The most meaningful quote that reflects the significance of the current work is, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife” (Austin and Joseph 3). The quote means that all the financially stable men must have wives or female companions and the significance of the quote is that it elaborates the primary theme of marriage in the novel and its summary. Mr. Bennet is the character of importance in this section and his personality is shown as a sulking individual preoccupied with some thoughts and he complicates his character because he does not want to explicitly say what bothers him. The selected scene that helps the reader to see or feel what is happening according to the authors’ description is when Elizabeth had to walk for several miles under bad weather to tend to her sister. Austin and Joseph note that Mrs. Hurst and Miss Bingley considered it almost incredible (23). This description allows the reader to conceive the atmosphere or environment that Elizabeth passed as undesirable although she was forced to because she had to tend to her sister.

The presented conflict is when Mr. and Mrs. Bennet argue about which of their daughters should meet Mr. Bingley. Mr. Bennet believes that any of his daughters should meet the gentleman while Mrs. Bingley suggests that only Elizabeth was the appropriate person to meet him. The conflict could have been avoided if Mr. and Mrs. Bennet allowed their daughters to make independent decisions on their preferred suitors. The author uses the symbolism of “a swelling stream that has natural importance although lacks artificial appearance” when Elizabeth meets Darcy. The symbolism helps in asserting the importance of man-to-woman relations in the novel as well as the significance of marriage.

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