Darcy’s wealth: “Mr. Darcy! Who would have thought it! And is it really true? Oh! my sweetest Lizzy! how rich and how great you will be! What pin-money, what jewels, what carriages you will have!” (466) Elizabeth’s mother thinks that Elizabeth is marrying Mr. Darcy because of his wealth. Since he has much more money, that would be Elizabeth’s expected motive. However, Elizabeth got married because she loves Mr. Darcy, and tells her father this: “‘I do, I do like him,’ she replied, with tears in her eyes, ‘I love him.’” (464) Mrs. Bennet also seems much more excited about the money Elizabeth will be entitled to, than she is about her daughter finding love. This reflects upon what was important in marriage in that time, money not love. This marriage for love would have broken what society would have expected, because marriage for love was not as common as it is
Darcy’s wealth: “Mr. Darcy! Who would have thought it! And is it really true? Oh! my sweetest Lizzy! how rich and how great you will be! What pin-money, what jewels, what carriages you will have!” (466) Elizabeth’s mother thinks that Elizabeth is marrying Mr. Darcy because of his wealth. Since he has much more money, that would be Elizabeth’s expected motive. However, Elizabeth got married because she loves Mr. Darcy, and tells her father this: “‘I do, I do like him,’ she replied, with tears in her eyes, ‘I love him.’” (464) Mrs. Bennet also seems much more excited about the money Elizabeth will be entitled to, than she is about her daughter finding love. This reflects upon what was important in marriage in that time, money not love. This marriage for love would have broken what society would have expected, because marriage for love was not as common as it is