Elizabeth's spirits soon rising to playfulness again, she wanted Mr. Darcy to account for his having ever fallen in love with her.
(Jin Kwon: The picture of the plane touching down is a sign that symbolizes the journey Elizabeth has gone through considering her love for Darcy. It has been hot and cold often too many times but has finally reached a conclusion. This conclusion is what the plane touching down symbolizes. The journey or the plane ride is the time she has taken pondering her feelings for Darcy.)
"How could you begin?" said she. "I can comprehend your going on charmingly, when you had once made a beginning; but what could set you off in the first place?"
"I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun."
"My beauty you had early withstood, and as for my manners—my behaviour to you was at least always bordering on the uncivil, and I never spoke to you without rather wishing to give you pain than not. Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?"
"For the liveliness of your mind, I did."
"You may as well call it impertinence at once. It was very little less. The fact is, that you were sick of civility, of deference, of officious attention. You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking, and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike them. Had you not been really amiable, you would have hated me for it; but in spite of the pains you took to disguise yourself, your feelings were always noble and just; and in your heart, you thoroughly despised the persons who so assiduously courted you. There—I have saved you the trouble of accounting for it; and really, all things considered, I begin to think it perfectly reasonable. To be sure, you knew no actual good of me—but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love."
"Was there no good in your affectionate behaviour to Jane while she was ill at Netherfield?"
"Dearest Jane! who could have done less for her? But make a virtue of it by all means. My good qualities are under your protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible; and, in return, it belongs to me to find occasions for teasing and quarrelling with you as often as may be; and I shall begin directly by asking you what made you so unwilling to come to the point at last. What made you so shy of me, when you first called, and afterwards dined here? Why, especially, when you called, did you look as if you did not care about me?"
"Because you were grave and silent, and gave me no encouragement."
"But I was embarrassed."
Especially For You - MYMP
[Sarah Hwang - During this conversation, the point that Elizabeth wants to go across is that her her feelings toward Darcy has not changed, and now she is comfortable enough to tell him how she has felt in the past. Just like the lyrics of the song, they are now back to together, and now she is confident to express her love towards Darcy.]
"And so was I."
"You might have talked to me more when you came to dinner."
"A man who had felt less, might."
"How unlucky that you should have a reasonable answer to give, and that I should be so reasonable as to admit it! But I wonder how long you would have gone on, if you had been left to yourself. I wonder when you would have spoken, if I had not asked you! My resolution of thanking you for your kindness to Lydia had certainly great effect. Too much, I am afraid; for what becomes of the moral, if our comfort springs from a breach of promise? for I ought not to have mentioned the subject. This will never do.
"You need not distress yourself. The moral will be perfectly fair. Lady Catherine's unjustifiable endeavours to separate us were the means of removing all my doubts. I am not indebted for my present happiness to your eager desire of expressing your gratitude. I was not in a humour to wait for any opening of yours. My aunt's intelligence had given me hope, and I was determined at once to know every thing."
"Lady Catherine has been of infinite use, which ought to make her happy, for she loves to be of use. But tell me, what did you come down to Netherfield for? Was it merely to ride to Longbourn and be embarrassed? or had you intended any more serious consequence?"
"My real purpose was to see you, and to judge, if I could, whether I might ever hope to make you love me. My avowed one, or what I avowed to myself, was to see whether your sister were still partial to Bingley, and if she were, to make the confession to him which I have since made."
"Shall you ever have courage to announce to Lady Catherine what is to befall her?"
Backstreet Boys- As Long As You Love Me
<Hajung Kim- This songs explains the new relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy. "Every little thing that you have said and done
Feels like it's deep within me" explains Elizabeth and Darcy's new relationship as they're talking about the past events that they encountered or thought about. From the way that they talk, the little details since the beginning have been affecting them in certain ways and now that they're in love, they think about those and the past seems to be deep within them. Also, "I don't care who you are Where you're from What you did As long as you love me" explains how despite Lady Catherine's disagreement of marriage due to social status, Darcy doesn't care. Just like the lyrics say, Darcy loves Elizabeth for who she is regardless of what most people consider before marriage such as money and acquaintances. This shows Darcy's view of how love matters more than social status, money, relations ,and etc.>
"I am more likely to want more time than courage, Elizabeth. But it ought to be done, and if you will give me a sheet of paper, it shall be done directly."
