“You are joking, Lizzy. This cannot be! engaged to Mr. Darcy … I know it to be impossible” (285).

Beside Mr. Darcy’s aloof manners in the first half of the novel, he is a genuine person. He has all the qualities of an honest man and is the best thing I happened to the Bennet family. Nonetheless, most of them disliked him and thought Elizabeth did also. When she announced her engagement to him everyone had different reactions. Jane her best friend and her confident thought it was false. Her father believes that Elizabeth was marrying him because it would be advantageous to her. Further more, Elizabeth would never choose him to be her husband because he is too proud and she would have to look up to him and please his vanity. Ignoring the fact that he would bend over backwards to please Elizabeth and this has been his mission shortly after he met her for the first time. Mrs. Bennet before rejoicing as an exploiter actually sat in chock and thought about what Elizabeth told her, but she after she was happy that he made ten thousand a year. Everyone’s reaction was sparked by there first impression of Mr. Darcy. They let that guide their attitude towards him and not really giving him a chance to show who he really is, a good man and perfect for Elizabeth.

“Lady Catherine’s unjustifiable endeavours to separate us, were the means of removing all my doubts” (292).

It is ironic that what Lady Catherine was trying to prevent is what she made happen. She gave Mr. Darcy hope that Elizabeth might be in love with him. By going around badmouthing Lizzy, for not promising her that if Mr. Darcy asked her to get married she would not deny his proposal. This made Mr. Darcy realize that he had a chance to be with her. So her went back and took another stab at his proposal and Lizzy accepted. If it was not for Lady Catherine would who knows, maybe they would of never had been engaged; because Mr. Darcy probably would not have wanted to proposed again just to get rejected. He wanted proof of her love and Lady Catherine brought him all the proof he need.