Elizabeth Bennet Obstacles

Everyone has a purpose for getting married, whether it be for money, wanting a family, or just simply for love. It is almost every girl’s dream to find the perfect guy that she has waited all of her life for, get engaged, and have a fairytale wedding. What most girls do not realize is that one does not always find that guy right away. In some cases, a girl could fall for the guy that she once hated, and thought never in a million years would she have feelings for. Elizabeth Bennet, from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, happened to catch herself in one of those cases. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice shows people how Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy and Miss Elizabeth Bennet overcame many obstacles, such as mistaken impressions, social class issues, and simply their peers to make their relationship thrive.

Darcy had to overlook the mistaken impressions that they had of one another. When Elizabeth first met Mr. Darcy she did not like him at all. Mr. Darcy was very prideful in the fact that he was a rich man, and made it known to everyone at the ball. He gave off the impression as if he were better than everyone else, and basically told Mr. Bingley that Elizabeth was not an attractive girl, and not worth his time when he said that, “She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men” (Austen 7). Not only did Darcy give this impression to Elizabeth, but Mr. and Mrs. Bennet also felt that he had made a disturbingly rude first impression. Mrs. Bennet was not very pleased with Mr. Darcy and portrayed that thought by saying, “Lizzy does not lose much by not suiting his fancy; for he is a most disagreeable, horrid man, not at all worth pleasing” (Austen 8). Not only do Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy have to look past their first impressions of each other, but they have to deal with the difference of their social