"And if I had not a letter to write myself, I might sit by you and admire the evenness of your writing, as another young lady once did. But I have an aunt, too, who must not be longer neglected."
From an unwillingness to confess how much her intimacy with Mr. Darcy had been over-rated, Elizabeth had never yet answered Mrs. Gardiner's long letter; but now, having that to communicate which she knew would be most welcome, she was almost ashamed to find that her uncle and aunt had already lost three days of happiness, and immediately wrote as follows:
"I would have thanked you before, my dear aunt, as I ought to have done, for your long, kind, satisfactory, detail of particulars; but to say the truth, I was too cross to write. You supposed more than really existed. But now suppose as much as you choose; give a loose rein to your fancy, indulge your imagination in every possible flight which the subject will afford, and unless you believe me actually married, you cannot greatly err. You must write again very soon, and praise him a great deal more than you did in your last. I thank you, again and again, for not going to the Lakes. How could I be so silly as to wish it! Your idea of the ponies is delightful. We will go round the Park every day. I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh. Mr. Darcy sends you all the love in the world that he can spare from me. You are all to come to Pemberley at Christmas. Yours, etc."
Mr. Darcy's letter to Lady Catherine was in a different style; and still different from either was what Mr. Bennet sent to Mr. Collins, in reply to his last.
"DEAR SIR,
"I must trouble you once more for congratulations. Elizabeth will soon be the wife of Mr. Darcy. Console Lady Catherine as well as you can. But, if I were you, I would stand by the nephew. He has more to give.
"Yours sincerely, etc."
Miss Bingley's congratulations to her brother, on his approaching marriage, were all that was affectionate and insincere. She wrote even to Jane on the occasion, to express her delight, and repeat all her former professions of regard. Jane was not deceived, but she was affected; and though feeling no reliance on her, could not help writing her a much kinder answer than she knew was deserved.
The joy which Miss Darcy expressed on receiving similar information, was as sincere as her brother's in sending it. Four sides of paper were insufficient to contain all her delight, and all her earnest desire of being loved by her sister.
(Sally B. - Throughout the story, letters have been crucial means of communication among the characters. They not only convey kindly regards and major announcements such as Lydia’s elopement with Wickham and marriage announcements, but they also express character’s emotions. For example, it is Mr. Darcy’s letter that begins to change Elizabeth’s opinion of him as it contains his sincere feelings. In this section, the letters are once again used to inform recent news and within those letters, characters' feelings are portrayed. For instance, Georgiana is greatly delighted to hear the news that her four-sides-letters are not enough to hold her emotion. Therefore, the letters have a concrete role in this story.)
Before any answer could arrive from Mr. Collins, or any congratulations to Elizabeth from his wife, the Longbourn family heard that the Collinses were come themselves to Lucas Lodge. The reason of this sudden removal was soon evident. Lady Catherine had been rendered so exceedingly angry by the contents of her nephew's letter, that Charlotte, really rejoicing in the match, was anxious to get away till the storm was blown over. At such a moment, the arrival of her friend was a sincere pleasure to Elizabeth, though in the course of their meetings she must sometimes think the pleasure dearly bought, when she saw Mr. Darcy exposed to all the parading and obsequious civility of her husband. He bore it, however, with admirable calmness. He could even listen to Sir William Lucas, when he complimented him on carrying away the brightest jewel of the country, and expressed his hopes of their all meeting frequently at St. James's, with very decent composure. If he did shrug his shoulders, it was not till Sir William was out of sight.
Mrs. Phillips's vulgarity was another, and perhaps a greater, tax on his forbearance; and though Mrs. Phillips, as well as her sister, stood in too much awe of him to speak with the familiarity which Bingley's good humour encouraged, yet, whenever she did speak, she must be vulgar. Nor was her respect for him, though it made her more quiet, at all likely to make her more elegant. Elizabeth did all she could to shield him from the frequent notice of either, and was ever anxious to keep him to herself, and to those of her family with whom he might converse without mortification; and though the uncomfortable feelings arising from all this took from the season of courtship much of its pleasure, it added to the hope of the future; and she looked forward with delight to the time when they should be removed from society so little pleasing to either, to all the comfort and elegance of their family party at Pemberley.
