And how are you this evening, ...Mrs. Darcy?
Thursday, December 15, 2005
12:00:00 PM
Feeling Mischievous
Hearing Pride and Prejudice Soundtrack
Hello, so it has been a most exhausting week. I went to see Pride and Prejudice for the 3rd time last night. Yes, I know, I'm odd but please do get over it for I do not have the time.
Well I thought I would give you all a through character analysis of just the two main characters, my favorites, Elizabeth Bennet and FitzWilliam Darcy. Kiera Knightly plays Miss Elizabeth Bennet, the second eldest daughter of five Bennet's. She does not have any particular talents or ambitions that would differentiate her from her siblings. She is simply not interested in losing her head over whether or not she gets married. Miss Elizabeth would rather be alone than be with someone for convenience sake. Of course, there is still some fear in her that she will never find another to love but she braves on. After all, she does have her pride.
Matthew MacFadyen plays Mr. Darcy, good friend to Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods) who is interested in marrying Miss Elizabeth's older sister, Miss Jane Bennet (Rosamund Pike). He broods and skulks but we are still intrigued as he has such beautiful eyes. These are eyes that suggest something more sensitive beneath this brutish façade. Mr. Darcy is well intentioned but has yet to master the art of human interaction as is quite clearly shown as he flexes his hand and fingers awkwardly after touching Miss Elizabeth's hand. For her, it is a simple touch; for him however, a vulnerable revelation that he has likely never been loved nor allowed himself to love. Remaining safe in his tower above the commoners has shaped for him many a prejudice.
My two favorite scenes were when he emerged out of the mist (for quite obvious reasons...I think it's the sexiest thing I've witnessed on celluloid) and when he and his sister are speaking to Lizzy and her family at Pemberly. We get a glimpse of his softer side when his sister runs up and jumps into his arms, and he swings her around. But my heart skipped a beat when we see him smile. After the dozens of minutes of him barely opening his mouth, he smiles, and there is a warmth there not seen before, and gentleness. It is that that makes him irresistible.
Pride and Prejudice meet on the dance floor when Mr. Darcy unexpectedly asks Miss Elizabeth to dance. When the dance first begins, the conversation between the two is cold, guarded and expressed in the third person. It is aggressive, confrontational. They are both angry that the other's existence remains with them when they are apart. As it continues though, they cannot deny their chemistry as the dance flows naturally until the end nears and there is no one left in the ballroom but these two. Fight all you like but you cannot will love away and that is a lesson that you must let go of both your prejudices and your pride before you can learn it.
12:00:00 PM
Feeling Mischievous
Hearing Pride and Prejudice Soundtrack
Hello, so it has been a most exhausting week. I went to see Pride and Prejudice for the 3rd time last night. Yes, I know, I'm odd but please do get over it for I do not have the time.
Well I thought I would give you all a through character analysis of just the two main characters, my favorites, Elizabeth Bennet and FitzWilliam Darcy. Kiera Knightly plays Miss Elizabeth Bennet, the second eldest daughter of five Bennet's. She does not have any particular talents or ambitions that would differentiate her from her siblings. She is simply not interested in losing her head over whether or not she gets married. Miss Elizabeth would rather be alone than be with someone for convenience sake. Of course, there is still some fear in her that she will never find another to love but she braves on. After all, she does have her pride.
Matthew MacFadyen plays Mr. Darcy, good friend to Mr. Bingley (Simon Woods) who is interested in marrying Miss Elizabeth's older sister, Miss Jane Bennet (Rosamund Pike). He broods and skulks but we are still intrigued as he has such beautiful eyes. These are eyes that suggest something more sensitive beneath this brutish façade. Mr. Darcy is well intentioned but has yet to master the art of human interaction as is quite clearly shown as he flexes his hand and fingers awkwardly after touching Miss Elizabeth's hand. For her, it is a simple touch; for him however, a vulnerable revelation that he has likely never been loved nor allowed himself to love. Remaining safe in his tower above the commoners has shaped for him many a prejudice.
My two favorite scenes were when he emerged out of the mist (for quite obvious reasons...I think it's the sexiest thing I've witnessed on celluloid) and when he and his sister are speaking to Lizzy and her family at Pemberly. We get a glimpse of his softer side when his sister runs up and jumps into his arms, and he swings her around. But my heart skipped a beat when we see him smile. After the dozens of minutes of him barely opening his mouth, he smiles, and there is a warmth there not seen before, and gentleness. It is that that makes him irresistible.
Pride and Prejudice meet on the dance floor when Mr. Darcy unexpectedly asks Miss Elizabeth to dance. When the dance first begins, the conversation between the two is cold, guarded and expressed in the third person. It is aggressive, confrontational. They are both angry that the other's existence remains with them when they are apart. As it continues though, they cannot deny their chemistry as the dance flows naturally until the end nears and there is no one left in the ballroom but these two. Fight all you like but you cannot will love away and that is a lesson that you must let go of both your prejudices and your pride before you can learn it.
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