First impressions are very important. In the Victorian age, people based their whole
opinion of someone on first impressions. Most times the first impression of someone is not the
way they truly are. Sometimes a first impression can cause you to think negative of someone
but later you find out that they are very nice and a very positive person. One example is when
Mr. Darcy meets Elizabeth in the book ,Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth thinks Mr.darcy is a cruel
and arrogant person, but she later finds out that he is not. Also in, Pride and Prejudice when
Elizabeth meets Mr. Wickham she gets the impression that he is very nice and gentlemen like,
but she finds different with him too. In the story " The Importance of being Ernest" Lady
Bracknell does not like Jack because he does not have any money and does not live up to her
standards, but little does she know.
In "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen, Elizabeth thinks Mr. Darcy is a very rude and
self centered person based on what she saw the first time they met or actually the first time they
saw each other. Elizabeth over heard Mr. Darcy talking to Mr. Bingley at a ball and didn't really
like what she heard. "She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me." ( Austen 12) Mr.
Darcy thinks he is much to good for some people and has very high expectations. at one point n
the story Mr. Darcy starts to fall in love with Elizabeth. Elizabeth knows he has changed but
relizes he is beginning to act like Mr. Bingley. " In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My
feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love
you." (Austen 161) Elizabeth does not have the same feelings for him, and why should she he
was very rude and arrogant towards her. "In such cases as this, it is , I believe, the established
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