Read or re-read Ch. 35 and Ch. 36 to answer the following questions:
Begin on pg. 167
1. Darcy begins his letter by telling her that she shouldn't be worried it contains what?
2. Why does he say that he wrote the letter and why should she read it?
3. What are the two offenses she charges him with and which one is worse in his eyes?
4. Why does Darcy say he detached Jane and Bingley?
5. He says he believes he is not too much to blame for the break-up, but he is guilty of what?
6. What parts of Darcy's story about Wickham are the same as Wickham's explanation?
7. What is Wickham's inheritance supposed to be? Why does he turn it down? What does he want instead?
8. What happens to the money Darcy gives Wickham?
9. When Darcy refuses to give Wickham more money, what does he do?
10. On page 174, Darcy says if Wickham would have been successful with his plan his "revenge would be complete indeed"--what does he mean by this?
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Begin on pg. 175
11. What are Elizabeth's initial thoughts about Darcy's letter regarding Jane?
12. What is her reaction to what happened with Wickham?
13. What does she realize about her own reaction to Wickham's story (the one from Wickham)?
14. What inconsistencies in Wickham's character does she realize when she thinks about it?
15.*** On the bottom of pg. 178-179 Elizabeth makes this PIVOTAL quote--please explain its importance to our understanding Elizabeth's character, and her own understanding of herself:
" How despicably have I acted!..I, who have prided mself on my discernment!_....How humiliating is this discovery!..But vanity, not love, has been my folly. ...Till this moment I never knew myself!"******
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