Pride and Prejudice

Nikki Mehdikhani
Sims5
Language Arts
28 August 2013

Revolution as well as evolution does not follow either the rules of society or of morality. They follow the rules of life.
The rules of life are subtle, subliminal and subconscious * Elizabeth was unaware of Darcy’s interest until his proposal. Except for the natural rivalry of Caroline and the wisdom of Charlotte, no one knew of his interest in her. Romance of any degree is noticed all round. Maybe it is one definition of romance that it cannot be hidden from the public eye. As Darcy was a vehicle of evolutionary pressure, naturally it escaped everyone and characteristically Elizabeth herself. In Darcy, the social energies took on the vesture of a passionate romantic love which overpowered him. * All the energetic initiatives of Mrs. Bennet in the beginning of the story and again during the second visit of Bingley are readily cancelled by circumstances. When Bingley comes on his own, he engages himself to Jane. Even here, during his first visit, because of Mrs. Bennet’s initiative to leave the lovers alone, nothing happens. * In a purely positive rich atmosphere, Elizabeth visits Pemberley. Caroline introduces a bad note and spoils the wholesome beauty of the hour. The news of the elopement of the next day is indicated by the mean intrusion of Caroline at Pemberley. * Elizabeth, though she was shy of Lydia’s and her mother’s behaviour at the dances, was not mortified by what they were otherwise or at other times. It is true nothing depressed her beyond the moment. It is equally true that her compunctions about the low breeding of her sisters was only skin deep. In wishing Jane’s wedding with Bingley, it did not strike her even once that her family would be objectionable to Bingley. Even when they all left for London, Elizabeth rightly understood the true cause as the manipulations of his sisters. What occurred to all of them never occurred to her. No wonder, having been brought up by Mrs. Bennet and having received no offers for any of her sisters until Jane was 23, she felt no natural shyness of what the family was. Not even when Darcy abused her did it come to her on her own. Only when Darcy wrote about the various members of the family did her eyes open. It led her to introspection and to acceptance of the truth of Darcy’s letter. For one in her position, it is a remarkable turnaround of emotions. Her meeting Darcy was not accidental, nor was it a chance. It was a direct life response to her changed emotions that were powerful. Every event in this story, or for that matter, any story, can thus be explained. The change of heart on the part of the recipient to receive the prodigious social benefits is the success of the social force that tried to change the revolution into evolution.

Life seeks fulfilment by becoming conscious. Life is a field of contradictions. Truth in life emerges by overcoming contradictions. Hence the irresistible attraction of the adventure. Adventure seeks its own higher fulfilment in the opposition of contradictions and overcoming them. All growth is knowledge overcoming ignorance. Man is conceived by the woman as a blend of the male and female forces. Man’s greatest fulfilment is to find his reconciliation in the woman. That is the highest adventure Nature has set forth before him. All other adventures are of lesser importance.

Works Cited
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Modern Library, 1995. Print.

Cited: Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. New York: Modern Library, 1995. Print.