ple. She is able to perceive that something is wrong between Darcy and Wickhamand she is extremely perspective about Collins, after reading his letter and wonder if heis a sensible man. However even with this perception, her judgement is clouded by herprejudice which is too strong against Mr Darcy that she becomes too gullible in trustingWickham. Elizabeth despise Darcy because he snubs her and hurts her pride byrefusing to dance with her. Due to this unpleasant first impression, Elizabeth readilybelieves Wickhams words because his very countenance may vouch for his beingamiable. Her rash inclination causes her to be more convinced of Darcys unworthinessof character. However, both Darcy and Elizabeth have to lower their pride and discardtheir prejudices if they need to live in harmony together. Wickhams fine countenance, and good manners have made him popular with thepeople in the neighbourhood but in reality, he is an evil man, who is wealth seeking and elopes with Lydia, causing tension in the novel. Austen shows the danger of trustingones first impression and basing our judgement on appearance. However, Austencharacters are able to learn from their mistakes evident when Elizabeth scolded herselffor her misjudgements and for being too trusting of Wickham. Her first impression ofDarcy and Wickham shows that she is human and is prone to make mistake and to learnfrom those mistakes.The passage hints on the matrimonial attachments between Darcy and Miss deBough. This type of marriage is too business-like, involving the possession of wealthbetween two people from the came social positions. Marriage is seen to be a veryimportant issue during that era as women are pressure to leave her house and follow herhusband. In Pride and Prejudice, Austen makes it clear that a faithful, rationalrelationship is desirable and Elizabeth and Darcy, though clearly an inversion of romanticexpectations meets this criteria. However, Charlotte-Col...