(Phillip Song- This is a picture of light and dark. It symbolizes the hardships that Elizabeth has gone through. She had to go through several different conflicts and hardships in order to truly love Mr. Darcy. After then, she finally reached her goal and confirmed her love towards Mr. Darcy.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/04/AR2006020400163.html
(Andrew Nogamoto – This article that I have found talks about how money is not the problem to all relationships, but that it is how one approaches the issues on money what causes the problem. This article relates to the text because both the article and Elizabeth says that money is not the problem! By this, it can be inferred that love is more important, which is what Elizabeth and Darcy chose.)
Can Romantic Love Last Forever?
(Zea Page - Throughout the novel Elizabeth has stood by the idea that she wants to marry for love, and by marrying Darcy, she has. This article encourages people to marry for love, because it won’t die out over time and romantic love is an attainable goal, so all along Elizabeth was right in searching for love, because it is possible to find and keep.)
<<Elaine Lee>>
Ordinary People by John Legend
The song “Ordinary People” by John Legend is perfectly appropriate for chapter sixty. This chapter sort of sums up Darcy and Elizabeth’s relationship. The family members of Elizabeth ask if she really loves Darcy because they cannot believe it; they have always thought that she hated him. This shows that Darcy and Elizabeth fight each other a lot but eventually still love each other, like ordinary people do when they are in love. Though Darcy has made some mistakes, was full of pride, and though Elizabeth was prejudice against Darcy they came to terms and still found each other lovable. The lyrics “Past the infatuation phase right in the thick of love” shows how much he loves Elizabeth and “it seems like we argue everyday” illustrates Elizabeth’s and Darcy’s love-hate relationship in which they fight almost everyday. That is why her family thought she didn’t like Darcy. Also “I know I misbehaved and you made your mistakes” can directly depict how Darcy misbehaved in that he acted too proud and how Elizabeth made mistakes of holding prejudice ideas and thoughts against Darcy. “And we both still got room left to grow. And though love sometimes hurts I still put you first And we’ll make this thing work” shows how Darcy and Elizabeth, despite their disagreements, still love each other.
Elizabeth's spirits soon rising to playfulness again, she wanted Mr. Darcy to account for his having ever fallen in love with her.
(Jin Kwon: The picture of the plane touching down is a sign that symbolizes the journey Elizabeth has gone through considering her love for Darcy. It has been hot and cold often too many times but has finally reached a conclusion. This conclusion is what the plane touching down symbolizes. The journey or the plane ride is the time she has taken pondering her feelings for Darcy.)"How could you begin?" said she. "I can comprehend your going on charmingly, when you had once made a beginning; but what could set you off in the first place?"
"I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun."
"My beauty you had early withstood, and as for my manners—my behaviour to you was at least always bordering on the uncivil, and I never spoke to you without rather wishing to give you pain than not. Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?"
"For the liveliness of your mind, I did."
"You may as well call it impertinence at once. It was very little less. The fact is, that you were sick of civility, of deference, of officious attention. You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking, and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike them. Had you not been really amiable, you would have hated me for it; but in spite of the pains you took to disguise yourself, your feelings were always noble and just; and in your heart, you thoroughly despised the persons who so assiduously courted you. There—I have saved you the trouble of accounting for it; and really, all things considered, I begin to think it perfectly reasonable. To be sure, you knew no actual good of me—but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love."
"Was there no good in your affectionate behaviour to Jane while she was ill at Netherfield?"
"Dearest Jane! who could have done less for her? But make a virtue of it by all means. My good qualities are under your protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible; and, in return, it belongs to me to find occasions for teasing and quarrelling with you as often as may be; and I shall begin directly by asking you what made you so unwilling to come to the point at last. What made you so shy of me, when you first called, and afterwards dined here? Why, especially, when you called, did you look as if you did not care about me?"
"Because you were grave and silent, and gave me no encouragement."
"But I was embarrassed."
Especially For You - MYMP
[Sarah Hwang - During this conversation, the point that Elizabeth wants to go across is that her her feelings toward Darcy has not changed, and now she is comfortable enough to tell him how she has felt in the past. Just like the lyrics of the song, they are now back to together, and now she is confident to express her love towards Darcy.]
"And so was I."
"You might have talked to me more when you came to dinner."
"A man who had felt less, might."
