Darcys Letter essays

Darcy's Letter essays The debonair Mr. Darcy thinks he has everything until he falls in love with Elizabeth Bennet. Despite her familys lower position within the gentry he proposes to her, confident that his looks and wealth will win her over. But Elizabeth fervently rejects him because of two great offenses she believes he has committed, on top of her general dislike for him. Filled with grief, but determined to defend his honor and possibly change her opinion in the process, he writes her a letter. This important letter reveals to Elizabeth in several ways that Fitzwilliam Darcy is not such an evil man as she had thought. The first ingredient I should mention concerning Elizabeths gradual change of opinion is the opening paragraph of Darcys letter. By appeasing her fears of another proposal and displaying his own discomfort with writing the letter he may have given her a reason and enough courage to continue reading the letter. Darcy also made it a point to ask her for her forgiveness for the freedom with which I demand your attention (174). He understood that she would be extremely emotionally biased against what he had to say, so he appealed to her sense of justice. Only through his choice wording and display of understanding was he able to allure Elizabeth into reading the next part of the letter, and here Darcy wasted no time at all. Two offences of a very different nature, and by no means of equal magnitude, you last night laid to my charge (174). With this sentence Darcy opens the second paragraph of his letter and makes it clear that he intends to defend himself fiercely. The first charge addressed by Darcy was that he had severed the relationship between Jane and Mr. Bingley due to his own selfish desires. He quickly explains that he had no idea that Jane truly returned Bingleys love and admiration. He then goes on to say that, ...