2007年4月9日星期一

The charactor of Elizabeth (Chapter 24-29)

Jane and Elizabeth’s attitude and opinion toward people are quite different, which represents conflict between traditional and treasonous mind.

As Elizabeth says, Jane is so good that her sweetness and disinterestedness are really angelic. She wishes to think the entire world respectable, and feels hurt if Elizabeth speaks ill of anybody. What’s more, even her sister praises her as perfect, she sets herself against it.

On the other hand, compared with Jane, Elizabeth has her own evaluation and attitude toward different people. There are few of whom she thinks much and even fewer that she loves. The more she observes of the world, the more she dissatisfies with it. Everyday life confirms her belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of either merit or sense. She also reminds her sister that “you shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity, nor endeavor to persuade yourself or me that selfishness is prudence, and insensibility of danger, security for happiness.”

Elizabeth’s idea doesn’t satisfy the expectation of that time. She is a modern woman who loves independent and freedom, and also hopes that her family member can have their own lives, never under the control of others. Her such character embodies obviously in the conversation between she and Lady Catherine. Being the first creature who has ever dared to trifle with so much dignified impertinence, she showed her dignity and bravery.

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