P+P #7

“It was, on the contrary, exactly calculated to make her understand her own wishes; and never had she so honestly felt that she could have loved him, as now, when all love must be vain” (185). In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen created a romantic love story between Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet. While there are many other romances that occur, this relationship is the main focus. A common love story includes many complications. Darcy and Elizabeth’s relationship certainly goes through hardships, and the character’s perspectives change as the novel goes on. The underlying theme of this relationship, and of the novel, is the impact of first impressions. The first impressions that these two characters have of each other are destructive. Elizabeth sees Darcy as a proud and conceited man, while Darcy does not even consider a relationship. The entire novel is then based off of these first impressions, and the changing of character’s opinions of each other. The book ends as a true love story, the relationships are settled in a superb fashion.