I love fairytales!!!!

I was watching the movie of 'Pride and Prejudice' and all I could think of was about watching one of those fairytale disney movies. What I didn't realise is that I was watching a Fairlytale. At least one for Jane Austens society. The marriage for romance and love does not really excist, that is back then. Romance is the base of all Disney Fairytale movies (except for tresure island), its the romance that creates the story. Romance did just that in "Pride and Prejudice' and thats when the movie became a Disney Fairytale for me.
Before women married to survive, to live. Thats exactly what Charlotte points out to Elizabeth. The one scene where she tells Elizabeth she married Mr.Collins really stuck out for me. She basically said that as long as she had a comfortable place to stay, and someone to support her, that was good enough for her. The whole book is for people who wanted to escape from that reality, just like children watch Disney movies to enter a world of magic. This was an idea that was part of the world of imagination, but had yet not been achieved by most women.

Elizabeth denys two men for marriage, because she does not love them. They have everything she needs for a women of Jane Austens world, except for love. Charlotte is a normal average woman, and Elizabeth is the fairytale which women wished to achieve. She does not marry for money, or for a comfortable home, she marrys for love.



Fairytales teach children how to make the world a better place when they grow up. But once they grow up, they forget, because they no longer have hope for the world.

MR. COLLINS NOOO000ooo...

(This blog is annoying like Mr.Collins. Please look at previous for something more interesting)

Mr.Collins is quite a different character compared to all the others. He is a ridiculous character, and his ridicule is shown in his manners, the way he speaks, the way he reacts to things, and the way he thinks. At the beginning of chapter 15 we learn why Mr.Collins character is so histerical. He was brought up in such a way, that his father seems to influenced him quite a bit, "The subjection in which his father had brought him up, had given him originally great humility of manner, but it was now a good deal of counteracted by the self-conceit of a weak head."

The world of Mr.Collins seems to revolve two things, pleasing aswell as complimenting on everyone, and honouring and pleasing Lady Catherine. He also seems to think highly of himself and that everything is going to go his way, "this was his plan for ammends" "and he thought an excellent one full of eligibility suitability, and excessively generous and disinterested on his own part." The only reason why he wants to marry is because it is all part of his life plan. Mr.Collins does not nescessarly care who he marries, just so long as he marrys one of the Bennets to make amends to their family. When he finds out Jane might soon be engadged, "Mr.Collins had only to change from Jane to Elizabeth," showing how desparate he is.

Mr.Collins appears to be very persistent. He followed Mr.Bennert ever since breakfast, and he "continued nominally engaged with the larges portafolios" which is why Mr.Bennet wanted to get rid of him so that he could have the library to himself.

Jane Austen is able to use Mr.Collins to create humour in the chapter. Mr.Collins very nature makes a reader want to smile yet cringe at the embarrasing scenes and moments Mr.Collins goes through. What is even more humourus is that Mr.Collins does not realise his own mistakes. His lack of education, his exagerated apologies and his never ending speeches show the lack of understanding from this one man, which creates a humorous atmosphere in the novel. Mr.Collins captures humour, ridiculousness, and mistakes which Jane Austen wants to show about some people in her society.

Rejection Stabs The Heart Like A Sword.

Diary Entry X7 Darcy:

I can not belive that I was just rejected by the lady I have loved for months. Her own eyes, that I so deeply looked into, changed when I declared how I admire and love her. She has hurt my pride, but she has not broken my love for her. All I feel is anger, dissapointment, disbelief, and love... so much love for her.

I expected more of a reply... I wanted her eyes to light and for her to accept my hand of marriage, but all I had in return was an offensive no with little or no civility. She gave me the truth of what her opinion is of me. She has made my faults appear heavier than they really are. These accusations are bitter, but they will not stop my love for her, because my feelings are natural and just.

I am astonished that she believes I am arrogant, conceited, and selfish. She see's me as a man with pride that is too great. Offcourse, I am sure she only said that because she is still upset about the Wickham incident. Well, she does not know the truth of the situation, and it is a shame that she did not allow me to explain myself.

How could she say such things about me? Am I truly the last man in the whole unfaire world she would want to marry? Is my character just as bad as she explained it? Her last accusations tear at my heart. When she said it, I could not bear to hear anymore of her insults. How could such a handsome women be like that? Yet, I still love her from the bottom of my heart. Humans are strange.

I suppose I should completely comprehend her feelings and be ashamed of my own. She should not marry a man who hurt her own sisters heart. I am not ashamed of the separation an I am glad that it was a success. I have been kinder to Mr.Bingley then I am to myself.

Inspite of all this, I have learned that it is almost impossible to conquer her, and for her to accept my hand in marriage. I was sure she was going to say yes. I must find another way of asking her... or maybe... maybe I should just get out of her life. I am probably just wasting her time, and my own. There must be another way, for my feelings will not be repressed and I will continue to admire and love her. I will always remember the charming look in her eyes. Even though my pride has been punctured.

