Chapter 15
a mixture of pride and obsequiousness, self-importance and humility. C is an object of fun but is
also dangerous
he had a wife in view – dry, manipulative
plan of amends – he is planning to marry one of Bennet daughters
trusted that she might soon have two daughters married – women have to marry
Entrance of Wickham P77
JA introduced W as a stranger and as a handsome gentleman
He is introduced by Mr Denny
JA hasn’t said anything bad about him – everything about him is perfect. He is very
agreeable (very agreeably)– different to the shy D – antithesis to D
a fine countenance, a good figure
Introduced to W in this chapter but we are left with Collins as artless
What could be the meaning of it? – It was impossible to imagine; it was impossible not to long to
know D and W’s relationship in a nutshell
Chapter 16
P81 Mr C is very keen to compliment people
Wickham
Wickham is presented as agreeable and manipulative later – more agreeable than
manipulative now
He is charming – charm gets you a long way
He has good manners – manners go a long way
He presents strong opinions but in a moderate way
He has very strong opinions
D is proud – W says this because he is being manipulative
W presents himself as quite unlucky. Money talks as it gives you connection. D has lots of
money
He victimizes himself but is self-aware
He is a cad – becomes a cad – not a nice man
He is presented as charming and moderate in his opinions. A man willing to claim someone’s
good nature if it suits him
E’s response to W: She fancies him and admires him - overwhelmingly charmed by him not
in way Jane is charmed by Bingley. J more reserved. E interested about what W says
because it’s about D – she is obsessed with D because it is gossip
Mr C antithesis to W
D and W family co-exist – it’s a very small world JA writes about.
4/11/21
Conversation between E and W that he is already being manipulative and a cad he talks about how D
did him wrong evidence:
, I cannot pretend to be sorry – makes E feel like D is on her side – he is mirroring her
thoughts
I have no right to give my opinion – he has an opinion which he mirrors to E’s
If he wishes to avoid seeing me, he must go – makes W seem like the bigger man
W is handsome and ‘agreeable’
W clocks that B and D know the Bennets – this affects way he talks to E
P78: Bennet sisters are acquainted with D – clear that B and D have come to see Bennets
D is maligned by W – he is dissed
P87 E complaining about D pride and then W reply top p88 backs her up so he is on her side – he
mirrors his opinion to E
P88 ‘it gives me pain to speak ill of a Darcy’ – he is manipulative
Top 87: ‘implacability of his resentments’ – fits what W is saying. E understanding of D is implacably
set in stone. W’s comments on D confirm her opinion. E feels confident to say to him about the
things she doesn’t like about D. They both agree on D.
He is manipulative because E has the confidence to talk about her opinion of D with W
W affects D’s relationship with E - E is now more in the dark about D than she was before the
conversation. Her implacability has been confirmed – D not nice man
He is trying to set himself up as someone who is charming and liked by everyone – says more
about E than W
E: recipient/listener. Clever, emphatic, witty, headstrong – interested in relationships – J+B
E is JA’s heroine, so she is got to make a mistake until something tells her she is wrong – D
writes her a letter chapter 36 telling her the opposite of what is said in this conversation
The conversation does not implacably change her mind
p83 ‘I have been connected with his family in a particular manner from my infancy’ he has
disgraced the D family
p84: ‘The world is blinded by his fortune and consequences, or frightened by his high and imposing
manners, and sees him only as he chuses to be seen’ – he is choosing his words really carefully
W language is designed for us to understand him as a man who is manipulative to the
extreme – ‘scandalous’ ‘frightened by’ ‘blinded by’
E ‘an ill-tempered man’ – her implacable opinion
Brackets line p85 – E wants to find out more about D from W - she is interested by stuff that is not
good about D – confirms her opinion. She is interested 1) about Darcy 2) about honour 3) it confirms
her understanding that W is a good man
W is setting himself up as a man of honour and a victim
‘The church ought to have been my profession’ – D’s father was his patron and he wanted him to go
into the church, but he didn’t.
