We first know the character Darcy at the first ball in the story. Darcy is Mr. Bingley' s friend. He got everyone' s attention when he first got to the ball. He had not only a very attractive appearance but also a noble or gentleman liked behavior. Everyone says that he is very good man and his was also famous of his fortune. He seemed to be the ideal man of marriage.
Chapter2; pg.8
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"…..but his
friend Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room by his fine, tall
person, handsome features, noble mien; and the report which was in general
circulation within five minutes after his entrance, of his having ten thousand
a year. The gentlemen pronounced him to be a f fine figure of a man,
the ladies declared he was much handsomer than Mr. Bingley, and he was
looked at with great admiration….."
But the
others changed their mind because of his manner and what he said to the
other. He then immediately became a very disgusting and unwellcoming
person. He danced only once with Mrs. Hurst and once with Miss Bingley.
This let Mrs. Bennet dislike him because she thought that he had slighted
one of her daughters. His character was decided to be the proudest
one.
Chapter2; pg.8
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"…his manners
gave a disgust which turned the tide of his popularity; for he was discovered
to be proud, to be above his company, and above being pleased; and not
all his large estate in Derbyshire could then save him from having a most
forbidding, disagreeable countenance, and being unworthy to be compared
with his friend."
Chapter2; pg8-line22
"…He was the
Proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and everybody hoped that
he would never come there again. Amongst the most violent against
him was Mrs. Bennet…."
We find that he was a so disagreeable man in other' s point of view, but we can also know something totally difference with his image at first to the people in the ball. From the time of Mr. Darcy was writing a letter to his sister, Miss Darcy, we can know that he was in fact no very proud indeed and he dealed with his sister with a very tender attitude. The content of the letter showed his true honesty and what he said to Miss Bingley showed a little of his modesty.
Chapter 10; pg.33-line13
" ……'OH! It
is of no consequence. I shall see her in January. But do you
always write such charming long letters to her, Mr. Darcy?'
'They are generally long; but whether always charming, it is not for me
to determine.'……."
Chapter 10; pg.33-line23
"….'My ideas
flow so rapidly that I have not time to express them-by which means my
letters sometimes convey no ideas a all to my correspondents.'…."