Darcy is very wealthy, highly educated, and very well connected. He comes from an important family with ties to the upper aristocracy. By contrast, Elizabeth's family is not wealthy, she has no dowry at all, she is entirely self educated, and has no connections to speak of. Her ties to the gentry are to the least important, and her ties to the middle class are far more important.
Another issue is that Elizabeth's family has people in it who are unable to act with proper decorum, including her mother, and three of her younger sisters. We might speculate that Darcy came to understand that Elizabeth's mother differed from Lady Catherine primarily in the fact that Lady Catherine had lots of money, and Mrs Bennet had none to speak of.
Elizabeth is prejudiced against Darcy because he insulted her at the Assembly where they first met.
Elizabeth learns that Mr. Darcy isn't as cold-hearted and prejudiced as she, and most everyone else, believed he was.
Mr. Darcy marries Elizabeth Bennet in the end.
Darcy gave Elizabeth a letter the morning after he had proposed, and she refused, at Hunsford, in Kent. The purpose of the letter was to defend himself from the accusations she had made against him as she rejected him.
For most of the book, Elizabeth dislikes Darcy, thinks he is proud and arrogant, believes that he treated Wickham shamefully. Added to this is the information that she gets that Darcy tried to separate Jane from Bingley. Darcy, meanwhile, has fallen in love with Elizabeth and cannot get her out of his mind. The time comes when Elizabeth sees she is wrong, and then she falls in love with Darcy. She is afraid her refusal of his proposal has doomed any chance of a relationship. When that turns out to be wrong, she is afraid that Lydia's elopement has ruined her chances. In the end, of course, they marry.
These are two different Jane Austen novels we're talking about: Pride and Prejudice - Mr Darcy is proud; Elizabeth Bennet is prejudiced. Sense and Sensibility - Eleanor Dashwood has sense; Marianne Dashwood has sensibility.
Elizabeth learns that Mr. Darcy isn't as cold-hearted and prejudiced as she, and most everyone else, believed he was.
Mr. Collins advised against Elizabeth marrying Mr. Darcy because he believed Mr. Darcy was above her in social status and wealth, which would make them an unsuitable match. Additionally, Mr. Collins himself had aspirations of marrying Elizabeth and saw Mr. Darcy as a rival for her hand.
Elizabeth realizes that she has been too proud and prejudiced in her judgments of Darcy. She sees that her initial impressions of him were mistaken and begins to understand the true nature of his character and intentions. This realization prompts her to reassess her own feelings towards him.
Mr. Darcy gave Elizabeth a letter that explained his actions.
Mr. Darcy gave Elizabeth a letter that explained his actions.
The "Pride" in Pride and Prejudice relates back to mainly Mr. Darcy's pride, but also a little to Elizabeth's. Mr. Darcy is too proud to aqqaintence himself with the Bennets more than he has too and when he does propose to Elizabeth Bennet he makes it clear that he loves her "against his better jugdgement".
Elizabeth was disappointed in "Pride and Prejudice" because she discovered Mr. Darcy's involvement in separating her sister, Jane, from Mr. Bingley, leading to a misunderstanding and the belief that Mr. Darcy was acting against her family's happiness. This revelation clashed with her growing admiration for Mr. Darcy and caused disappointment and hurt.
Mr. Wickham was supposedly the reason why Elizabeth rejected Mr. Darcy's marriage proposal, as he had spread false rumors about Mr. Darcy that influenced Elizabeth's opinion of him.
Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy are characters in Jane Austen's novel "Pride and Prejudice."
Lizzy is prejudiced against Darcy, and she is prejudiced in favor of Wickham. Her first contact with Darcy includes overhearing something he says about her in an unguarded moment, and it colors her entire attitude toward him. It is only when she reads his letter at Hunsford that she realizes the evidence that Wickham is untruthful has been in front of her all along. It takes Darcy's finding Lydia and arranging her marriage for Lizzy to see his goodness.
Mr. Darcy marries Elizabeth Bennet in the end.
Darcy gave Elizabeth a letter the morning after he had proposed, and she refused, at Hunsford, in Kent. The purpose of the letter was to defend himself from the accusations she had made against him as she rejected him.