‘A military life is not what I was intended for’ – D stopped him from doing this, so he had to go into
the army. D has taken all his livelihood and his means to living and the career he should have done –
ALL LIES so…
a mixture of pride and obsequiousness, self-importance and humility. C is an object of fun but is
also dangerous
he had a wife in view – dry, manipulative
plan of amends – he is planning to marry one of Bennet daughters
trusted that she might soon have two daughters married – women have to marry
Entrance of Wickham P77
JA introduced W as a stranger and as a handsome gentleman
He is introduced by Mr Denny
JA hasn’t said anything bad about him – everything about him is perfect. He is very
agreeable (very agreeably)– different to the shy D – antithesis to D
a fine countenance, a good figure
Introduced to W in this chapter but we are left with Collins as artless
What could be the meaning of it? – It was impossible to imagine; it was impossible not to long to
know D and W’s relationship in a nutshell
Chapter 16
P81 Mr C is very keen to compliment people
Wickham
Wickham is presented as agreeable and manipulative later – more agreeable than
manipulative now
He is charming – charm gets you a long way
He has good manners – manners go a long way
He presents strong opinions but in a moderate way
He has very strong opinions
D is proud – W says this because he is being manipulative
W presents himself as quite unlucky. Money talks as it gives you connection. D has lots of
money
He victimizes himself but is self-aware
He is a cad – becomes a cad – not a nice man
He is presented as charming and moderate in his opinions. A man willing to claim someone’s
good nature if it suits him
E’s response to W: She fancies him and admires him - overwhelmingly charmed by him not
in way Jane is charmed by Bingley. J more reserved. E interested about what W says
because it’s about D – she is obsessed with D because it is gossip
Mr C antithesis to W
D and W family co-exist – it’s a very small world JA writes about.
4/11/21
Conversation between E and W that he is already being manipulative and a cad he talks about how D
did him wrong evidence:
, I cannot pretend to be sorry – makes E feel like D is on her side – he is mirroring her
thoughts
I have no right to give my opinion – he has an opinion which he mirrors to E’s
If he wishes to avoid seeing me, he must go – makes W seem like the bigger man
W is handsome and ‘agreeable’
W clocks that B and D know the Bennets – this affects way he talks to E
P78: Bennet sisters are acquainted with D – clear that B and D have come to see Bennets
D is maligned by W – he is dissed
P87 E complaining about D pride and then W reply top p88 backs her up so he is on her side – he
mirrors his opinion to E
P88 ‘it gives me pain to speak ill of a Darcy’ – he is manipulative
Top 87: ‘implacability of his resentments’ – fits what W is saying. E understanding of D is implacably
set in stone. W’s comments on D confirm her opinion. E feels confident to say to him about the
things she doesn’t like about D. They both agree on D.
He is manipulative because E has the confidence to talk about her opinion of D with W
W affects D’s relationship with E - E is now more in the dark about D than she was before the
conversation. Her implacability has been confirmed – D not nice man
He is trying to set himself up as someone who is charming and liked by everyone – says more
about E than W
E: recipient/listener. Clever, emphatic, witty, headstrong – interested in relationships – J+B
E is JA’s heroine, so she is got to make a mistake until something tells her she is wrong – D
writes her a letter chapter 36 telling her the opposite of what is said in this conversation
The conversation does not implacably change her mind
p83 ‘I have been connected with his family in a particular manner from my infancy’ he has
disgraced the D family
p84: ‘The world is blinded by his fortune and consequences, or frightened by his high and imposing
manners, and sees him only as he chuses to be seen’ – he is choosing his words really carefully
W language is designed for us to understand him as a man who is manipulative to the
extreme – ‘scandalous’ ‘frightened by’ ‘blinded by’
E ‘an ill-tempered man’ – her implacable opinion
Brackets line p85 – E wants to find out more about D from W - she is interested by stuff that is not
good about D – confirms her opinion. She is interested 1) about Darcy 2) about honour 3) it confirms
her understanding that W is a good man
W is setting himself up as a man of honour and a victim
‘The church ought to have been my profession’ – D’s father was his patron and he wanted him to go
into the church, but he didn’t.
‘A military life is not what I was intended for’ – D stopped him from doing this, so he had to go into
the army. D has taken all his livelihood and his means to living and the career he should have done –
ALL LIES so…
