mr. Bingley's sisters; refuses to marry Mr. Collins; marries Mr. Darcy; does help Lydia and Wickham out

Elizabeth's trip with the Gardiners

the Gardiner's asked Elizabeth to go with them to visit Pemberley which she only agreed to on the fact that Mr. Darcy wasn't going to be there; she ends up finding out about Lydia's scandal here because she gets two letters from Jane

Hunsford

town where Lady Catherine de Bourgh's estate is located

"They owed the restoration of Lydia, her character, every thing, to him. Oh! how heartily did she grieve over every ungracious sensation she had ever encouraged, every saucy speech she had ever directed towards him. For herself she was humbled; but she was proud of him. Proud that in a cause of compassion and honour, he had been able to get the better of himself."

unnamed narrator; speaking of Elizabeth realizing that her family owed Mr. Darcy for helping fix the scandal of Lydia and Wickham and she regrets every bad thing she ever thought about him

"Her air was not conciliating, nor was her manner of receiving them such as to make her visitors forget their inferior rank. She was not rendered formidable by silence; but whatever she said was spoken in so authoritative a tone, as marked her self-importance."

unnamed narrator; speaking of Lady Catherine's attitude toward Elizabeth, Sir William Lucas, and Maria Lucas when they were invited to her home; mentions her manners being those that didn't really make them feel like they weren't inferior compared to Lady Catherine and she had a tone that showed her authority and self-importance

"Having now a good house and a very sufficient income, (Mr. Collins) intended to marry...he meant to choose one of the daughters, if he found them as handsome and amiable as they were represented by common report. This was his plan of amends-of atonement-for inheriting their father's estate; and he thought it an excellent one, full of eligibility and suitableness, and excessively generous and disinterested on his own part."

unnamed narrator; speaking of Mr. Collins plan to marry one of the Bennet girls, if he found one to be worthy of marrying him, in the hopes that it would make up for him taking the estate from them upon Mr. Bennet's death

"Darcy had at first scarcely allowed her to be pretty...But no sooner had he made it clear to himself and his friends that she hardly had a good feature in her face, than he began to find it was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes...he was forced to acknowledge her figure to be light and pleasing; and in spite of his asserting that her manners were not those of the fashionable world, he was caught by their easy playfulness."

unnamed narrator; speaking of how Mr. Darcy told himself and everyone else that Elizabeth wasn't attractive at all, but he does acknowledge her eyes to be pleasing and the best feature she has even though her status, manners, and finances

"In spite of his being a lover, Elizabeth really believed all his expectations of felicity to be rationally founded, because they had for basis the excellent understanding, and super-excellent disposition of Jane, and a general similarity of feeling and taste between her and himself."

unnamed narrator; talking about Mr. Bingley's feelings towards Jane and how he truly loved her

"Mr. Collins, to be sure, was neither sensible nor agreeable; his society was irksome, and his attachment to her must be imaginary. But still he would be her husband. Without thinking highly either of men or matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only provision for well-educated young women of small fortune, and however uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want."

unnamed narrator; talking about Mr. Collins character being horrible, but despite that, Charlotte wanted nothing more than stability and jumped on the chance since she was only looking to get married

"When she saw him thus seeking the acquaintance and courting the good opinion of people with whom any intercourse a few months ago would have been a disgrace-when she saw him thus civil, not only to herself, but to the very relations whom he had openly disdained...the difference, the change was so great, and struck so forcibly on her mind, that she could hardly restrain her astonishment from being visible."

unnamed narrator; talking of Mr. Darcy's attitude towards Elizabeth and the Gardiner's during their visit to Pemberley even though associating with people like them would be an embarrassment on his part; shocks Elizabeth since the change is a drastic one

Relationship between Mr. Wickham and Mr. Darcy

very strained; they seem surprised and horrified seeing each other and don't speak to each other; Wickham spends his time making Mr. Darcy look bad when he is the one who is really a bad person

Mr. Bingley

wealthy visitor to Longbourn; well liked by everyone

Lydia Bennet

youngest Bennet daughter; interested in the militia; childish attitude; causes family embarrassment; not allowed to go to Pemberley and asks Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy for financial help