Mr Darcy quotes

"He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world" - Lizzy’s statement about Darcy after the Meryton Ball

'In the world' hyperbole → emphasizes his pride and worse sides
Superlatives 'proudest' 'most disagreeable' → power of reputation
Short, blunt declarative → resolute and unnuanced public reputations were

Free indirect speech → gossip → no control over reputation → how easily Lizzy decides his character

Ironic → this is later proved false + Lizzy loves him

"She is tolerable, but not handsome enough to tempt me” - Mr Darcy’s first impressions of Lizzy at Meryton Ball

word choice -> tolerable = nice, but not good enough -> no affection
shallow
'tempt' -> objectified, like she's food
'me' italicisation -> high standards, narcissistic

“Could you expect me to rejoice in the inferiority of your connections…so decidedly beneath my own class?”

• Sure modal verb "could"= believes he is def superior

• Direct speech- his own, strong opinions. Makes seem more vivid.

• "So" + "decidedly" adverb of degree + affirmation= believes he's better.

• "my own" possessive adjective= self-important + proud of place in life

• 2 interrogative, rhetorical qs- shows his strength of emotion of his superiority and incredulity that Liz should criticise his pride.

• "me" + "you" pronoun separation- he sees himself as bEtTeR. Also, his pride has separated them (to get united, he needs to quell his pride throughout novel). Irony they end up in union.

• "rejoice" verb sarcastic hyperbole= belittling, demeaning Liz (makes him seem like as asshat)

“In vain I have struggled. It will not do” - Mr Darcy confessing his feelings for Lizzy when he proposes

Darcy's conflict between his admiration for Lizzy and his prejudice against her class/family and the triumph of his love

• 'in vain' - unsuccessful - he didn't want to like her - insultfull to Lizzy; not the best way to start a proposal

• 'struggled' - he has tried to get rid of his admiration for Lizzy - societal expectation of marrying in class (how low he thinks of Lizzy) - connotations of conflict (the conflict between his prejudice and his love)

• 'will not' - negative modal verb - certainty - his feelings have overtaken his prejudice of her family and the social expectation/pride

• 'repressed' - connotations of shamed; he was ashamed of his love for Lizzy and as a result supressed his feelings