Pride and Prejudice #3

Quote

"'And yours,' he replied with a smile, 'is wilfully to misunderstand them'" (Austen 43)

Response

With this quote Mr. Darcy seems to be dropping a subtle hint to Elizabeth that his opinion of her is not what she thinks it is. This does not make much of a difference due to the terrible first impression that Mr. Darcy made on Elizabeth. Mr. Darcy comes off as hating everybody but his actual problem is not letting anybody into his life out of pride, he does not open himself up and show people his true personality.

Quote

"He was a tall, heavy looking man of five and twenty. His air was grave and stately, and his manners were very formal" (49).

Response

This is the first interaction we see of Mr. Collins and the Bennets and his first impression is very good. He comes off as a very polite well spoken man. As we have already seen Mr. Collins will soon make a fool out of himself with his disaster of a proposal. Mr. Collins is a hard person to figure out, at one point he will be a respectable man and at another point he could be delivering the worst proposal anyone has ever heard