Pride & Prejudice

Remember Bride & Prejudice-Indian version of Pride and Prejudice? The original story is in a different setting, and is about Mr Bennet's family set in England which gives more justice to each event. Can't say that I found the story line interesting. I found the conversations too formal with
words given more importance than the feelings. Throughout, there was communication by letters, & I wondered that had email existed, it would have solved half of their problems. But still, I was glued to it till the last page.

It is about usual family conversations over breakfast, lunch & dinner. It is about how different characters in the same family have distinct views about a common subject and how their approach towards it creates problems or happiness for the entire family. The pride of Mr Darcy, the character that Miss Elizabeth hates in the beginning and the prejudice that Miss Elizabeth has against Mr Darcy creates a barrier between them and doesn't let her mind peep into the benevolence in him. But Mr Darcy has feelings for Elizabeth which he conveys at the wrong time and in a wrong way and when she rejects his proposal, his pride is deeply hurt ,but makes him think about the reasons for his rejection. Realizing his mistake, the misunderstandings between them are unveiled, their secrets and feelings are communicated which brings about a positive change in both of them. It reduces his pride to the extent that he becomes the most amiable person for Elizabeth. She experiences a total transformation of feelings within herself and is unaware of the time of their inception. The story ends with the 'happily ever after' stuff.

The realization by both of them that the reasons for the existence of their pride and prejudice were justifiable in their respective situations in the past assists them in the discontinuation of their bitter feelings towards each other.

What got me so involved in the story was the critical thinking of the characters about the changing situations they were finding themselves in. At every point, I seemed to agree with the way Miss Elizabeth thought. The ambivalence of Miss Elizabeth's feelings that seemed to emanate from Mr Darcy's previous behavior to her and his behavior to her in the later part showed a perfect picture of the psychology of human thinking. Also, the typical behavior of Elizabeth,(from whose viewpoint the entire story is written); the sensible and the adamant kind, does not falter from pressure of family or non-family members and this is what helps her achieve what she desires.