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Pride and Prejudice

y in her…and in her air altogether, there is a self-sufficiency without fashion, which is intolerable… ‘She a beauty!-I should have soon have called her mother a wit.’ But afterwards she seemed to improve on you, and I believe you thought her rather pretty at one time.”(200-201)* This was not the best method of recommending herself to Darcy, but angry and jealous people are not always insightful when it comes to others feelings. Mr. Darcy’s reply caused her all the pain she had intended to inflict on Elizabeth. “Yes, but that was only when I first knew her, for it is many months since I have considered her as one of the handsomest women of my acquaintance.” (201)*As a character, it is Miss Bingley’s job to make the reader laugh, but at the same time ponder how her actions affect the reader. By trying to persuade Darcy not to like Elizabeth, she actually pushes him further away from herself. If she loved Mr. Darcy or even had the slightest real affection for him, it could be considered a sad event that he does not care for Miss Bingley, but since she only wants him for status and wealth I feel no remorse in laughing at her antics. *Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Bantam Classic...

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