Chapters 1-23
-"...universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." Major generalization, sets up the date the book was written, as well as the story's time period of sometime between 1797–1815
-Mr. Bennet- has a wife and five daughters, when he
passes away the rest of his family will be removed form the property. Sets up
biggest concern: None of them are married.
-"Oh! single, my dear, to be sure! A single man of
large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our
girls!" Direct characterization of Mr. Bingley- a wealthy bachelor
that will pursue interest in one of the Bennet daughters, I'm sure
-Mrs. Bennet- shrewd, silly, rude, major goal in life
is to marry off every one of her daughters (How pathetic, waste of a human
life)
-Mr. Bennet shows favoritism towards Elizabeth
(protagonist, second daughter of the Bennets, most intelligent of all five
girls and most sensible)
-“I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old
friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty-years at
least.” Hahaha. Here we see Mr. Bennet’s sarcastic and crude humor which
irritates the Bennets.
-Mr. Bennet visits Bingley in a low-key fashion, then
returns to his family eventually finding out and dying to know about this
young, single, man
-Mr. Bingley goes to London and returns to Netherfield Park
with his brother-in-law Mr. Hurts,
his two sisters, and his friend- Fitzwilliam
Darcy
-Five Bennet daughters: Elizabeth
(Lizzy or Eliza), Jane (eldest,
considered most beautiful, shy, kind), Mary
(always buried in books, considered only Bennet sister that is not
attractive, thinks she is wise yet she’s rather ‘dumb’), Catherine (“Kitty”, always envious of younger sister Lydia), Lydia (youngest, flirty with militia
men, has no care in the world where her family’s reputation stands, does not
respect ‘moral code’)
-The Bennet and Bingley Party attend the same ball, where
Jane dances with Bingley twice and Elizabeth grows to dislike Darcy due to
rather due comments said about her by him (not pretty enough, not rich enough,
smiles too much, etc.)
-Sir William Lucas- Bennets
neighbor, Charlotte Lucas- Elizabeth’s
best friend
-Jane and Bingley are obviously falling in love with one
another (now noticeable in chapter five) and while Elizabeth says Jane should
hide it like she is doing, Charlotte thinks that hiding it will only push him
away
-Chapter six
reveals that Darcy is actually attracted to Elizabeth, foreshadow of future
relationship, possible marriage? Will more social and egotistical barriers be
broken throughout the novel now?
-One night, Elizabeth goes walking in pouring rain to visit
her ill sister, Jane, at the Bingley residence where they find that the
Bingley’s are making fun + talking trash about the Bennets with Darcy stating
that their family’s lack of wealth and prestige result in poor marriage
prospects. Elizabeth now thinks Darcy looks for far too much in a women. Darcy
to me now seems like a two-faced person, you are attracted to Lizzy yet you are
creating this list of what an ideal bride would be like to you? Which world is
Darcy living in, sometimes in reality, however mostly in fantasy?
-In chapter nine the two Bennet sisters have now returned
home where Mr. Bennet informs his wife that William Collins (clergymen cousin) will be the man to inherit the Bennet property when the ‘times’ is
to come
-Mrs. Bennet states to William to fancy one of her
daughters, although Jane will soon probably be engaged, in this case, William
has his eye set on Lizzy
-William + Bennet sisters go to the town of Meryton where
they meet Mr. Denny and George Wickham who are miliarty
aquitances of Lydia. The girls find Wickham very charming and attractive (let’s
see where this take us…)
-Darcy + Bingley run into the group and Lizzy notices that
Darcy and Wickham pretty much hate each other and it’s noticeable
-Later at a dinner party, Lizzy and Wickham are caught in a
conversation where Wickham dissuades Lizzy from Darcy and begins telling her
how he robbed him out of money and how he comes from cold, unmoral people.
Lizzy immediately accepts this information and scolds Darcy while Jane later
tells her that there must be some sort of miscommunication between both men.
-The girls attend a ball Darcy is throwing and while Lizzy
is looking forward to see Wickham there, he does not attend-obviously because
he does not want to be in Darcy’s presence.
-Caroline Bingley warns her about Wickham, saying he is not
to be trusted. However, Lizzy is essentially like “Forget you” and ignores this
warning.
-That night at dinner, the family humiliated themselves,
much to Lizzy’s dismay, by Mrs. Bennet declaring loudly that Bennet and Jane
should marry soon, Mary’s horrible singing voice, and Mr. Collins delivers a
joke of a speech. Not surprising at all, it seems like Elizabeth and Jane are
the only ones that aren’t complete imbeciles in the family.
-Mr. Collins then purposes to Lizzy, she rejects which makes
her mother furious telling her that she will never see her again if her
decision stays while her father states that if she accepts he will never see her again (there’s that crude humor we love about
him…)
-Jane then receives a letter stating that Bingley’s moving
to London and is marrying Georgiana (very beautiful and very
talented, yet shy, musician), Darcy’s sister. Lizzy tries to reconcile her
sister’s broken heart by suggesting this was all Mrs. Bingley’s plan and that
Bingley will return to Netherfield
(This reminds me so much of a closing of Full
House where D.J. comforts Stephanie about a boy rejection- this shows how
universal and timeless the novel’s theme actually is)
-Marriage hopes are crumbling by the minute now that Collins
has proposed to Charlotte and she accepted it (wealth being the biggest
attraction), making Mrs. Bennet even more furious at Lizzy thinking she let go
of a future husband, and there is still no word from Bennet after days of Jane
receiving that heart-wrenching letter.
