1st Body (in progress)

Mr. Darcy, normally extremely proud and arrogant, begins to fall for (quote - eyes). Eyes, a symbol for truth, allude to Darcy surprisingly ignoring Elizabeth's lower social status and instead focusing on her true inner intelligence and beauty. The ball provides a forum for such attractions to develop, as without the gala Darcy may have never approached Elizabeth, forever turned away by her lesser socio-economic status. The ball also highlights Elizabeth's abhorrence of the currently marital system that tends to de-humize women and encourages emotional blindness and disappearing intellect in women. The intelligent sarcasm that she displays is, ironically, attractive to Darcy, as it displays to him a level of intelligence that could perhaps equal his own. Darcy is attracted to the point where he offers Elizabeth his hand to dance at the ball, an offer that to many women would be unthinkable to refuse. Yet, Elizabeth refuses the offer and by doing so she continues to display her intellectual equality and personal respect for herself. Darcy admires Elizabeth's respect for herself and her intellectual ability to do so as he views (higher intellect making one superior). However, while the balls offer Darcy an oppurtuntiy to be attracted to Elizabeth, she gathers a disdain for him and she gathers a tainted image of  Darcy. The rumors regarding Darcy and Mr. Wickham, portray Darcy as an abominable man who disregards his fathers will and harming an innocent Wickham. Balls offered a forum for the rumors, such as the rumor Elizabeth gathers about Darcy, to spread thoughout the community. As these galas became not only an event to lure potential suitors, balls also were social gatherings that gave the latest rumors and news a chance to spread throughout the rest of the community. During the novel's second ball the fact that Darcy was beginning to gravitate towards Elizabeth became apparent to her. These grand galas set relationships that would develop and Change over the course of the novel.