Increase of Admiration

Darcy has a constantly changing view on Elizabeth Benneth throughout the entire Novel, "Pride and Prejudice." His view changes from finding her to be average, to realising she is the woman he does not want to live without. There are several points where Mr.Darcys opinion is stated. The most notable is his first one, where he tells Mr.Bingley that Elizabeth Bennet is, "tolerable" but is "not handsome enough to tempt" him. He does not want to agknowledge women who are, "slighted by other men" like Bingley does with the beautiful Jane Bennet.

In chapter six, Mr.Darcy's change in opinion about Elizabeth Bennet, has begun to take place. Elizabeth is now, "becoming an object of some interest in the eyes" of Mr.Darcy. At first he did not consider her pretty in the slightest, "he had looked at her without admiration." Now, Mr.Darcy is a little attracted the young lady saying she is, "uncommonly inteligent" and has a "beautiful expression of her dark eyes." He does not only look at her intelligence but also at her body form saying that it is "light and pleasing." Now Elizabeth isn't "tolerable" anymore, instead she is now has "a pair of fine eyes" and is considered a "pretty woman" by Mr.Darcy.


If in chapter 6 Mr.Darcy was just noticing Elizabeth, he really has his eyes fixed on her in chapter 10. Which makes Elizabeth feel uncomfortable, since she is unsure how to react to being "an object of admiration to so great a man." Especially since she did not like him, just like he did not like her. We as readers also begin to admire Mr.Darcy as he admires Elizabeth. We are now told that he has, "gallantry." Just like Elizabeth we are confused by this change. He use not not even look at her and now he is "bewitched" by her. Perhaps now his past opinion has been ,"lost forever."

In chapter 34, he is now nervous around her and is now entirely "bewitched" by her. He says nothing when he enters the room, and then he admits his love for her, "In vain I have struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." Although Elizabeth already knew this, it still comes as a shock "Elizabeth's astonishment was beyond expression". Especially after a small misunderstanding they had.

Now that thier relationship begins to develop. We learn more as readers. Mr.Darcy actually liked Elizabeth based on his first aquaintance with her!"But that was only when I first knew her, for it is many months since I have considered her as one of the handsomest women of my acquaintance." It turns out he has liked her for some time, although when he first saw her, he was not very impressed.

As a reader, I have yet to complete the last chapters to discover how else Mr.Darcy's love changes for Elizabeth. Elizabeth mirrors Darcy's change in view of the opposite person. They have many similar opinions, and react to alot of the situations in the same way although they come from diffrent backrounds.

marriage, MARRIAGE, Marriage? MaRrIaGe

Chapter one Pride And Prejudice : Views on marriage

The first view on marriage is summed up within the first sentence of the novel, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a man in possesion of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." The rest of the chapter shows the opposite view to the one stated at the start. It is instead, "A truth universally acknowledged, that a woman in want of a good fortune, must be in want of a husband". This is proven when Mrs.Bennet takes it as her job to get one of her daughters married off to a wealthy man who comes, while Mr.Bennet does not care as much. Other mothers and women behave in this way aswell, they consider the wealthy man, "as the rightful property of someone or other of thier daughters."

Mrs.Bennet portrays the mother of her time period, and replicates the opinions of the time. Women usually married men thier parents chose for them, it is now up to Mrs.Bennet to chosse a husband for one of her daughters. This is the reason why she is excited about the wealthy young man. When Mr.Bennet asks if the young man is single or married, Mrs.Bennet immediately replys, "Oh! Single, my dear to be sure." Although it is her job to marry off her daughters, she is very picky about what kind of man they are to be married to. The most important thing is how wealthy the man is, "A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls." But no matter how mard she tries to marry off one of her daughters, the final decision appears to be done by the man of the house. Which is why she insists that Mr.Beent, "must visit him as soon as he comes" so that he "may fall in love" with one of her daughters. Her family is to be married off to money.

Women could not inhereht money and could only get small work positions, which is why they had to be married off to a man who could take care of them and was of thier status. Therefore Mrs.Bennets views are altered to Mr.Bennets views. His interes in having his daughters married off is not as drastic as Mrs. Bennets opinion. He is still wants his daughters to be married off, which is why he asked if the young man was married or single. He pays more attention to whom in specific the man will marry , "I will send a few lines by you to assure him hearty of my consent to his marrying which ever he cuses of the girls:though I must throw in a good word for my little Lizzie...Lizzie has some thing more of quickness." He dislikes the fact that he always has to visit young rich men, but he does it because he cares about his daughters. Especially Elizabeth. He wants his daughters to marry well, but he wants them to marry because they wanted to, because of love.


Both marriage for love and money are expressed in the views of characters in chapter one. Parents are involved in the marriage of thier daughters so that they may improve thier family image. Mothers saw it as the buisness of thier life to get their daughters married. Fathers visited theses young men to talk with and throw in a good word for thier daughters. Everything they did when a wealthy young man came to visit, was to see if they could get him to marry thier daughter. The views of the young man are not stated in the first chapter, but the views of the surrounding families are obvious as sthey all try to make him fall in love and marry.

