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Pride And Prejudice Quote Analysis

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It's known that individuals tend to want what they know they can't have. This leads to tensions between urgency and patience because an individual wants something so bad it makes them feel like they need it even more. The feeling of knowing you can't have something is what triggers an individual's urgency to feel like they won't be able to live without it. This is shown throughout the book "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen. Mr.Darcy was able to display his love to Elizabeth while she showed no interest at all. Leaving him to feel more inclined towards her. This is where we are shown the urgency Mr.Darcy has to make Elizabeth his, yet his patience comes through with the understanding that you cannot force a person to do something they might …show more content…

In the beginning, Mr.Darcy gravitates towards Elizabeth while she tends to want nothing to do with him. This creates more of an urgency for Mr.Darcy to have her than there was before. This leads him to go as far as listening to Elizabeth's conversations at parties because of his urgency to know more about her. Individuals create an urgency to have something that is not yet within their possession. As Mr.Darcy is a prideful rich man he had access to nearly everything he wanted, so when Elizabeth did not show interest in him it made him want her more. Which is when we are shown the "chase". The "chase" tends to happen between two individuals, one that shows little to no interest in each other and the other that shows a lot of interest in the other person. Which for the person that isn't being shown very much interest makes them want the other person more. So they will go to extreme measures just to get attention from the other. Elizabeth makes it quite obvious that she doesn't want anything to do with him when she turns down dancing with him at the ball. Mr.Darcy draws him more to her because that was not something that had happened to him before. This creates urgency for Mr.Darcy to want Elizabeth more which is when the chase for her …show more content…

His urgency led to him getting rejected. Although it is positive for individuals to have urges so they can develop and show their true feelings, they may not always go in the direction they had wished for. In order to follow through and get what they want they need to have patience and take time to look back and reflect on what they can do next if that is really what they want. Which was the case for Mr.Darcy as he chose to go out and help Elizabeth and her family in the way that would truly mean the most to her. This allows individuals to realize how much they really care about each other instead of developing surface-level relationships. Elizabeth appreciates that Mr.Darcy took the time to learn what she really cared about and then he was able to help her without her having to ask. Also when developing relationships people tend to dive right in because of the urge or them being only with each other. It's better to be able to take the time and be patient so they know what they are doing is

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