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I will try to break it down for both characters.
Mr. Darcy: At the beginning of the book, Darcy says, โ She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; and I am in no humour at present to give consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men. You had better return to your partner and enjoy her smiles, for you are wasting your time with me.โ
Later on, he talks to Caroline Bingley about "fine eyes", and he later defends Elizabeth's post-exercise state to Caroline, and then there was this: โYes,โ replied Darcy, who could contain himself no longer, โbut that was only when I first saw her, for it is many months since I have considered her as one of the handsomest women of my acquaintance.โ And here is the part where Darcy responds to Elizabeth about when he started loving her.
โI cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, which laid the foundation. It is too long ago. I was in the middle before I knew that I had begun.โ
Elizabeth Bennet has "liveliness of mind", Darcy likes that she's fiery and has a quick wit, and that she doesn't care about getting mud on her petticoats. She is beautiful (albeit less than Jane), but he likes her spunk a lot too.
Elizabeth Bennet:
โMy dearest sister, now be serious. I want to talk very seriously. Let me know every thing that I am to know, without delay. Will you tell me how long you have loved him?โ
โIt has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley.โ
Elizabeth says this to her sister Jane. I feel like when Elizabeth saw Pemberley, it was then that it struck her, "I could have owned this beautiful place."
Which does make Elizabeth sound very materialistic and shallow, but I think it was really the fact that she thought that such beautiful grounds must be owned by a wonderful man, and the housekeeper praised him highly.
โHe is the best landlord, and the best master,โ said she, โthat ever lived; not like the wild young men nowadays, who think of nothing but themselves. There is not one of his tenants or servants but will give him a good name. Some people call him proud; but I am sure I never saw anything of it. To my fancy, it is only because he does not rattle away like other young men.โ
Also there was what Darcy did to save Lydia's arse. He paid off Mr. Wickam's debts, paid for the wedding, everything. In the 2005 movie they make it a lot clearer by having Darcy say, "Surely you know it was all for you."
Colin Firth is probably the best Mr. Darcy. He does the aristocratic "stiff upper lip" thing so well.
If you can sit through it, it might help you to watch the 1980s miniseries. It follows the book even closer than the 1995 one. Although it's not as pretty to watch, there isn't any Colin Firth in a white shirt, but it is an excellent retelling of the book.
Sorry about the edit :)
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