P&P #2
"I have an excessive regard for Jane Bennet, she is really a very sweet girl, and I wish she were well settled. But with such a father and mother, and such low connections, I am afraid there is no chance of it" (26)

I chose this quote because it shows Miss Bingley's plot to claim Mr. Darcy for herself. Miss Bingley notices that Mr. Darcy likes Elizabeth. In response, Miss Bingley must do all she can to drag Mr. Darcy's attentions away from Elizabeth by either doing something to make herself look pleasing, or saying negative things about the Bennets. By making the comments about Jane, Miss Bingley is indirectly stating the same things about Elizabeth, and lowering Elizabeth in order to help herself.

"If your daughter should have a dangerous fit of illness, if she should die, it would be a comfort to know that it was all in the pursuit of Mr. Bingley, and under your orders" (23)

I chose this quote because it is yet another example of Mrs. Bennet's blindness to Mr. Bennet's sarcasm because of her desire for her daughters to marry wealthy men. Mrs. Bennet is so blinded by her goal for her children that she takes Mr. Bennet's sarcasm seriously in order to find a logical solution to ultimately help reach her goal.