Pride And Prejudice
...not as faithful to the book as we would prefer it to be. The film Pride and Prejudice was based, if not completely, after the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. The plot, story analysis and characters are incredibly related; both mainly based on a young woman named Elizabeth Bennet, and her trials and tribulations with finding love. The book and movie intimately describe her emotional rollercoaster ride of love between Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy, along with the experiences and relationships between her family and friends as well. Both unveil the prejudice that Elizabeth has towards Darcy, the pride Darcy shows towards Elizabeth and vice versa. Yet, the film and novel differed in numerous ways as well.
When Elizabeth first meets Darcy, they argue about the difference of poetry and dancing. In the book however, at first acquaintance, Darcy and Elizabeth did not discuss at all the difference of poetry and dancing. “Elizabeth Bennet had been obliged, by the scarcity of gentleman, to sit down for two dances; and during part of that time, Mr. Darcy had been standing near enough for her to overhear a conversation between him and Mr. Bingley…” (Austen, p. 8) As stated, Elizabeth overheard Darcy and Bingley’s conversation, but nowhere in that conversation or later on during the night did Elizabeth speak with Bingley, especially speak to him about poetry and dancing. The way Darcy and Lizzie acted in the movie was less intense as in the book regarding their dislike for one another. “…why, with so evident a design of offending and insulting me, you chose to tell me that you liked me against your will, against your reason, and even against your character? Was not this some excuse for incivility, if I was uncivil? But I have other provocations. You know I have. Had not my own feelings decided against you, had they been indifferent, or had they even been favourable, do you...
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