Are We Free to Make Our Own Choices in Life?

Collins. The act that all women must marry a man displays the control males have over females. Regarding pride, in Pride and Prejudice, even the title uses the term, and it is referring to the pride of Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy. “She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me” (Austen 12). Mr. Darcy’s description of Elizabeth Bennet at the ball demonstrates how self-centered Darcy is, as he places himself above any woman, due to his wealth and reputable heritage. The emphasis on the term, me, illustrates how highly Darcy sees of himself; unique and significant. Darcy’s vice of pride is a flaw which negatively affects Elizabeth, as his rude remark about her beauty as Elizabeth detaches any potential cordial feelings for the egotistical man. “Darcy’s pride that, far from being morally reprehensible, are connected with family tradition” (Morini 10). With the use of critical thinking, Darcy’s gratification of himself is rooted back to family traditions. Darcy comes from a family of upper class and one with a fortune, and his misogynistic and prideful characteristics come from the people who raised him. Therefore, it is evident that in that era, it is common for a man to view himself superior to a woman, as it even dates back to generations prior. Due to the lack of respect displayed by Darcy, Elizabeth begins to despise of the man, and even later goes as far as

As the book progresses, both characters manage to overcome these character flaws and various other obstacles and eventually realise their love for one another as their compatibility and understanding is increasingly revealed to the reader, ‘It was a union that must have been to the advantage of both.’ Darcy and Elizabeth’s similarities lie in their levels of intelligence, dedication to friends and their stance on expressing their opinions openly. Regardless of what anybody said about their relationship, including Mrs. Bennet and the superior Lady Catherine, they ignored these various warnings. Lady Catherine mainly commented on Elizabeth’s social inferiority to hers and her nephews.

Pride & Prejudice starts off with Darcy being evaluated as a stuck up, evil man. However, the readers are only seeing Elizabeth’s perception of Darcy by gathering information from her outside community. The climax of Pride &

Elizabeth Bennet is a fiery character in Pride and Prejudice. Throughout the novel she is prejudging characters from the moment she meets them. Once Elizabeth does this, it is almost impossible for her to change her mind about someone. One of the first times the readers sees Elizabeth do this is after the first time she meets Darcy. When Lizzy attends the ball and comes in contact with Darcy she realizes he is a prideful man. Darcy rejects Elizabeth’s offer to dance, coming off as prideful and imperious, and

His sense of her inferiority–of its being a degradation of–the family obstacles which judgment had always opposed to inclinations were dwelt on...” (Austen 12). These words reflect Mr. Darcy’s excessive pride and heightened awareness of social status, while inducing him to recount all the ways in which he and Elizabeth are an illogical union, rather than relaying anything complimentary. In response to this insult-ridden proposal, Elizabeth proclaims that if he had acted in a more “gentlemanlike manner,” she would have been more inclined to express sympathy following her rejection of his advances. Despite Elizabeth’s clear message that she will not observe his insensitive words in submission, Mr. Darcy endures in the conviction that his prideful manners toward Elizabeth are well-justified and merely detail the truthful, adverse nature of her inferior social standing with the utmost sincerity.

Censorship is a concept with several different meanings. To each individual censorship has its own meaning. Is it a violation of our rights or is it a protection for our well being? Censorship in the generic sense refers to the suppression of information, ideas, or opinions. It occurs in all forms of communication from technological media to print media. Each society, culture, or individual's belief is violated by the codes of censorship that our society instills.

