JANE AUSTEN

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

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Chapter 3

…his friend Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome features, noble mien; and the report which was in general circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand a year. The gentlemen pronounced him to be a fine figure of a man, the ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley, and he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud; to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared with his friend.

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What does Mr Darcy look like? What is the initial opinion about him?

“And remember that I have not much reason for supposing it to be Bingley. What he told me was merely this; that he congratulated himself on having lately saved a friend from the inconveniences of a most imprudent marriage, but without mentioning names or any other particulars, and I only suspected it to be Bingley from believing him the kind of young man to get into a scrape of that sort, and from knowing them to have been together the whole of last summer.”

After talking to Colonel Fitzwilliam Elizabeth understood that it was Darcy who had broken up the relationship between Jane and Bingley. Why?

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“In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”

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Can you explain why Darcy has tried to “struggle” against his love for Elizabeth?

Why does Elizabeth reject him – to his great surprise?

Pride and prejudice play a central role in the novel, as they prevent the characters from making the right decision. Can you explain why?

Finally, the happy ending is guaranteed. Discuss how the director shoots this scene, changing music, setting and frames to suggest how Darcy and Elizabeth finally get together.