What goes on in this chapter?
By this point in the book, Elizabeth starts to shift her views on Mr. Darcy and Wickham because of the letter she receives from Darcy. Let's start with why Mr. Darcy wrote this letter to begin with.
In the previous chapters, Elizabeth got into quite an argument with Mr. Darcy. What basically happened was that Elizabeth told Mr. Darcy that she found out everything he's done with Jane and Bingley's relationship, and with Mr. Wickham as well. Or at least what she was told happened.
The whole time, Darcy was like
Because what Elizabeth was told by Wickham was a lie. So she basically embarrassed herself.
Elizabeth was in denial of what she read about Wickham because when she first met him, he seemed like such a nice and understanding guy. "His countenance, voice, and manner, had established him at once in the possession of every virtue. She tried to recollect some instance of goodness, some distinguished trait of integrity or benevolence, that might rescue him from the attacks of Mr. Darcy...". But there was no recollection she could find. She couldn't deny that Mr. Darcy was actually right the whole time.When she goes back to the house, Elizabeth finds that Colonel Fitzwilliam and Mr. Darcy visited to say goodbye.
In the end Elizabeth, was like
Because she realized she was wrong all along and made herself look like an idiot. Elizabeth has come to accept that Darcy was right and she accepted her misjudgements. She also understood that she couldn’t really blame Darcy for breaking up Jane and Bingley. She realized that Jane wasn’t that affectionate and now that she thought about it, she remembered that Charlotte thought the same thing. So Elizabeth ended up not really being upset at Darcy, but at herself; for making herself look foolish. 
Important Quote Alert
“How despicably have I acted!” she cried; “I, who have prided myself on my discernment! I, who have valued myself on my abilities! who have often disdained the generous candour of my sister, and gratified my vanity in useless or blameable distrust. How humiliating is this discovery! yet, how just a humiliation! Had I been in love, I could not have been more wretchedly blind. But vanity, not love, has been my folly. Pleased with the preference of one, and offended by the neglect of the other, on the very beginning of our acquaintance, I have courted prepossession and ignorance, and driven reason away, where either were concerned. Till this moment I never knew myself.”
Analysis of quote:
Elizabeth Bennet is the speaker of the quote and has been reading the letter that Darcy sent to her constantly. After reading the letter numerous amounts of times, she realizes the flaws in her character and what that means for her. She realizes that she is just as prejudiced and prideful as anyone else, and she let her own personal feelings deceive her. It took her THIS LONG to realize this while us readers already been knowing this. This is a significant shift in character as Elizabeth will probably now try to not be as prejudice and prideful as she was before.
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The summary of this chapter was very easy to understand and descriptive also the analysis of the quotes were very descriptive. Good Job.
ReplyDeleteI agree with vianca and I also agree with the analysis of the quote because honestly she took way too long to realize how ignorant she was being
ReplyDeleteI agree with you quote analysis, when Elizabeth first reads the letter she believes that it is all false. But when she reads it again she begins to realize that the things that Darcy wrote are true. She is ashamed of how she acted towards Darcy.
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DeleteI agree with Emma, also how bad Elizabeth felt after reading the letter a couple of time. This whole time she's been told by Wickham how Darcy is a bad guy when in fact the person is Wickham. She was lied to by a person she thought she could trust.
ReplyDeleteI also liked the quote analysis. Elizabeth at first was doubtful about the things Darcy said in the letter but once she actually thought about it with an open mind she realized how wrong she was about Darcy and how she let her first impression of Darcy get to her. Btw great job on the blog! I loved the memes.
ReplyDeleteI agree, the memes are a perfect presentation on how they both were feeling throughout this chapter. This blog is very easy to comprehend because it is well explained. I also agree with the fact that Darcy sort of showed two sides to him, which at first was the rude and arrogant side, but now he is a sweetheart, caring and understanding. This shows us a different side to each character, for example Elizabeth feeling bad for being so prejudicial.
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DeleteI love how you're blog is so easy to understand! I feel like Elizabeth is a confused person because on one hand Darcy was lowkey rude and throwing shade at her from the first time he meant her at the ball and on the other hand Darcy is this sweet person. What is a girl to do.
ReplyDeleteThank you! And I agree; that's why first impressions are important.
DeleteI agree with the part that Charlotte warned Elizabeth about making sure that Jane shows her affection towards Bingley. I remember that Elizabeth argued with Charlotte about it then, but now that she knows that this is the reason behind Jane's break-up with Bingley, she realizes that Charlotte was right.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the majority, your blog is very easy to understand and helps me understand how Elizabeth was truly feeling after Darcy's letter.
ReplyDeleteThis blog is really quick and concise and gets straight to the point and it really breaks down the whole importance of this chapter which is Elizabeth's realization of her behavior towards was wrong and influenced by the lies of wickham
ReplyDeleteOverall great job
DeleteYeah I agree Serena. I don't blame her for first feeling like Darcy is an unpleasant person because their first interaction with each other was unpleasant. This just goes to show that first impressions are actually important.
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ReplyDeleteThe background is really dope and the memes go great with everything. This blog really opens everything up to points if view. With this blog, I feel like I can see in Darcy's point of view and Elizabeth's point of view which is really cool.
ReplyDeleteI love how you guys really brought out the fact that we start to see changes in our lovebirds Elizabeth and Darcy. We know that this chapter has events that will bring out changes to some of the characters we know and see how far the book goes afterwards and it can allow readers to foreshadow what is going on.
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