#elizabeth bennet

[themasterofruins17]

The game is on!

Now, I challenge you guys >:)

Name ten female characters you like, you get zapped if it's jsut a male character you call a babygirl or other feminine nicknames because I can't see people calling Lestat coquette again

[didanagy]

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005)

dir. joe wright

[beebeedibapbeediboop]

"Chat what do I do the guy I hate just confessed their unyielding love to me"

Pride and prejudice screenshot redraw but not really, I drew them like how I felt like it ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[linusbenjamin]

Pride and Prejudice 2005 ☼ dir. Joe Wright

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

@jupitersmegrim But Elizabeth Bennet started pining for Darcy almost as soon as she recognised Wickham's lies. She memorised his letter, for starters. She was wrecked with shame because of how he viewed her family.

Later on, she was lying up awake at night wondering what he was thinking, whether he was thinking about her, and whether there was any chance of him renewing his proposal. She was also longing for him after he left following news of Lydia's infamous elopement; she was desolate that he was leaving; she assumed he now saw her in the worst light and wanted nothing to do with her; she finally realised that they would have made an excellent couple.

Then she became wild with desperation for news of his possible involvement in recovering Lydia. She quite definitely wanted to see him again after that, but he was far away.

What about when she told Lady Catherine that the wife of Mr. Darcy would 'have extraordinary sources of happiness attached to her situation'?

And what about her internal self-torture over whether he was still in love with her? Where she kept pretending not to be surprised that he was so grave and silent, while being incredibly disappointed? She could barely even concentrate on anything or anyone else, including while serving coffee.

I think Elizabeth Bennet was keen to downplay how much she wanted Mr. Darcy, not least because of how acrimoniously she had rejected him. But her own aunt already saw right through her when she pretended she wasn't disappointed that Wickham was chasing after another girl and was therefore dropping his interest in her. Because before Darcy, she was mad about Wickham: she 'went away with her head full of him'. And who can forget her temper tantrum (albeit silent) when he didn't show up for the Netherfield Ball?

Elizabeth Bennet did a lot of pining. She was just too witty, too dishonest with herself, and too proud to admit to it.

The most underappreciated thing about Pride and Prejudice is that it's a romance wherein the heroine barely spends any time pining for her love interest.

[hacked-wtsdz]

You can’t win as a woman in fiction. Be too positive, you become a Mary Sue, have flaws and those flaws are why almost nobody likes you. Be moderate, you have wet-cabbage personality, be exuberant, you are an unrealistic example. Have strong morals, and you’re badly developed, be morally corrupt and you’re hated with such vigour fans will send hate mail to the actress who plays the character. Be kind and soft and in love, you’re a representation of sexism, be cruel, harsh and cold and you’re just a bitch. Be a complex, realistic, ambiguous character, and either your flaws or your positive traits will be ignored or blown out of proportion and into oblivion. There is no winning for female characters.

[duhaerith]

watched pride & prejudice a few weeks ago its so haikaveh coded

[bethanydelleman]

This is a very good point.

One very subtle but speaking moment in P&P that I don't think I've ever seen anyone talk about is this one:

“Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain, and the gown which had been let down to hide it not doing its office.”

We all get caught up on the "six inches deep in mud" thing (and it is a very funny and versatile line)—but that misses the depth of the characterisation of Elizabeth that's developed in this sentence.

What Mrs. Hurst means is that Elizabeth had, at some point, been wearing her gown (this would have been morning dress) pinned up to show the bottom portion of her petticoat. This was pretty common in the very late 18th and early 19th centuries: an outer petticoat was not really considered an undergarment, but something that could be shown, at least in part. Gowns might be shorter than the petticoat; or very sheer to show a coloured petticoat; or slit up the front or sides; or entirely open in the front (called "négligée" or, racistly, "mameluke" style). A lot of petticoats were embroidered around the bottom (and sometimes in a pattern up the center as well) in a way that would be visible under these conditions. See these examples:

"Costume Parisiennes," The Ladies' Monthly Museum Vol 3 (April 1816), p. 231:

Evening Dress.—Round dress of soft white satin, made short enough to discover the muslin-petticoat underneath, which is ornamented with two full quillings of fine lace; the satindress finished at the border by four rows of scarlet velvet [...]. (see the illustration for this one here)

"London Fashions," The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics (May 1, 1819), p. 304, plate 31:

A jaconic muslin petticoat, ornamented round the bottom with four rows of muslin trimming, composed of narrow welts finished with edging. Over this is an open robe, with a plain high body [...]. (description of left image above)

Ibid., no. 82 vol. 14 (Oct. 1815), p. 240, plate 22:

A cambric muslin petticoat, ornamented at the feet with a double flounce of French work, appliqued with a narrow heading of the same; the body, from the shoulder to the neck, gathered full into narrow trimming, corresponding with the heading of the flounce; a military collar, frilled with the French work; short French négligée, open in the iront, and trimmed entirely round to correspond. (description of right image above)

If Mrs. Hurst is correct, Elizabeth had either been wearing her dress pinned up anyway, or pinned it up specifically for the walk—and then, after she had arrived at Netherfield but before she had been announced, taken the pins out and let the skirt of the dress down to try to hide the dirt on her petticoat. This is an amount of forethought that suggests that she actually does care about how she looks, or about appearing tidy, or about what the party at Netherfield thinks of her.

She doesn't care enough to keep her from seeing Jane (“I shall be very fit to see Jane—which is all I want"), or enough to wish to avoid the walk (Mr. Bennet says “Is this a hint to me, Lizzy, to send for the horses?", which coming from him I think is tantamount to an engraved invitation to send for the carriage). But she cares just enough to briefly plan how best to minimise the damage, and decide to pin up her skirt before walking—or at least to take a moment to think about how she would appear to an observer, check her skirts, and take a step to improve her appearance slightly, once she had arrived.

Jennifer Ehle looks very cute and charming in the scene in the 95 version where she's walking to Netherfield and accidentally jumps in a mud puddle and looks at her skirts and shrugs like, oh well! But I don't think it's very "Elizabeth."

Elizabeth is sort of the Goldilocks of ladyhood. She doesn't have the rigid adherence to conduct-book logic that Mary has, or the sneering sophistication that the Bingley sisters have, or the impulsive, pleasure-seeking anarchic energy that Lydia has. She's neither very fashionable, nor completely without a sense of propriety, decency, or morality (whatever these words mean according to 19th-century mores). I think takes that emphasise only her wildness and distinctness from fashionable ladies, and takes that emphasise only her respectability, are both missing something.

[miss-carter]

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE 2005 | dir. Joe Wright

[doomed2repeat]

I need people to hear me out:

Colin Bridgerton is NOT this type of male lead:

He is this type of male lead:

And I love that.

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Pride and Prejudice 2005 ☼ dir. Joe Wright

[dearemma]

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (2005) dir. Joe Wright

[jupitersmegrim]

Somehow, this put me in mind of ye old alignment chart 👀

Will only say something if she is utterly convinced of its truth: Catherine Morland, Marianne Dashwood

Generally only says things she believes; will dissemble to be polite if necessary: Fanny Price, Anne Elliot, Elinor Dashwood

Will say something she doesn't believe for fun, will refuse to submit arguments in defense of it: Mary Crawford

Will say something she doesn't believe for fun, will submit a few playful arguments in defense of it: Elizabeth Bennet

Will say something she doesn't believe for fun, and will argue in defense of it with passion and energy and never ever admit that she didn't believe it to begin with. Actually she may have convinced herself by now: Emma Woodhouse

[didanagy]

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE (1995)

dir. simon langton

[pemberlaey]

“hey what’s the vibe for the fall?” great question!!

it’s actually this image for the 18th year in a row

[mulderscully]

PRIDE & PREJUDICE (2005) dir. Joe Wright