ENG323H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Elizabeth Bennet, Aristocracy
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1 of p+p important turning point in drama of knowledge. In western culture, we tend to think that p+p is the love story. 1: greenfield says that they"re replacing the original" darcy with her own idea of them, elizabeth bennet makes a man, as if she was the painter. Touching up the mental image of darcy in her mind as she sees this actual physical image of him. Greenfield says that that command is only possible because darcy isn"t there with elizabeth. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, in particularly in gender terms. Male absence in a prerequisite for love. Elizabeth seems to want this real kind of love, apart from the social circumstances. She can"t gaze at darcy the same way he gazes at her. Original" darcy is the portrait because it"s from when his father was still alive and since his death, darcy has changed. When darcy"s away, it"s easier for elizabeth to let her guard down.
