J ane was the most mild, kind and modest girl in this novel. Her character is vividly showed in many parts of the novel. “Compliments always take you (J ane) by surprise, and me (Elizabeth) never” and “ Oh, You (J ane) are a great deal too apt you know, to like people in general, you never see a fault in any body, all the world are too good and agreeable in your eyes. I (Elizabeth) never heard you speak ill of a human being in my life.” (George Saintsbury 194)We can see from here that it is quite natural for J ane, so kind and innocent, falls love with the pleasant and simple Bingley. She adored Bingley very much. But her tranquility and introversion nearly consumed her felicity. J ane was so excessively demure that even when her heart was fluttering with romantic passion, her manner showed only genteel pleasure and politeness. It was generally evident that J ane was yielding to the preference which she had begun to entertain for him from the first, and was in a way to be very much in love; but she considered with pleasure that it was not likely to be discovered by the world in general, since J ane united with great strength of a feeling, a composure of temper and a uniform cheerfulness of manner, which would guard her from the suspicious of the impertinent. J ane cherished her feelings towards Bingley, yet she chose to conceal it. She tried to control her passion, lest anyone find it. Darcy, therefore, could detect no attachments from her serene appearance and forms the idea that Bingley was involved in an unrequited love. Then, great efforts were ensured to separate Bingley from J ane.
Having been informed of Bingley's departure, J ane was in great distress. But she pretended to be all right and said nothing about her sadness. Her weakness and obedience had been thoroughly exposed now. “ ‘You doubt me', cried J ane, slightly coloring “Indeed you have no reason. He may Ilive in my memory as the most amiable man of my acquaintance, but that is all. I have nothing either to hope or fear, and nothing to reproach him with. Thank God! I have not that pain. A little time therefore – I shall certainly try to get the better.'” That's all her interpretation and solutions to the wound of love, “ a little time” (J ane Austen 134) can ease her mind, cure her wound. What a passive attitude towards love it is! They finally got married and lived happily ever after, which were the results of Darcy and Elizabeht's efforts. As I analyzed before that Wickhame and Lydia's marriage represents capitulation to personal claims. It is difficult to fit Bingley and J ane into this pattern because immobility, not capitulation or progressive adjustment, characterizes them until they are united by outside forces. They may, however, be connected to the pattern by noting that they possess traits necessary for adjustment but do not see this until it is pointed out to them. They are also related to the pattern by their inability to assert personal claims and resist certain social claims, which inability results in passivity rather than in adjustment or capitulation. In the thematic structure they can be placed towards the center, but below Darcy and Elizabeth in a realm of impercipience, passivity, and chance.
The combination of decent Darcy and sensible Elizabeth results in a successful marriage. I give this marriage much preference over the other ones, as it is a great inspiration to us and an ideal one we are looking for. Darcy first appears to us as a handsome but very proud person, cold and ill-mannered. “Darcy soon draw the attention of the room by his fine, tall person, handsome feature, noble mien.” And “ he was looked at with great admiration for about half the evening, till his manners gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered to be proud , to be above his company, or above being pleased!” (Wu Weren 125) As a matter of fact, he was a good man, a man of integrity, with the sombre attractiveness of a wicked one. His love to Elizabeth, nourished by day-to-day encounters with her, grew steadily and quickly. He admired Elizabeth for her intelligence and disposition, tried to understand her by every possible means. The more he understood, the more he loved her. His first proposal to Elizabeth is the culmination of the whole novel. Darcy. Suffered by his long-suppressed feeling, decided to make a proposal to Elizabeth. It was no easy thing for him to court her regardless of her humble family and her inferior position. But his ardent admiration for Elizabeth beats his consciousness and social position. While his arrogance spoiled the chance of being accepted. He chose to tell her that he liked her against his character, against his will and reason. His sense of her inferiority, of its being a degradation, of the family obstacles seriously offended Elizabeth. So she indignantly hurled his proposal back in his face. Embarrassed and ruffled, he didn't lose the control of himself, he acted like a real gentleman, he asked Elizabeth to forgive him for having taken up so much of her time, and accept his best wishes for her health and happiness. His love to Elizabeth, undoubtedly, was ardent and sincere, even Elizabeth herself was quite astonished at his court and sorry for the pain he had suffered. “Her astonishment, as she reflected on what had passed, was increased by every review of it. That she should receive an offer of marriage from Darcy! That he should have been in love with her for so many months! So much in love as to wish to marry her in spite of all the objection which had prevented his friend's marrying her sister, and must appear at lease with equal force in his own case, was almost incredible!” (J ane Austen 174)
