The Dynamic Mr. Darcy
A dynamic character is one that changes significantly from the start of the novel. In Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Darcy is a dynamic character. In his first appearance at the ball, he had a large ego and had no interest in Elizabeth. Though by the end of the book he is no longer the same and had a deep of love for Elizabeth. Mr. Darcy’s love for Elizabeth was non-existent at the beginning and at the end was strong and passionate. Mr. Darcy doesn’t find Elizabeth attractive at all at first. “He looked for a moment at Elizabeth till, catching her eye, he withdrew his own and coldly said, “She is tolerable: but not handsome enough to tempt me;”’ (Austen 11). He thinks he is superior to her and that she is not worthy for him based upon her looks. By the middle of the book he is professing his love for Elizabeth , ‘“You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.”’ (Austen 190) and proposing. He now sees her as one to admire not to look down upon. His feelings for Elizabeth grow making them dynamic.…show more content… Darcy is seen as self absorbed and very disagreeable by everyone. ‘“I beg you would not put it into Lizzy’s head to be vexed by his ill-treatment, for he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him. Mrs. Long told me last night that he sat close to her for half-an-hour without once opening his lips.”’ (Austen 19) By everyone at the ball that night he was pronounced to be cruel and rude. He also had a lot of pride because he was refusing to speak or dance with others. Later on in the novel when Elizabeth visits Pemberley she learns from the maid that he's, “...The sweetest-tempered, most kind-hearted boy in the world” (Austen 245). Though from the accounts of the maid he had always been this way this provided a changed perspective of Darcy’s character. His personality was a big role going from an arrogant and rude person to a kind and loving