Well, Mr. Darcy's extremely awkward proposal really caused
a lot of effects on Elizabeth. First of all, he comes into her room presumably to talk
just about anything, then they get into an argument, he insults her family, her
upbringing, her behavior, you name it. Right there, in the middle of it all, he tells
her that he loves her passionately.
At this point Elizabeth
has seen how he admitted that he told his friend not to propose to Elizabeth's sister,
she also still believes that Darcy took away a fortune from Wickham AND now he comes and
spills his guts against her social status? Just imagine: What would YOU have
done?
Well, what Elizabeth did was basically to say that
nothing in the would would entice her to even consider his proposal, and some other less
mild "pleasantries". To this effect, Darcy left angrily, swore he'll never propose
again, but when he left he wrote her a long letter at least explaining how he was
innocent from the Wickham issue.
Bingley and Jane were so
plain and bland in the story that it is easy to forget their proposal. It is known that
it was supposed to have taken place during the Netherfield Ball, and that it was because
of Darcy that it never took place. We also know that they had tried to stick Georgiana
Darcy (Darcy's sister) up Bingley's heart so he could forget Jane. However, after a man
to man talk and a big "sorry" from Darcy, Bingley finally acted on his own accord, went
towards Jane, and proposed to her.
As bland as their
characters were,you can imagine the effect on Mrs. Bennet, who was in high heavens with
both future marriages (money and power make good husbands), but Jane and Bingley
themselves were just in bliss, and not really sharing much. All the"meat of the matter"
lays in Elizabeth and Darcy.
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