"I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine (13)."
-Elizabeth Bennet
The literary element that applies to this quote is a conflict, specifically a person against a person. The two people who are referred to in this quote are Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth. So far, from what I have read, Elizabeth despises Mr. Darcy for his arrogant, cold, and non-sociable character. And Mr. Darcy disliked Elizabeth because she was not "handsome"(a word that I still find weird because every time I see it being applied to a girl's beauty, it makes me think that the girl is not "manly" enough). Going back to the main point though, in the beginning of the story Elizabeth overheard Mr. Darcy talking about her and criticizing her beauty to his friend, Mr.Bingley, a more amiable person than Mr. Darcy. And since Mr. Darcy was not even acquainted with her, but was judging her very harshly based on her looks, she of course would take offense to this and dislike him. Thus, we come to the understand of the quote that she could have easily pardoned his own pride, if he had not wounded her own. This quote then gives the reader Elizabeth's reason for not liking Mr. Darcy and how impactful this first impression of him affects how she treats him throughout the novel.
-Lilly
2 comments:
Your post is very intertaining to read :) I like how you gave background information about the charaters, this way you could see the reason Elizabeth stated this quote. Also the idea in her quote sound like something people now a days would do. :D I get what you mean about the word handsome, its wierd, it was also used on page 2
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