Some Suspicions

I have some suspicions about some feelings and relationships in the novel: Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy are attracted to each other, but they are not aware of it yet and Miss Bingley feels strongly attracted to Mr. Darcy as well. Elizabeth was warned not to fall, or feel any attraction of any kind for Mr. Darcy because he is the most arrogant and “disagreeable” man of all, and obviously not worthy of her. But we know since page one that Elizabeth is not like the others and has a mind of her own so probably she won’t follow entirely what her mother tells her. Miss Bingley knows Mr. Darcy before Elizabeth and probably has been with him a lot because he is her brother’s friend. I don’t know Mrs. Bingley age but I guess she is about Elizabeth’s or younger because she has shown some immature behavior. Therefore is common that the younger sister like the older bother’s friend, more so if this friend is handsome and doe not pay attention to her. Mr. Darcy on the other hand, denies himself that he actually feels attracted to Elizabeth. But slowly he has been captive by Elizabeth’s strong personality and her rejection.


Doing something that you know are not supposed to is always a little more exciting. Mrs. Bennet said “But I can assure you, that Lizzy does not lose much by not suiting his fancy; for he is a most disagreeable, horrid man, not at all worth pleasing.” (pg. 9) she has a warning. Elizabeth herself doesn’t like the man either, “to her he was only the man who made himself agreeable nowhere, and who had not thought her handsome enough to dance with.” (pg.16) But she was able to change his view of her the next time they met and left him dazzled. At that same scene I started to suspect that Miss Bingley felt an attraction to Mr. Darcy. She tries to please him and her conversations and remarks. Every time she talks near him, she does it to be heard by him and agreed by him more than to share her own authentic thoughts. As to be expected, she fails, “He listened to her with perfect indifference…” (pg. 20) This reaction often conquests a woman’s heart. Indifference is the best technique to make someone fall in love. Jane Austen is aware of that because she is a women, and despite the fact that times have changed, indifference then and indifference now make you fall in love. Mr. Darcy is a victim of Elizabeth’s indifference and Miss Bingley is a victim of Mr. Darcy’s indifference. Elizabeth’s behavior with Mr. Darcy is voluntarily, she does not want to feel any attraction to such an arrogant man, and she acts that way to deny herself the fact that she actually has an interest in him. Mr. Darcy’s behavior is not on purpose, he actually doesn’t care about Miss Bingley, he finds her annoying because her desperate need to have his attention is irritating.

If my suspicions are right I will blog about it. :)