Despite a showing of true love and a melting of the heart for Elizabeth Bennet, Mr. Darcey is the epitome of the bourgeois and speaks and acts in a bombastic attitude toward others.
Example: When Mr. Darcey is first introduced, everyone sees him as extremely wealthy and handsome; however, as soon as the people hear his tone of voice their perception becomes the complete opposite. The gossip is that because Mr. Darcey is so arrogant, his arrogance makes him unattractive.
In Austen characters that appear at first of another nature can truly surprise the reader later on by teaching readers to reserve judgment. Mr. Darcy epitomizes the two-face character of Austen, he seems to have a iron-heart and no emotion; however, when Elizabeth Bennet comes into the picture his heart truly melts and he falls head over heels in love with her.
ReplyDeleteExample: The talk of the town is that Mr. Darcy is pompous and haughty. The gossip is also that due to his bombastic attitude he has no emotion and no heart. However, the gossip is truly misled because Mr. Darcy shows true love for Elizabeth Bennet and a heart of kindness that no town-person thought possible.