Quote 1: "There certainly was some great mismanagement in the education of those two young men. One has got all the goodness, and the other all the appearance of it" (172).
This quote suits the original thought of title for this book, First Impressions. Elizabeth learned her lesson. She realized her prejudice feelings towards Wickham and felt ashamed for being contemptuous towards Mr. Darcy, who turned out to be a proper man. She was blinded by Wickham's first impression and turned off by Mr. Darcy's. She did not give either man a chance, but simply judged them on their first meetings with her. This shifts Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth's relationship drastically, now that things have been cleared up. It took a person of reason to help another person of equal compatibility to realize their misjudgment.
Quote 2: "Oh, well it is just as he chooses. Nobody wants him to come. Though I shall always say that he used my daughter extremely ill; and if I was her, I would not have put up with it. Well, my comfort is, I am sure Jane will die of a broken heart, and then he will be sorry for what he has done" (174).
Mr. Darcy may have felt that he was doing something beneficial for his friend, but he did not realize that it was going to make Mr. Bingley look like an inconsiderate person. Now, if Mr. Bingley decides to come back to Netherfield, nobody will want anything to do with him. Mr. Darcy created a distasteful name for Mr. Bingley. At the ball, Caroline may not have wanted Elizabeth to like Mr. Darcy, but she still defended his position on Wickham, so he would not look bad. Mr. Darcy would have cared less about what a lower class family thought of such wealthy people as himself, but he should have confirmed Jane's feelings before breaking off her relationship. It was wrong on his part to do this, especially since he has fallen in love with Elizabeth now.
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