Lizzie

I just finished reading Pride & Prejudice. It is an excellent book, and I must say that I never relate to any character as well as I relate to Elizabeth Bennet. Maybe that is simply vanity, because she is such an admired heroine, but there are several of her qualities and attitudes that I find in myself. Such as…

She enjoys speaking her mind. She makes quick decisions about people and bases her attitude upon that decision. Some may call that prejudice. hmmm. She is reasonable enough to consider something and realize that she is, indeed, wrong. She is extremely loyal to those she loves. She enjoys reading. She plays piano, but not very well because she should have practiced more. She is convinced that nothing but the deepest love will persuade her into matrimony. And she dearly loves to laugh…check, check, check, aaaand check. Yep, those could all describe me.

Maybe I’m just dreaming, because doesn’t everyone want to be Lizzie if for no other fact than that she marries Mr. Darcy in the end? She meets him, practically despises him, lets him know her feelings in very direct manners, and still, he falls in love with her. Yes, I would like to be Lizzie.

So, I will endeavor to take many walks as Lizzie did, and eventually I’ll meet someone I despise. One can only hope.

“And yet I meant to be uncommonly clever in taking so decided a dislike to him, without any reason. It is a spur to one’s genius, such an opening for wit to have a dislike of that kind. One may be continually abusive without saying anything just; but one cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.”