Pride and Prejudice Flashcards
How is Elizabeth(Lizzy) described?
she has a “lively playful disposition”
What does Mrs Bennet think of Elizabeth
Elizabeth “is not a bit better than the others”
she “is not half so handsome as Jane, nor half so good humoured as Lydia.”
What does Elizabeth say when Mr. Collins proposes to her?
“Do not consider me now as an elegant female, but as a rational creature speaking the truth”
who says this quote and why?
“Do not consider me now as an elegant female, but as a rational creature speaking the truth”
Elizabeth (Lizzy) says this because Mr. Collins tried to propose to her and then thought she was only denying him as she was playing the stereotypical women.
What does Elizabeth’s dad think of her?
Her father thinks her “quickest” and she is his favourite
Why was Darcy attracted to Elizabeth?
The “liveliness of her mind”
What did Jane Austen think of Elizabeth ?
She was her favorite heroine.
Why did Elizabeth marry ?
Love and happiness which was carefully considered
What did Elizabeth think of Mr Darcy near the end of the play?
“Never has she so honestly felt that she could love him, as now, when all love must be vain.”
“At that moment she felt that to be mistress of Pemberly might be something.”
What do Caroline Bingley and Mrs Hurst abuse Elizabeth for having?
“pride and impertinence”
What does Elizabeth say to reject Charlotte’s idea that “it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life” ?
“Charlotte…you know its not sound”
What does Elizabeth think of Darcy after Wickham’s accusations against him?
She thinks he is a “condemned as the worst of men”
What does Mr Darcy say to Elizabeth when he tells her his feelings?
“In my vain have I struggled. It will no do. My feeling will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
What does this show about Darcy’s character “in my vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feeling will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”
The fact he uses the word must its as if Elizabeth has no choice this could be to do with her class or the fact shes a women.
“my feelings will not be repressed” its like Elizabeth has no choice but to listen as he is not letting her stop him
“In my vain have a struggled” this could imply she has made him struggle and made his life difficult
How does Darcy describe himself?
“i am ill qualified to recommend myself to strangers”
“I have not the talent of conversing easily with those I have never seen before?
“My temper would perhaps be called resentful”
“My good opinion once lost is lost for ever”
How is Darcy described in the book?
“Darcy was clever. He was at the same time haughty, reserved and fastidious, and his manners, though well bred, were not inviting”
How does Jane describe Mr Bingley?
“He is just what a young man ought to be”
“Sensible, good humoured, lively; and i never saw such happy manners!”
What does Jane say after Mr Bingley visits her?
“tis too much”
“by far to much. I do not deserve it”
“oh! why is not every body as happy?”
How does elizabeth describe Jane?
“like people in general.”
“You never see a fault in anybody”
“All the world are good and agreeable in your eyes.
“I never heard you speak ill of a human being in my life”
How is Mr Bingley described in the book?
“Bingley was sure to be liked wherever he appeared”
What does Elizabeth think of Bingley?
She thinks his “want to resolution” is an “error” which has “produced misery”
What does Bingley say about Jane?
“Oh” she is the most beautiful creature i ever beheld!”
“Could not conceive an angel more beautiful”
Why was Bingley “endeared to Darcy”?
“Bingley was endeared to Darcy by the easiness, openness ductility of him temper”
How is Lydia described in the book?
“Lydia was a stout, well-grown girl of fifteen, with a fine complexion and good-humoured”
“a favourite of her mother, whose affection had brought her into the public at an early age”
“She had high animal spirits”
