Pride and Prejudice
As is known to all ," Pride and Prejudice "is a romantic story ,mainly tells the love between Elizabeth and Darcy ,which is still prominent and classic nowadays . I'm fond of this book very much and I also watched the film seriously . Now I'd like to introduce some characters of the story briefly.
First of all ,the major characters are Mr Darcy and Elizabeth . Mr Darcy is a rich , proud young man at first who seems to always feel superior to all the others. While Elizabeth ,the second eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Bennet, is a easygoing ,clever and independent girl who always has her own views .Next I want to tell some features about Elizabeth's sisters .First ,Jane ,the oldest girl in the family is a simple ,innocent ,graceful and beautiful girl who never speaks evil of others. Then Mary is a pedant to some degree because she is always absorbed in books . Opposite to Elizabeth , Kitty is a reliable girl who doesn't have her own opinion but likes to follow her sister,Lydia . As for Lydia ,she can be called a fashionable girl who excitedly follows exotic things ,handsome man, and is somehow a little profligate . At last , I'd like to introduce Mrs Bennet ,a typical woman at that time ,who is vulgar and snobbish . She always makes great efforts to marry off her daghters to rich ,royal men . She regards money ,property and status as the standard for her to choose young men to marry her daughters .
The story began with the young ,rich man, Bingley's arrival .One day when Mrs Bennet heard that Bingley arrived Netherfield ,a house near hers . She was so excited and eager to arrange one of her five daughters to marry the rich man. At a ball ,luckly, Bingley and Jane fell in love at he first sight .Darcy ,a friend of Bingley's ,was attracted to Elizabeth ,a lively and spirited girl . But Darcy greatly offended her by supercilious behavior . What's worse ,the prejudice of Elizabeth to Darcy was greatly increased by Wickham ,a dashing young militia officer who lied to Elizabeth that Darcy deprived his property while he squandered the money by himself in reality . Darcy and Bingley's
sister disgusted with the vulgarity of Mrs Bennet and her two youngest daughters ,which effectively separated Bingley and Jane .Meanwhile ,Collins, a cousin of Mr and Mrs Bennet ,married a friend of Elizabeth's after Elizabeth's refuse. But one day Darcy sent Elizabeth a letter ,in which he justified the separation of his friend Bingley and Jane and made it clear what Wickham had done . Eventually , Elizabeth changed her opinion and ideas towards him. Once when Elizabeth visited her uncle and aunt in the north of England ,she met Darcy there and witnessed his changes through series of behaviors , no longer pride and became gentle and attentive. All these made Elizabeth eliminate her prejudice to him and finally engaged with him and lead a happy marriage .
I like this story very much .After I finished it ,I really felt great happy that both Darcy and Elizabeth ,the two lovely ,kind girls possessed a happy marriage .As for me , I really appreciate a happy ending of the novels . As a result ,the love story , " Pride and Prejudice "appeals to me very much .
第二篇：傲慢与偏见Pride and Prejudice英文名著读后感
Pride and Prejudice, Human’s Weaknesses
"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." (From Pride and Prejudice, 1813)
The writer of this novel, Jane Austen, is one of the most famous British novelists, was born in Steventon, Hampshire, who had written many wonderful novels that are fondly cherished by us readers, such as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Emma and so on. Jane Austen's novels were witty, warm and ironic portraits of the privileged classes of 18th- and 19th-century England. It is universally acknowledged that the eternal theme of Jane Austen’s novels is the choice people make for marriage partners, so is in Pride and Prejudice.
The chief business of Mrs. Bennet’s life was to find suitable husbands for her five daughters. Once she heard that Netherfield Park had been let out to a London gentleman named Mr. Bingley. She was so eager to get acquainted with Mr. Bingley and marry one of her daughter with the wealthy young man. Through Mr. Bennet’s effort, the Bennet attended the ball held in Mr. Bingley’s house. Mr. Bingley and Jane, the oldest Bennet daughter, a pretty girl of sweet and gentle disposition, were attracted to each other at once. His friend, Darcy, however, created a bad impression, seeming cold and extremely proud. In particular, he insulted Elizabeth Bennet, a girl of spirit and intelligence and her father’s favorite. He refused to dance with her when she was sitting down for lack of a partner. To his own surprise, Mr. Darcy couldn’t help falling love with Elizabeth and tried to please that smart girl. However, because of the bad impression he had left on her, Elizabeth refused and sneered at Darcy many times.
Elizabeth turned disgusted with Mr. Darcy. She met the new officer, Mr. Wickham, and convinced Darcy’s insult to him. Darcy, however, found himself deeply in love with Elizabeth, despite her family, which he even advised Bingley not to marry Jane. Mr.
