Pride and Prejudice Notes

Notes

• Once Charles Bingley moves into town the Bennet household are overjoyed with hopefulness. 
• Mr.s Bennet looks to marry one of her five daughters to this single man Mr. Bingley. 
• Mr. Bingley lives at the Netherfield estate and is immediately attracted to Jane Bennet at a ball where they danced twice together. 
• Although the Bennet family takes a liking to Mr. Bingley, they form an opposite opinion of his friend Darcy, a landowning aristocrat too proud to talk to any locals and refuses to dance with Elizabeth Bennet. 
• Bingley's sisters, as well as Darcy, don't like the relationship of Jane and Bingley. 
• Also, suddenly Darcy is attracted to Elizabeth, but the more Darcy is attracted to her the more she wants nothing to do with him. 
• Instead she becomes attracted to a militia officer named George Wickham. 
• He tells Elizabeth about how Darcy disobeyed his father and was not only proud, but cruel as well.

•  Then Mr. William Collins comes into town and is the man that will inherit the Bennet's property. 
• He also says he wants to marry so he asks Elizabeth to marry him, but she refuses. He then goes and asks Elizabeth's friend, Charlottle Lucas, and she accepts. 
• While, both Darcy and Elizabeth are in Kent, Darcy surprises Elizabeth and proposes to her.
•  Elizabeth replies saying that his pride and the information from Wickmham is all just too much and so she declined. 
• The next day Elizabeth received a letter from Darcy that explains the real truth of what happened with his father and it also reveals his part in convincing Bingley to not be involved with Jane. 
• This letter makes Elizabeth realize that her own pride and prejudice got in the way of seeing who Darcy actually was. 
• Once Elizabeth returns home she goes on a trip with her aunt and uncle and they unexpectedly meet Darcy. 
• They are all in awe at how wonderful Darcy treats them. 
• Then Bingley returns to Netherfield and asks Jane to marry him which she accepts. 
• Lady Catherine De Bourgh visits Elizabeth and Darcy and tells them that they should not marry, but Darcy proposes and Elizabeth accepts willingly.

Main Characters

•  Elizabeth Bennet- second daughter of the Bennet family. At first she isn't interested in Darcy, but then she realizes he is the one. She is extremely intelligent and young.

• Fitzwilliam Darcy- At first he came off prideful and stuck up, but as the story went on he revealed a true kind nature about him that led Elizabeth to fall in love with him.

• Charles Bingley- landowning aristocrat who moved into the netherfield estate. Finds an immediate attraction to Jane and they fall in love and marry.

• Jane Bennet- eldest daughter of the Bennet family. She falls in love with Charles Bingley at a ball after dancing with him and marry awhile after.

• Mr. Bennet- He is unhappily married to Mrs. Bennet and has 5 daughters. He is depressed because he did not set up his family to be good financially.

• Mrs. Bennet- Married to Mr. Bennet and all she wants to do is find husbands for her daughters.

• Lady Catherine de Bourgh- Darcy's aunt who disapproved of Darcy marrying Elizabeth.

• Mr.  Collins- the man who will inherit the land of Mr. Bennet and asked Elizabeth to marry him. She declined the proposal.