The novel Pride and Prejudice was originally titled "First Impressions" when Jane Austen began writing the story in 1796. The title was changed when the novel was officially published in 1813 , but both titles are quite suitable for the novel. The characters Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy based their perception of each other on first impressions; and then it was Elizabeth's pride and Darcy's prejudice that kept them apart. Both of these characters were dynamic characters, and it was only through changing their ways that they were able to find love and develop a relationship together, which ultimately led to marriage between the two of them. This is shown on various occasions throughout the novel. It is evident through numerous episodes that Elizabeth Bennet developed a negative first impression of Fitzwilliam Darcy quite early in the novel. When they meet at a dance for the first time, he says “She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; I'm not in the mood right now to give importance to young women who are looked down upon by other men. You had better go back to your partner and enjoy her smiles, because you are wasting your time with me." This quote is very significant for the novel, as it is the one that triggers Elizabeth's first impression of Darcy and marks the beginning of his unfair prejudice against her. This prejudice was quite ironic, since the aspects of Darcy's personality that Elizabeth didn't like were the ones that also affected her. For example, like Darcy, Elizabeth has a sharp tongue and doesn't always think before she speaks was that sharp tongue to push him to talk about Elizabeth like that, so it's not fair for Elizabeth to shame him for it. Later, when Darcy proposes to her, she says, “…From The moment I met you, your arrogance, conceit and your selfish disregard for the feelings of others made me realize that you are the last man in the world I could prevail over. His excessive pride was a contributing factor to Elizabeth's prejudice against him through the quote which I inserted in the paragraph previous: “She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me; I'm not in the mood right now to give importance to young women who are looked down upon by other men. You'd better go back to your partner and enjoy her smiles, because you're wasting your time with me." Darcy says this at the ball, when Bingley suggests he dance with Elizabeth. Clearly, Darcy is overly proud and focuses on the details about of her that should not be significant in his perception of her, such as her not being "beautiful enough" and her being "scorned by other men." His pride is also shown when he proposes to Elizabeth. He says: “I struggled in vain. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” Although perhaps he had good intentions, his pride finally leaked out. After hearing these words from Darcy, Elizabeth noticed that he placed more emphasis on her. 'emphasis on the fact that he is in love with her despite her low status in society, instead of placing emphasis on his love for her, Darcy's pride in his higher status, is manifested through his attempt to express. his love, and Elizabeth she is not impressed, so she rejects his proposal