P&P #6

"He paid her not the smallest attention, till her grandfather's death made her mistress of this fortune" (118)

I chose this quote because it shows Mr. Wickham's true motives. Mr. Wickham is not looking to get married because of love as we see when he is suddenly attracted to Miss King once she claims her inheritence. However, I believe Mr. Wickham is acting under prudent motives because before he was attracted to Miss King, he was attracted to Elizabeth. This shows that Mr. Wickham is more interested in just getting married to someone than gaining immense wealth.

"I pity, though I cannot help blaming her... But I pity her, because she must feel that she has been acting wrong, and because I am very sure that anxiety for her brother is the cause of it" (115)

I chose this quote because it is another example of Jane's optimistic views. Her optimism is a good things at times. However, a lot of the times it is a bad thing because it blinds her from the truth about the people around her. She believes that all people are good and cannot see their motives which, in Caroline's case, are sometimes selfish and wreckless.