“She grew absolutely ashamed of herself… Wickham could she think, without feeling that she had been blind, partial, prejudiced, and absurd” (Austen 159).

After being completely blind by her prejudice, Elizabeth finally realize how wrong she was about Mr. Darcy’s character. She had not forgiving him for breaking up Jane and Bingley but she was learning not he was not as horrible had she claimed. Mr. Darcy wrote her a letter explaining his reasons for breaking up Jane and his whole ordeal with Mr. Wickham. Elizabeth first took the letter with resentment but she read it many times over and realized how horrible Wickham. What Mr. Darcy said about him were things that she had evidence of. Mr. Wickham was planning on marrying Miss King for her money like he was going to do with Miss Darcy. He was a worthless coward, who could not even face Mr. Darcy at the ball and gained enough courage to spread false rumors about him after he left town. Elizabeth’s attitude toward Mr. Wickham changed drastically. It was good that she was angry at Wickham but again she hears a story and runs with it. Elizabeth seemed to be ruled by strong emotions. She has every right to dislike Wickham but it seemed to be the same way she disliked Mr. Darcy and she was deceived the first time. She has to learn to control her emotion and not let them govern her thoughts.

“One has the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it” (172).

This quote is very interesting because it describes it is a recurring theme in the book. People are not what that seemed to be and a lot of times the first impressions appears to be everlasting. First Mr. Wickham, he is a heartless person who only seemed to do what is at his best interest and does not care about who about whom he hurts in the process. Nonetheless, he gives the impression that he is an agreeable man and everyone likes him. He has giving some hints about who he really is but people seem to be blinded by his charms. Mr. Darcy, who has an aloof manner toward people but is a good man at heart, is hated by mostly everyone. This is also a good lesson to be learned that appearance do not dictates ones character.