Assignment 6

In the letter Mr. Darcy leaves for Elizabeth to read, he writes that he purposely drove Bingley away from Jane because of her lacking any wealth, and also because he did not think she was that interested in him in the first place because she was always very quiet and seemingly uninterested around Bingley. I can see how Darcy would do this for the benefit of his friend, but I still think it was none of his business to get involved. He also writes about Mr. Wickham, who lied to Elizabeth about Darcy not giving him any money. Darcy in fact did give him 3,000 pounds, which Wickham quickly spent away. After denying him any more money, Wickham then turned to Darcy’s younger sister and attempted to marry her in order to inherit her large dowry. This is very shocking news to Elizabeth and she was very upset that she was fooled. After thinking about it for a while though, she comes to realize how it actually makes sense and that she is grateful Wickham went off again to war. Mr. Darcy’s proposal was almost equally as bad as Mr. Collins, telling Elizabeth how he loved her but had put off the proposal because of her much lower status in class and lack of money, and how her entire family was an embarrassment.