Elizabeths Thoughts After The Dance

I have just come back from quite a delightfull ball. The dances were perfect, the music alive, and the air cheerful. I have nver seen so many fine dresses in my life! The only fault in the ball was the lack of men. The young, wealthy Mr.Bingley came with two of his sisters, the husband of the eldest, and another handsome young man. I must say, Mr. Bingley is quite the gentleman. His sisters are fine women, and they came in the best dresses.

At first everyone was impressed by the presence of the young man Mr.Darcy. He was viewed as a fine figure of a man, but unfortunately to everyones disgust, it was found that he is proud, and unworthy to be compared to such a nice man as Mr.Bingley. What a rude man, you won't believe what he said about me.

I sat down most of the time, since there were few men to dance with, yet I am pleased to know that Cathernine and Lydia had a partner the entire time. As I minded my own buisness, I overheard a conversation bettween Mr.Darcy and Mr. Bingley. What rude words I heard come out of the mouth of Mr.Darcy! Mr.Bingley was in the company of his so called good friend, trying to persuade him to dance. I don't know how Mr.Bingley can stand such a man! They are nothing alike! Mr.Darcy said that Mr.Bingley was dancing with the only handsome woman in the room (my sister) and when Mr.Bingley suggested he dance with me he merely said,"she is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me." Right then and there, all the money in his vast fortune could never let me forgive him for saying such a thing.

I am happy Jane was highly admired by Mr.Bingley and the Netherfield party in general. I suspected Mr.Bingley would ask her to dance twice. She offcourse didn't expect it, she rarely thinks highly of herself. I love how she always looks for the good in people, and never judges them based on appearance. Mr.Darcy could deffinitely learn alot from her!

.... Who does he think he is anyways?????

**Note: Must use Darcy story as a conversation starter with my friend Charlotte.

Your Danmed if You Commit Revenge, and Your Damned If You Don't

I found the documentary about Directing Shakespere very intersting. There were some quotes and different pharses which stood out to me. The first one being how the commentary described Hamlet as a play "about the torment of the human soul." This is true, every single soliloquy I have read has only shown how mentally Tormented Hamlet is.

"Hamlets soul searching is one of the most complex and philosofical journeys of all acting" which is why it has taken the greatest of male actors across the ages to play the part. The Director in this documentary, Jacabi, should know. He played the part himself. In the documentary you can see an actor trying to direct actors as he expresses the line "Where is Polonius" just the way he wants it to be said, word for word. He explains what its like to give away acting secrets to the then young man Kenneth Barrangh, who appears to be following the legendary elder mans footsteps.

The different actors have thier own views about how to interpret thier roles, but they most deffinitely appreciate everything the director has to say.Richard Eastan plays the part of Claudius. His Claudius views Hamlet as a loser, and he wants the audience not to realise he is the villain at firist. The director also changes how Ophelia is viewed. When her father dies, "Ophelia is reduced to the madness Hamlet pretends." She is also present in Hamlets To Be Or Not To Be solilouquy, when normally a solilouquy is only done with the actor who is saying it alone on the stage.

The documentary also described Shakesperes choice of words and how important they are, "language is the glory of shakespere, but can be difficult to a modern actor," which is why it takes a great actor to play any character in shakesperes plays. Sure highschoolers and amateurs have tried, but an actor really has to really understand the words Shakespere has given in the script. Its not just memorization of the lines and then saying them out lous like a robot, but really understanding the character the way Shakespere wanted it to be, the "whole natuer of a line is that in reveals the character."

Once the actors have captured the characters personality they can create moments, and really make the turnabout moments special, "each effective drama has at least one moment where everything hinges after which and because of which nothing can be the same for anyone.

I Have Never Seen You Before

Dreams? What do Dreams have to do with Hamlet? How about childhood? Does childhood explain to us what happens in Shakesperes play Hamlet? Thats what Freud seems to think.

Is Hamlet ever naked in his dream? Does he dream of the death of a loved one? I don't think he ever dreams of a loved one dying, but it does happen to him in real life. Freud describes the play as the following :
"The play is based upon Hamlet's hesitation in accomplishing the task of revenge assigned to him; the text does not give the cause or the motive of this hesitation, nor have the manifold attempts at interpretation succeeded in doing so."

I don't really understand what I read, and perhaps I need to read it a few times more. But several things interested me. Why are there strangers in our dreams?Why do they appear to have "stiff and solem espressions"? Do they react to our feelings? We are told that our dreams are reactions to our childhood, but could it also be a reaction to whats happening to us in the present? The dreams are the dreamer's feelings. The dreamer's feelings control "the strangers" depending on thier feelings the strangers can "look at him in astonishment," or "Laugh at him, or be outraged."

I do not know enough to entirely judge Freud. But perhpas our dreams really are just children pirate games.