Character Analysis #1: Mr. Wickham

Mr. Wickham

Mr. Wickham is a greedy man who uses his charming good looks and personality to get what he wants.

Mr. Wickham's only goal throughout the book was to acquire money. He did not care whether he broke a girl's heart as long as he got what he wanted. When Mr. Wickham is first introduced, he is a handsome young man with, what seems to be, respectable manners. His love interest begins with Elizabeth, and then abruptly switches to Miss. King after he finds out she inherited a large sum of money: “He paid her not the smallest attention, till her grandfather’s death made her mistress of this fortune” (118). Elizabeth was, at first, unaware of this and a bit awestricken. He had not bothered to tell her their relationship was to end where he had left it. Mr. Wickham also charmed Miss. Darcy into eloping with him before Mr. Darcy put a stop to it: “Mr. Wickham’s chief object was unquestionably my sister’s fortune” (155). Miss. Darcy was the least of Mr. Wickham’s concerns and left her heart shattered.

Mr. Wickham is a swan whose enchanting looks are deceiving. A swam is marveled at for its elegance and beauty, just as Mr. Wickham was first perceived as a handsome man with applicable manners. When one gets too close to a swam, it becomes vicious and harmful losing its attractiveness. Likewise, when a female becomes too friendly with Mr. Wickham, he uses them for their money and throws them away losing his warm personality.

Mr. Wickham is like Anna Nicole Smith who married an elderly man, much older than herself, solely for his money.