How Does Miss Bingley Feel About Elizabeth, By Jane Austen '

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1. How does Miss Bingley feel about Elizabeth, and why? How does she make her feelings known? Miss Bingley feels jealous and very dislike Elizabeth because she knows that Mr. Darcy likes Elizabeth and Miss Bingley herself likes Mr. Darcy; however, Miss Bingley knows that her brother likes Jane so she has to show her respect to both of them. Miss Bingley expresses her feelings by the words she has said when Jane and Elizabeth absent. 2. How did the Bennet sisters’ stay at Netherfield change Darcy’s impressions of Elizabeth? How did this time change Elizabeth’s impressions of Darcy? Darcy begins to like Elizabeth, at first, Darcy does not like Elizabeth, and after staying in the same house, Darcy begins to find Elizabeth is very pretty. However, …show more content…

Both Elizabeth and Jane know these information after all, however, their reactions are different. Elizabeth thinks that Mr. Darcy is a really bad person, who does not deserve what he has and she wants to let Mr. Bingley know what kind of person Mr. Darcy is. Jane believes that there must be some misunderstanding between these two people. The two different reactions tells us Jane is very nice and easily to believe other people and Elizabeth would judge people easily by just one person’s …show more content…

How do Mrs. Bennet and Mary embarrass Elizabeth at the Netherfield ball? How does she handle the situation? Mrs. Bennet talks about her feelings to Darcy aloud in public and everyone could hear Mrs. Bennet’s voice. Mary sings twice in front of people with her weird voice and she thinks other people likes her songs and wants to sing more, so Elizabeth asks Mr. Bennet to stop Mary. 10. Describe Mr. Collins’ proposal to Elizabeth. How do the other characters react to her refusal? Mr. Collins’s proposal is all about him, he believes that marriage would bring him the pressure and happiness; however, he says nothing about the benefit about Elizabeth, which makes Elizabeth refuse the proposal immediately. Mr. Collins thinks that Elizabeth just shy and she would agree the marriage later. Mrs. Bennet wants Elizabeth to marry with Mr. Collins so that they could keep the money after Mr. Bennet die. Mr. Bennet totally agrees with Elizabeth and does not want his favorite daughters to marry with this type of man. 11. Austen often uses satire to ridicule characters and situations. Find one place in these chapters that made you laugh, explain

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