"How unlucky that you should have a reasonable answer to give, and that I should be so reasonable as to admit it! But I wonder how long you would have gone on, if you had been left to yourself. I wonder when you would have spoken, if I had not asked you! My resolution of thanking you for your kindness to Lydia had certainly great effect. Too much, I am afraid; for what becomes of the moral, if our comfort springs from a breach of promise? for I ought not to have mentioned the subject. This will never do.
"You need not distress yourself. The moral will be perfectly fair. Lady Catherine's unjustifiable endeavours to separate us were the means of removing all my doubts. I am not indebted for my present happiness to your eager desire of expressing your gratitude. I was not in a humour to wait for any opening of yours. My aunt's intelligence had given me hope, and I was determined at once to know every thing."
"Lady Catherine has been of infinite use, which ought to make her happy, for she loves to be of use. But tell me, what did you come down to Netherfield for? Was it merely to ride to Longbourn and be embarrassed? or had you intended any more serious consequence?"
"My real purpose was to see you, and to judge, if I could, whether I might ever hope to make you love me. My avowed one, or what I avowed to myself, was to see whether your sister were still partial to Bingley, and if she were, to make the confession to him which I have since made."
"Shall you ever have courage to announce to Lady Catherine what is to befall her?"
Backstreet Boys- As Long As You Love Me
<Hajung Kim- This songs explains the new relationship between Elizabeth and Darcy. "Every little thing that you have said and done
Feels like it's deep within me" explains Elizabeth and Darcy's new relationship as they're talking about the past events that they encountered or thought about. From the way that they talk, the little details since the beginning have been affecting them in certain ways and now that they're in love, they think about those and the past seems to be deep within them. Also, "I don't care who you are Where you're from What you did As long as you love me" explains how despite Lady Catherine's disagreement of marriage due to social status, Darcy doesn't care. Just like the lyrics say, Darcy loves Elizabeth for who she is regardless of what most people consider before marriage such as money and acquaintances. This shows Darcy's view of how love matters more than social status, money, relations ,and etc.>
"I am more likely to want more time than courage, Elizabeth. But it ought to be done, and if you will give me a sheet of paper, it shall be done directly."
"And if I had not a letter to write myself, I might sit by you and admire the evenness of your writing, as another young lady once did. But I have an aunt, too, who must not be longer neglected."
From an unwillingness to confess how much her intimacy with Mr. Darcy had been over-rated, Elizabeth had never yet answered Mrs. Gardiner's long letter; but now, having that to communicate which she knew would be most welcome, she was almost ashamed to find that her uncle and aunt had already lost three days of happiness, and immediately wrote as follows:
"I would have thanked you before, my dear aunt, as I ought to have done, for your long, kind, satisfactory, detail of particulars; but to say the truth, I was too cross to write. You supposed more than really existed. But now suppose as much as you choose; give a loose rein to your fancy, indulge your imagination in every possible flight which the subject will afford, and unless you believe me actually married, you cannot greatly err. You must write again very soon, and praise him a great deal more than you did in your last. I thank you, again and again, for not going to the Lakes. How could I be so silly as to wish it! Your idea of the ponies is delightful. We will go round the Park every day. I am the happiest creature in the world. Perhaps other people have said so before, but not one with such justice. I am happier even than Jane; she only smiles, I laugh. Mr. Darcy sends you all the love in the world that he can spare from me. You are all to come to Pemberley at Christmas. Yours, etc."
Mr. Darcy's letter to Lady Catherine was in a different style; and still different from either was what Mr. Bennet sent to Mr. Collins, in reply to his last.
"DEAR SIR,
"I must trouble you once more for congratulations. Elizabeth will soon be the wife of Mr. Darcy. Console Lady Catherine as well as you can. But, if I were you, I would stand by the nephew. He has more to give.
"Yours sincerely, etc."
Miss Bingley's congratulations to her brother, on his approaching marriage, were all that was affectionate and insincere. She wrote even to Jane on the occasion, to express her delight, and repeat all her former professions of regard. Jane was not deceived, but she was affected; and though feeling no reliance on her, could not help writing her a much kinder answer than she knew was deserved.
The joy which Miss Darcy expressed on receiving similar information, was as sincere as her brother's in sending it. Four sides of paper were insufficient to contain all her delight, and all her earnest desire of being loved by her sister.