Collins arrived at Longhorn, tried to marry one of the Bennets’ girl as amender. As he was refused by Elizabeth, he married Charlotte Lucas. During Elizabeth’s visit to the Collins in Kent, she met Lady Catherine as well as her nephew, Darcy, frequently. To her
astonishment, Darcy proposed to her. Because of his participation in driving Bingley away from her sister, his wicked way of treating Wickham, and her own hatred of his pride, his sense of superiority and his selfish disdain, she refused him angrily and determinately. However, after reading the letter from Darcy in which explained his idea of Bingley and Jane and the detailed relationship between him and Wickham, she knew she had
misjudged both Darcy and Wickham. Her trip to Pemberley certainly proved her heart to Darcy as Darcy had changed his behavior as well. When she learned that it was Darcy who played a major role in marrying her eloped little sister, Lydia, to Wickham, there was no doubt that she loved him. They two finally went together.
Among those characters in this novel, I hate Mrs. Bennet for she was such a
snobbish and foolish woman. Her poor nurse urged her to do something disgusting and foolish. Those seemed to help her loved daughters but in fact, all out of her own vanity. I like Elizabeth most. She was the second daughter in the Bennet family, and the most intelligent and quick-witted, Elizabeth is the protagonist of Pride and Prejudice and one of the most well-known female characters in English literature. Her admirable qualities are numerous—she is lovely, clever, and, in a novel defined by dialogue, she converses as brilliantly as anyone. Her honesty, virtue, and lively wit enable her to rise above the nonsense and bad behavior that pervade her class-bound and often spiteful society. Nevertheless, her sharp tongue and tendency to make hasty judgments often lead her astray; Pride and Prejudice is essentially the story of how she (and her true love, Darcy) overcome all obstacles—including their own personal failings—to find romantic happiness. Elizabeth must not only cope with a hopeless mother, a distant father, two badly behaved younger siblings, and several snobbish, antagonizing females, she must also overcome her own mistaken impressions of Darcy, which initially led her to reject his proposals of marriage. Her charms were sufficient to keep him interested, fortunately, while she navigates familial and social turmoil. As she gradually came to recognize the nobility of Darcy’s character, she realized the error of her initial prejudice against him. She knew her own mind and dare to say no. While sometimes she behaved in an extreme way because of her over self-esteem. Owing to her sensitive mother, she had to protect herself from insulting.
Actually, besides Elizabeth, I took a lot interest in Mr. Darcy since the very beginning though he appeared as a proud, self-important man. Instead, such good-looking gentleman like Mr. Bingley did not attract me very much. In some cases, a man with perfect character would always have a velvet paw. Wickham is a typical example that so many people had been deceived by his appearance. As I like both the two roles, I am happy to see them finally get married.
Darcy’s proud is evident. His talks, his expressions, every movement of him seemed to show his pride. But as I turning over the novel, I found a rather proud heart in Elizabeth as well. For a country girl, there would not be a lot to be proud of. However, living in a family of silly sisters and a gossipy mother whose mind was always full of marriage, the smart girl could not express herself. Each word she said seemed to protect herself from others, especially to those who were also proud such as Darcy. It was not always good for her; however, for a person like Darcy who had accepted so many compliments, it was really an attraction. If Elizabeth had not been too proud to show her disdain, she would never have had his eyes on her. And if Darcy had not been as generous and kind as he was written to be virtually, he would have hated Elizabeth instead of being attracted so deeply. However, it was her pride which blinded her from learning the truth. She
misunderstood Darcy and seemed to dislike all the things which were involved with him. That might simply be the meaning of the word “Prejudice”. Elizabeth was intelligent, analyzing the character of Mr. Wickham and Darcy; she soon sensibly realized her
mistake and made every attempt she could to save it. She never lost her confidence and courage to fight for her own happiness in spite of her low-birth. Darcy also gave up the chances to marry a noble girl such as Miss. Bingley and his cousin. In this way, even if their characters are so different, their marriage was based on the same mind.
Of all the chapters of the novel, I am most interested in Elizabeth’s trip to Pemberley with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Gardiner. This part itself is developed in a scene of the beauty of Pemberley. The main role, Elizabeth and the Gardiners are all intelligent people. Without the gossip of Mrs. Bennet and the noise of the 3 little sisters, the story goes on with great peace. Their meet with Darcy was both unexpected and expectable. It was unexpected because neither Elizabeth nor Darcy thought of meeting each other in
such an agreeable situation. It was expectable because it was such an agreeable
situation for them to meet each other again. It was their first meet after Darcy’s proposal. Darcy behaved unbelievably polite and their conversations with Georgiana, Darcy’s sister, went on naturally. It gave a sign that Elizabeth might have changed her hart and indeed, she did. Although the elopement of Lydia and Wickham seemed to disturb them, Darcy at last conquered his pride that he spent considerable time, effort and money on the 2 people he disdained. Another disturbance was Lady Catherine’s visit, but all of these seemed just to quicken their steps to marriage.
Jane Austen must have been an idealist which most of the women writers could not avoid being. Charming roles are always charming, disgusting roles are always disgusting. All the pride and prejudice are conquered. Everyone got they deserved to get. She
showed us the human’s weakness, pride and prejudice through the novel. It is fragile of human nature which can be easily distorted simply by dissimilation, carelessness or even blindness. Upper-class status and advantages produce the Pride, while poverty and self-esteem against rich produce Prejudice.