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Should Darcy have interfered with Bingley's love for Jane?

paknon

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Posted by paknon on September 28, 2007 at 11:21 PM and tagged with bingley, darcy, jane, pride and prejudice, themes

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renelane

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Your question is really more of personal opinion-whether you like the character or not. Personally, I feel Darcy should NOT interfere, since he is basing his opinions on a "class"...

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Posted by renelane on September 28, 2007 at 11:45 PM

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No. Plain as that. No. Darcy should not have interfered with Bingley and Jane.

However... I can understand why he did. He looks out for Bingley. He looks out for Bingley and wants him to be happy. He did not think that Jane was in love with Bingley and Darcy didnt was Bingley to love somebody and marry somebody who didnt love him back.

Then again Darcy was being prejudice so perhaps the should have waited to find out first.

Posted by amiralaloca on January 4, 2008 at 8:36 PM

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Definitely from a modern-day point of view, we would say Darcy should have minded his own business.  But let's look at it from Darcy's point of view - that of a 19th-century upper-class...

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Posted by malibrarian on January 5, 2008 at 3:47 AM

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