Summary: Pride and Prejudice

The last day we watched in class the film “Pride and prejudice”. The story is very similar than the book that we had read: The main character, Elizabeth Bennet, a prejudiced girl from a medium social class, meets a rich gentleman, Mr. Darcy, who teaches her that to judge people at first sight and without care can drive us until a great mistake. That happens with Elizabeth and Darcy but, at the end, they finish together, married and happy.

Apart from that, there are more love stories in the background, very varied and which involve the Bennet sisters and their family.

As I’ve said, the film is similar to the book, but there are some differences. In Pemberley, when Elizabeth visits the house with her uncles, the servant tells them how good person is Mr. Darcy, but in the film she doesn’t speak. When Lydia elopes with Mr. Wickham, Elizabeth doesn’t tell the news to their uncles and Mr. Darcy at the same time. Finally, if I’m not mistaken, when Lady Catherine de Bourgh visits Elizabeth, they don’t meet in a room and at night but they go for a walk near Bennet’s House. Furthermore, Elizabeth and Mr Darcy meet some times in Lady Catherine’s gardens before he proposes her.

There are also differences between the films (the British version and the American version). On the one hand, the British film finishes when Elizabeth tells her father that she really wants to marry Mr. Darcy and he is astonished because two of her daughters have promised in a very short period of time. On the other hand, the American version continues this scene and finishes in Mr. Darcy’s house, in Pemberley, near the lake, at night. In this scene there’s the final kiss, giving a more typical ending. In my opinion, the first one is better than the second, which is very cheesy.