(Sally B. - Throughout the story, letters have been crucial means of communication among the characters. They not only convey kindly regards and major announcements such as Lydia’s elopement with Wickham and marriage announcements, but they also express character’s emotions. For example, it is Mr. Darcy’s letter that begins to change Elizabeth’s opinion of him as it contains his sincere feelings. In this section, the letters are once again used to inform recent news and within those letters, characters' feelings are portrayed. For instance, Georgiana is greatly delighted to hear the news that her four-sides-letters are not enough to hold her emotion. Therefore, the letters have a concrete role in this story.)
Before any answer could arrive from Mr. Collins, or any congratulations to Elizabeth from his wife, the Longbourn family heard that the Collinses were come themselves to Lucas Lodge. The reason of this sudden removal was soon evident. Lady Catherine had been rendered so exceedingly angry by the contents of her nephew's letter, that Charlotte, really rejoicing in the match, was anxious to get away till the storm was blown over. At such a moment, the arrival of her friend was a sincere pleasure to Elizabeth, though in the course of their meetings she must sometimes think the pleasure dearly bought, when she saw Mr. Darcy exposed to all the parading and obsequious civility of her husband. He bore it, however, with admirable calmness. He could even listen to Sir William Lucas, when he complimented him on carrying away the brightest jewel of the country, and expressed his hopes of their all meeting frequently at St. James's, with very decent composure. If he did shrug his shoulders, it was not till Sir William was out of sight.
Mrs. Phillips's vulgarity was another, and perhaps a greater, tax on his forbearance; and though Mrs. Phillips, as well as her sister, stood in too much awe of him to speak with the familiarity which Bingley's good humour encouraged, yet, whenever she did speak, she must be vulgar. Nor was her respect for him, though it made her more quiet, at all likely to make her more elegant. Elizabeth did all she could to shield him from the frequent notice of either, and was ever anxious to keep him to herself, and to those of her family with whom he might converse without mortification; and though the uncomfortable feelings arising from all this took from the season of courtship much of its pleasure, it added to the hope of the future; and she looked forward with delight to the time when they should be removed from society so little pleasing to either, to all the comfort and elegance of their family party at Pemberley.
(Phillip Song- This is a picture of light and dark. It symbolizes the hardships that Elizabeth has gone through. She had to go through several different conflicts and hardships in order to truly love Mr. Darcy. After then, she finally reached her goal and confirmed her love towards Mr. Darcy.)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/04/AR2006020400163.html
(Andrew Nogamoto – This article that I have found talks about how money is not the problem to all relationships, but that it is how one approaches the issues on money what causes the problem. This article relates to the text because both the article and Elizabeth says that money is not the problem! By this, it can be inferred that love is more important, which is what Elizabeth and Darcy chose.)
Can Romantic Love Last Forever?
(Zea Page - Throughout the novel Elizabeth has stood by the idea that she wants to marry for love, and by marrying Darcy, she has. This article encourages people to marry for love, because it won’t die out over time and romantic love is an attainable goal, so all along Elizabeth was right in searching for love, because it is possible to find and keep.)
<<Elaine Lee>>
Ordinary People by John Legend
The song “Ordinary People” by John Legend is perfectly appropriate for chapter sixty. This chapter sort of sums up Darcy and Elizabeth’s relationship. The family members of Elizabeth ask if she really loves Darcy because they cannot believe it; they have always thought that she hated him. This shows that Darcy and Elizabeth fight each other a lot but eventually still love each other, like ordinary people do when they are in love. Though Darcy has made some mistakes, was full of pride, and though Elizabeth was prejudice against Darcy they came to terms and still found each other lovable. The lyrics “Past the infatuation phase right in the thick of love” shows how much he loves Elizabeth and “it seems like we argue everyday” illustrates Elizabeth’s and Darcy’s love-hate relationship in which they fight almost everyday. That is why her family thought she didn’t like Darcy. Also “I know I misbehaved and you made your mistakes” can directly depict how Darcy misbehaved in that he acted too proud and how Elizabeth made mistakes of holding prejudice ideas and thoughts against Darcy. “And we both still got room left to grow. And though love sometimes hurts I still put you first And we’ll make this thing work” shows how Darcy and Elizabeth, despite their disagreements, still love each other.
Chapter 61