Essay On First Impressions In Pride And Prejudice

Liking at First Sight In the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen first impressions tend to play an important role in plot development. First impressions in the novel are the main source that leads the characters to be prejudice in the novel and which evidently leads them to develop different views towards one another. First impressions influence plot development in the novel hence it allows the reader to see the way the characters relationship with other characters transforms. To begin with, the first main impression that takes place and influences plot development in the novel, is the perspectives of Mr. Darcy and Miss Elizabeth Bennet when they first meet each other at the Netherfield Ball. Initially Mr. Darcy looks down upon Elizabeth

For instance, Mrs. Bennett was trying extremely hard to find perfect marriage partners for her daughters most of the time which would result in her behaviour to lack modesty. She would do this rigorously by always talking about how great her daughters were and in some case even speaking rather unfavourably of others such as, Charlotte in front of Mr. Bingley. Furthermore, Mrs. Bennett was the mastermind behind trying to get her daughter to get married to Mr. Bingley. Mrs. Bennet sent her daughter on horseback on a rainy day with the intentions that her daughter would end up sick which would lead to Jane staying longer at Bigley 's which was a tactic of Mrs. Bennet in order to expose more of her daughter Jane to Mr. Bingley; in order to make a good impression which would lead to Jane possibly getting married to Mr. Bingley. From the beginning of the book Mrs. Bennet only worried of getting her daughters married off because as the reader discovers more of the family of the Bennets. The reader realizes that there is not a single male born into the Bennetts family. To get to the point first impressions were very important to Mrs. Bennet because it was the only way to secure not only her daughters to get married but also to secure a place to live in instead of her daughters becoming spinsters. Nonetheless, this helps influence the plot development of the

For instance, Elizabeth Bennet did not like Mr. Darcy because he had hurt her pride; moreover, when she first met Mr. Wickham she felt compelled by his story of how Mr. Darcy had treated him unjust. This lead to Elizabeth becoming more prejudice in the story and swaying away her feelings from ever liking Mr. Darcy. However, Elizabeth eventually realizes that she misjudge Mr. Darcy and Mr. Wickham. “Pleased with the preference of one, and offended by the neglect of the other, on the very beginning of our acquaintance, I have courted prepossession and ignorance, and driven reason away, where either were concerned. Till this moment I never knew myself."(Austen page 188). At this moment Elizabeth realizes that her first impression of Mr. Wickham had only made her more prejudice towards Mr. Darcy because she was blinded by her previous thoughts and judgment of Mr. DArcy that she believed him to be indifferent of the description of how “unjust” he was treated by Mr. Darcy. This influences the plot because Jane Austen uses irony and first impressions in order to help form the story with a chronological sequence of