Elizabeth's Transcendence In Pride And Prejudice

The importance of this quotation in terms of this paper is that it demonstrates the person Elizabeth was before witnessing transcendence. This quotation demonstrates Elizabeth’s classical nature, her resentment towards Darcy, and even her prejudices. The way in which Elizabeth speaks towards Darcy is in a calm, but cold manner. Elizabeth attempts to wound Darcy’s pride through stating that he means nothing to her and even if he did, the injustice he has had towards both her family and herself has led to a permanent resentment. This attempt to damage Darcy’s pride demonstrate the classical attribute of malice, which is the most important characteristic of being a true alpha when comparing malice to other classical words. Underneath the obvious attack of Darcy’s pride and the resentment of him splitting up Jane and Bingley, Elizabeth is also upset
Once alone, Elizabeth reads the content within the letter, in which Darcy explains his reasoning for this actions towards both Bingley’s relationship with Jane and this treatment of Wickham. Within the letter, Darcy explains that he did not believe that Jane truly loved Binley. In an attempt to protect Bingley, Darcy convinced him that Jane’s love was untrue, which resulted in the Bingley family going to London. The letter also addressed Darcy’s relationship with Wickham. The letter states that Wickham chose money over the position of clergyman. The letter continues with Wickham losing the money given to him resulting in a scheme involving Darcy’s sister in an attempt to obtain more wealth. Upon first reading the letter, Elizabeth resentment towards Darcy did not change, believing that the content within the letter to mostly be false. Putting down the letter, Elizabeth walked