When it comes to love, some people think opposites attract. Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice tells the story of an unlikely relationship between two people with opposite personalities. Elizabeth Bennett is free-thinking and playful. Fitzwilliam Darcy is a wealthy, snobbish, shy man. As the book begins, Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth instantly dislike one another. Mr. Darcy thinks Elizabeth’s appearance and social connections are beneath him. Elizabeth thinks Mr. Darcy is prideful, rude and snobbish. In a short time though, Mr. Darcy sees that there is more to Elizabeth than he first noticed. Later, Elizabeth finds there is more to Mr. Darcy. When they both look past their first impressions,

Through the writing, Austen makes each character unique and different. This technique is clearly shown in her novel, Pride and Prejudice. Therefore, Austen identifies the voices of characters, such as Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, through the dialogue. Both characters use a complex structure in dialogue. For Mr. Darcy, this shows his intelligence and high class. Whereas for Elizabeth, this shows her insecurity within her social class. Elizabeth competes with Mr. Darcy by using the same structure to showcase her intelligence and wit. Elizabeth’s rejection of Mr. Darcy’s first proposal demonstrates this concept. She says, “From the very beginning, from the first moment I may almost say, of my acquaintance with you, your manners impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish disdain of the feelings of others, were such as to form that the groundwork of disapprobation, on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike” (Austen 131).

The progress between Elizabeth’s and Darcy’s relationship, in Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice (1813) illustrates and explores several the key themes in the novel. Their relationship highlights class expectations, pride and prejudice, and marriage, and how they play a major role in determining the course of their association. These are outlined through their first prejudiced dislike of each other when they first meet, the stronger feelings for Elizabeth that develop on Darcy’s side, her rejection in Darcy’s first proposal, then her change of opinion and lastly the mutual love they form for one another. Pride and Prejudice is set up as a satire, commenting on human idiocy, and Jane Austen

Censorship has been a touchy topic over the past few years. Everyone has their own opinion on the topic, but the fact is censorship is way more damaging than people may notice. First off, the definition of censorship is to restrain, block, and censor ideas and information that some may find offensive. The basic definition of censorship completely violates the First Amendment. We, as Americans, have the right to Freedom of Speech. Censorship blocks that by blocking anything some may find offensive. It’s not fair because they’re blocking out how people feel/think just because someone found it “offensive” or wrong. It completely contradicts the First Amendment. People have the right to know about the world and what’s happening. Keeping the

Censorship is a very powerful method of hiding information for the sake of the nation and protection of the soldiers. It disallows the widespread of terrifying information and images corrupting the minds of people even though that is the reality of war. Censorship is not meant to violate the rights of humans as thought so, rather to keep vital information out of reach from the enemy. Religious sects and groups will not attack or become a threat to Americans if certain information that may seem offending to them is hidden, this way there will be tranquility amongst the nation and the people. Overall, censorship is meant to be a positive method of concealing informational only meant for the military and to avoid conflict between individuals.

Darcy’s pride and his sense of superiority are considered rude and ungentlemanly behavior, and no amount of money or fine looks can save him from falling into disgrace with the people of Hertfordshire. Later, when Darcy first proposes to Elizabeth, she shocks him when she angrily exclaims that “had [he] behaved in a more gentleman-like manner” (168), then she may have felt

Lizzy was prejudiced against Darcy, and she is prejudiced in favor of Wickham (a handsome liar that she ever met in her life). Her first contact with Darcy includes overhearing something he says about her in an unguarded moment, and it colors her entire attitude towards him. I think the conflict was internal and not external. Both Elizabeth and Darcy are dealing with their own pride and prejudice. Elizabeth doesn't realize until the end that she's been prejudice all along.

Elizabeth’s relationship to Darcy also involved the pressure of living up to society’s expectations of social classes. Darcy is prideful of his wealth and wants to maintain his fame. His reputation is challenged when he meets Elizabeth.

Pride and Prejudice are both influences on Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy and their relationships. Ironically this attitude changes as Elizabeth forces Darcy realize his faults, and he does the same to her “How despicably have I acted!.. I, who have prided myself on my discernment! - I, who have valued myself on my abilities!” (Austen 236). Elizabeth realizes after reading Darcy’s letter, after she rejects his first marriage proposal that she has no reason to despise him as she had, and that he is a very delectable person. This serves as a turn pointing as Elizabeth becomes aware of her pride