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Explain how and why Elizabeth’s feelings for Darcy change throughout the extract and the novel as a
whole

Throughout the novel, Elizabeth’s feelings for Darcy change drastically
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However,
she eventually has a realisation, and we find out Elizabeth’s true impression of Darcy
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Most people described him as “the proudest, most disagreeable man in
the world”, which tells us that she more than likely had believed that about him before they even
met
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She decides that he is
disagreeable and is left with a hurt ego, saying that “I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not
mortified mine”, as she becomes bitter and prejudiced against him
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They discuss what
makes an accomplished woman; his views are far ahead of their time, and contrast Bingley’s
pompous and sexist views of what women are capable of
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I rather wonder
now at your knowing any”, showing that while he is showing support to women who want to do
more, she is still blinded by her prejudice
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Elizabeth’s former impression of Darcy suddenly changes after he proposes to her
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He
belittles and offends her, and she confronts him “why with so evident a design of offending and
insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even
against your character?” showing that she will not marry him if he continues to act this way towards
her
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It is
insulting to her as he said that he feels he is going against everything he believes in in order to marry
her
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She is so adamant against
marrying him, whereas any other woman with no money would jump at the chance to marry him, no
matter how ignorant or offensive he is
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The fact that she believes love is the most important
part in marriage slows down her feeling anything romantic towards Darcy, for if he decides that he
does not marry her and she is left hurt and alone, or they will be looked down upon for their reasons
for marrying, especially as she is a lower social class than him
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She hints at the fact that Darcy did this for
Elizabeth, because he loves her, and she is very surprised but still unsure of her feelings for him
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She is glad that he was so kind and

helpful towards her and her family, although how he spoke and treated them before and during his
proposal to her made her wary and cautious of him and his intentions
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She is unsure whether or not to forgive him, and “her feelings
as she read were scarcely to be defined” as she was very conflicted on her feelings towards him
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He had hurt her and she wasn’t sure if she was prepared to read
his letter and fully start trusting him again
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She realised that everything that had happened was also partially Wickham’s fault, and she
“grew ashamed of herself…feeling that she had been blind, partial, prejudiced, absurd”, and it was
almost as if she had forgiven Darcy
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As soon
as they saw each other “their eyes instantly met, and the cheeks of each were overspread with the
deepest blush”, making it clear that not only his feelings for her had developed, but after the letter,
she was feeling different towards him as well
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It could also be that these new feelings were making her embarrassed
and jittery
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She is unsure whether seeing him was a good thing or not, asking herself over and over
“why did she come? or, why did he thus come a day before he was expected?” as if they could have
just gone with never seeing each other again
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The way he speaks to her is
different from how he usually talks, such as when he tells her “I am almost afraid of asking what you
thought of me when we met at Pemberly”, showing a much more timid and vulnerable side of
himself that she had only seen glimpses of before
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She is surprised by his vulnerability, and
believes that he is now more trustworthy after he had shared his thoughts, fears, and feelings with
her
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She is unsure whether Darcy truly
loves Lizzie, but Elizabeth reassures her sister that his feelings for her are real
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Darcy and
Elizabeth then go together to ask Mr Bennet for permission to marry and after convincing him that
their feelings for each other really have changed and are true, he consents to the match and gives
his approval
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