Wickham quotes P&P

"all were struck with the strangers air" (Beginning)

• "all"-> hyperbolic and generalising, reveals Wickhams carelessness towards women

• "struck"-> verb with violent connotations, reveals that Wickham is very seductive and his charm is endless

• "strangers"-> mysterious, alienates him from the other men, makes him stand out which makes him more appealing to the women at Netherfield

• "air"-> aura, appearance,

• Free indirect speech-> true intention

“all the best parts of beauty”

• "all"-> vague and generalising, suggests Wickams beauty but the vagueness can imply he isn't what he presents

• "beauty"-> free indirect speech from Elizabeth perspective, biased because let's good looks charm her which reveals her prejudice and the dependence on good looks in Regency society

• "best"-> hyperbole, Elizabeth's perspective, biasied

“attention of every lady was caught”

• "every lady"->hyperbolic because it would be impossible to catch the attention of every "lady" however, the universality of this phrase reveals that Wickham isn't any mere distraction but a deceptive and seductive character which endangers other women, also phrase quite generalasing which could suggest that Wickham isn't bothered to get to know the women he decieves and that he wants to use them for his own advantage

• "caught"->implication of being trapted, the women are unwitting prey to Wickams charms

“wet night”

• Able to transform most mundane and trivial matters such as the weather into something compelling which charms Elizabeth even though he was nothing meaningful to say

• Metaphor for distracting and deceiving women from his behaviour

• Deceiving and seductive

“the church ought to have been my profession”

• "ought"-> verb implies duty, moral obligation and rightful entitlement, Wickham presents the "church as something owed to him rather than something earned or desevred

• "church"-> Austen uses this to highlight the corrupt nature of the church in Regency England because Collins is a "clergyman" but also a bad person, foreshadows Wickhams bad actions

• "profession"-> only cares about money and how to benefit himself, frames Darcy upon his injustice

Middle “studying the law was mere pretence”

• "mere pretence"->reveals Wickham's life long pattern of preforming respectably while pursing selfish pleasure beneath

• "law"-> a profitable place of occupation, wants to pretend to be noble but in reality does it for money, immoral and selfish  

“idleness and dissipation”

• "idleness"-> not merely laziness but a fundamental moral failing, a complete absence of a productive purpose in life, only peruses pleasure rakishly

•  "dissipation"-> implies drinking, gambling and reckless squandering of money and moral integrity, persues pleasure over anything else, revealed in Darcy's letter which presents the true narrative to Elizabeth and the reader

“idle and frivolous gallantry”

• Elizabeth recognisees that Wickham's affections were disingenuous

• Directly echo Darcy's words in her free indriect speech which suggests that Elizabeth was able to put her prejudice aside and is able to see the seductive nature of Wickham 

“hunting for them”

• "hunting"-> implying Wickham has gone hiding mostly for avoiding his responsibilities such as gamblling debts, runs away from responsibilities

• Wickham took Lydia with him into London in secrecy and mrs Gardiner expresses her concern in this letter which reveals to the audience that Wickham is up to no good because the reader trusts the Gardiners

“duty to step forward…"

• Darcy sees it has his "duty" to help the Bennets.

• "duty"-> implies that Darcy needs to put Wickham down

End "as for Wickham and Lydia their characters suffured no revolution…"

• Static characters-> no development happened

• "no revolution"-> stagnancy in relationship, "revolution" hyperbolic because no big change happened

• "suffered"-> ironic because links to the suffering their actions caused in the novel

• Free indirect speech-> true intentions

“extravagant in their wants…heedless for the future”

• Did not learn their lesson and are still seeking pleasure

• "heedless"->means to show a reckless lack of attention, in a way good for each other because both are reckless, careless about their "future" and can become bankrupt

• "extravagant"-> to be over the top, are strugguling with money but still value pleasure more, static ignorant characters that did not learn their lesson

• Free indirect speech

“his affection for her soon sunk into indifference”

• Never loved Lydia from the beginning, his "affection" was shallow

• "sunk"->suggests rapid inevitable decline, incapable of lasting affection

• "indiffierence"-> passive which is worse than active love or hate, Lydia will be ignored by her husband

• "soon"-> adverb, time passing phrase which suggests his affection was always shallow

• Free indirect speech

“her husband was gone to enjoy himself in London or Bath”

• Austen's final mention of Wickham

• "London or Bath"-> "or" indefinite article, reveals the unsurness to where Wickham has gone which reveals his rakishness

• Syntax of "her" and "himself"-> both are separated which reveals their separation in the novel

• "gone"-> verb, reveals that Wickham is a bad "husband" because he abounded his wife, immoral

• "enjoy"-> contrast to "indiffierence", marrige and future are doomed for Lydia, immoral

• Free indirect speech