Mr Darcy Character Analysis

Romanticism mostly had natural settings and pays attention on egoism. Romantic hero was also called as Byronic hero and he is totally different from classic and epic heroes (Byronic Hero, (n.d).) Byronic heroes would have fusion of attraction and repulsion which makes his character realistic. Mr. Darcy from The novel “Pride and prejudice” can be one of the best examples of Byronic hero as he posses most of the characteristics of Byronic hero such as he is always isolated from other, he is emotionally disturbed due to his hidden secrets inside him, he would have reason for his evil deeds, and who can correct his own mistake by realizing it (What are some qualities of Romantic Hero, (n.d).) Mr. Darcy is always isolated from rest of the society

Darcy does two evil deeds first one is when he separates his friend Mr. Bingley and his love Miss Jane because of his manipulative Quality, he though both of their feeling s towards each other was not true and convinced Mr. Bingley by pointing the mismatch or wrong choice of Miss Jane as his bride. He also hides the arriving of Miss Jane in London to stop his friend on meeting her. The second evil deeds was when he doesn’t give anything to Mr. Wickham leading Mr. Wickham to poverty but actually this was not true it was a scandal spread by Mr. Wickham but in the eyes of everyone it would be the evil deed because people were blinded by goodness of Mr. Wickham where Mr. Darcy did defend himself from people due to his sister’s reputation. As a reader we also felt pity on Mr. Wickham but after the letter which was written by Mr. Darcy to Elizabeth we can find that Mr. Wickham has taken three thousand pound and had affair with Mr. Darcy’s sister for her money which is the one of the main reason for Mr. Darcy to hate Mr. Wickham but people doesn’t know about it so it remind as evil deed in the eyes of people. Byronic heroes would often make mistakes because he won’t be perfect like epic heroes but he would correct his own mistake by realizing it (What are some qualities of Romantic Hero, (n.d).) Mr. Darcy corrects all his mistakes at the end of the novel. Firstly he brings back his friend to Netherfield and tells the truth of Miss. Jane being in London and lets his friend to be with Jane this good action corrected one of his mistakes of separating them. Secondly he saves reputation of Miss Elizabeth’s foolish youngest sister Lidia as she ran away with Mr. Wickham without marriage. He saved Lidia by paying Mr. Wickham money to marry Lidia through this