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Lupe Castorena
AP LIT Period 6
Doc Watson
8/24/11
Ever girl is a princess. Every princess has a story. A romantic story where the princess falls in love with the prince and they live happily ever after. This is exactly how I picture the book, Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austin. Of course, every story has some form of dilemma. Even happily-ever-after tales such as Snow White and Cinderella. The book focuses mainly on how Mrs. Bennet, a mother of five young beautiful girls, is trying to control their marriage life. The novel contains three main marriages: Jane, Elizabeth, and Charlotte. Each female character pertains to happiness, reality, and love better than the other.
Jane Bennet is the most beautiful Bennett daughter according to the towns people or Longbourn and Netherfield. She is also the eldest Bennet girl who can relate to happiness better than the other two characters. Jane quotes, “My dear Lizzy, do not give way to such feelings as these. They will ruin your happiness. You do not make allowance enough for difference of situation and temper.“ Her giddy personality is carried throughout the entire book that Jane is the jolliest Bennet girl since her first glace of Mr. Bingley. Even though she is very shy, the reader is well warned that Jane feels great feelings for Bingley. From the moment they laid eyes on each other, guarantee that they were meant for each other rose. This is why at the end of the novel, the couple end
up together. It was just simply meant to be. Elizabeth is the wittiest of all the Bennet daughters. She is very prejudice in judging Mr. Darcy never to realize she would be feeling the way she does towards him at the end of the book. The way the two characters had their disputes, the way Elizabeth hated Darcy though half the book, and the way they come to understanding each other makes their relationship romantic. When two people are in love, nothing is impossible. Even though Mr. Darcy was rejected by Elizabeth when offering proposal once, he went on to try again because he felt that strongly for her. Austen explains on the chapter 10 that “Darcy had never been so bewitched by any woman as he was by her.” Also, the way he his pride increased to a lower level though out the book is another sign of love. He changed because of Elizabeth. That is the power of being in love.
“Mr. Collins is a conceited, pompous, narrow-minded, silly man; you know he is, as well as I do; and you must feels as well as I do, that the woman who married him cannot have a proper way of thinking.” I believe this opinion mentioned by Elizabeth on chapter 24 is proof of her pride within herself. Charlotte Lucas, who ends up marrying Mr. Collins is the more realistic character. With her old age and lack of money, Mr. Collins is her only hope. Even though she may not love him, she see it as though she may one day learn to love him someday due to her necessities in that time period.
The book contains three main marriages each describing happiness, love, and reality in a variety of ways. At the end of the day, everyone ends up with each other with the exception of Mr. Collins. As the reader can see, love doesn’t always happen in easy ways, eternal happiness can be caught with a blink of the eye, and reality comes with major life time changing decisions. Austen did a magnificent job explaining these three categories in her book. For that reason being, I’m thinking about reading Emma in the near future.