Chapters 1-19
-Miss Bingley sends another note to the Bennets stating that
Bingley is going to stay in London for all of winter, killing the hope that the
Bennets had of his possible return home- especially for heartbroken Jane.
-Mr. (Edward) and
Mrs. Gardiner then visit the
Benents, immediately noticing Jane’s sadness they invite her to stay with them
when they return to London- hoping this will lift her spirits. Jane accepts,
excited that there might be a chance to run into Bingley there. Jane still has
hope that Bingley will wed her, meaning that Jane is seriously in love with
this man. Will her love be worthy of his?
-Miss Gardiner warns Lizzy about Wickham and goes on telling
her he is not worthy of her, she needs a better- more stable man. Lizzy replies
that she’ll do her best from letting him + herself fall in love. Possible a foreshadow that there is still a
chance nearby that Darcy and her will be reacquainted, they’re still in love…?
-Miss Gardiner writes to Lizzy, when she has now returned to
London w/ Jane, and asks about Wickham, Lizzy replies that he and another
woman, Ms. King, have married and goes
on saying that she isn’t that much hurt so they were never really in love.
Isn’t that how all these romances end? Love at first, however, money always
wins in the end. Tragic.
-Lizzy and William Lucas travel to visit Collins + his new
wife, Charlotte, they stop by to visit the Gardiners + Jane. A few days in,
they attend a dinner where Lady
Catherine de Bourgh trashes Lizzy and the Bennet family, criticizing their
lack of artistic talent, rudeness, and overall lack of etiquette.
-Lizzy later finds out from Darcy and his cousin, Colonel
Fitzwilliam that Darcy was the one that sabotaged Bingley’s romance with Jane.
Pretty much, in his eyes, Bingley ‘dodged a bullet’ with her. Lizzy confronts
Darcy telling him that she can never even imagine the possibility of being
married to man like him. Just when one thought things might be getting better
and brighter…
-Lizzy runs into Darcy on walk, Dracy hands her a letter stating
that while he did ruin Bingley + Jane’s relation, Wickham’s accusations of him
are false. He in fact did not rob him of money, he actually provded for him-
the “beef” lays where Wickham once wanted to marry his sister Georgiana (now
going to marry Bingley) in hopes of getting her fortune.
-Lizzy now returns home, along with Jane, and it is
mentioned by Lydia that Wickham is now longer interested in Miss King- seeing
that she moved to Liverpool. Lizzy does not have it, though, not wanting
contact with him.
Chapters 1-19
-Later on, Lizzy and others take a tour on Darcy’s estate,
Pemberley, thinking he wasn’t there, he actually was-they met up and after
hearing very kind words said about Darcy by his housekeeper, throughout the
rest of the tour Darcy was super polite. Surprising Lizzy and her previous
thoughts about him. This could be the turning of their relationship.
-It is revealed now that Darcy considers Lizzy one of the
most beautiful women he met- after a snarky remark made by Miss Bingley
-Receiving a letter from Jane, Lizzy fins out that Lydia +
Wickham have eloped but there isn’t a confirmation that they will getting
married to e/o. Lizzy tells Darcy, with him immediately regretting not telling
her the ‘evil’ that is Wickham and Lizzy + the Gardiners return to the Bennett
home form their little ‘getaway’ . I was expecting this from Lydia, a desperate
little girl who throws herself at anyone + everyone!
-Mr. Bennett and Mr. Gardiner go crazy attempting to look
for the two in London, however they were unsuccessful in their findings. They
then receive a letter stating that Wickham will not marry Lydia if he pretty
much gets some cash from the Bennet family for it. The Bennet parents decide to
allow her daughter to marry him, reluctantly.
-Lizzy now has completely changed her attitude about Darcy,
so much that if were to propose- she would accept. Her hopes are low, now with
all this fiasco of Wickham and Lydia has damaged her family’s reputation (even
more). It is fascinating how much social class played in one’s life back then,
it was one’s own prison cell- where one had to be confined to and if one tried
to escape, grave consequences would be expected and established. It looks to me
that Darcy might escape his prison cell…
-Well, after a few visits at the Bennets in his return to
his estate, Netherfield Park, Bingley finally proposes to Jane who causes the
family immense happiness and consider themselves very fortunate. However, when
will Lizzy be wed…? Bingley has already escaped his prison cell and the only
consequences that actually matter have been positive.
-After a few intimate chats, Darcy proposes to Lizzy which
causes shock and great joy to all friends and family. Look like he finally
escaped his cell!
-After the weddings, differences between Lizzy and Georgiana
+ Miss Bingley are made up; Lydia and Wickham stay the same, and the theme of
the story finally fully grows out: love conquers all.
Use of direct characterization, irony, and foreshadow.
Theme(s):
Love Conquers All: At
the end, and through-out, the novel, true love rose above circumstances such as
social class, wealth, individual reputation, etc. – all things that were at the
top of importance list to one in that time period.
-Third-person omniscient
Written in the past tense.
How ridiculous is it
that it was so vital for woman to get married in that time period, even in
these days it’s looked down upon by some if a women is not married by a certain
age. One does not need a partner to be complete, how ludicrous it is that there are
people that authentically think that one must need another to survive. You were
not born as a conjoined twin; all you need in life is yourself. I do not intend
to bash on love, love in my eyes is one of the most beautiful and purest things
there is in our universe, however, being in love with someone isn’t intend to
fill a void in oneself, to empty up a patch or fill up an empty whole. If one wants
a stable relationship he/she must be a whole in order to find what one truly
desires and is not just looking for someone to sleep next to or to ‘hold on to’.
Be brave enough to find the one person that you feel can be the whole to your
whole. Silly when written, true when thought.
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