Is Elizabeth truly as moral and integral as the novel makes her seem? Are Elizabeth’s intentions of marrying Darcy truly as pure and distant from economical purposes as we think? In Chapter forty-three we encounter an admiring Elizabeth who, impressed by Darcy’s mansion wishes to be his lover. The narrator describes Elizabeth’s mind as “too full for conversation, but she saw and admired every remarkable spot and point of view. [. . .] They were all of them warm in their admiration; and at that moment she felt that to be mistress of Pemberley might be something!” (Austen, 181). The moral, thoughtful character of the novel seems baffled by Darcy’s wealth and motivated by it to develop a closer relationship with him. What are Elizabeth’s true motivations to change her mind and accept Darcy’s proposal? How does wealth really affect her?
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