Symbolism Blog

I have finished the last section of the book Pride and Prejudice. The book wrapped things up pretty nicely, except for the issue dealing with Lady Catherine. She was the aunt of Mr. Darcy and was strongly opposed to Mr. Darcy's marriage to Elizabeth. However she eventually came around to accepting that the two wanted to be together. The issue I have a problem with is that, they author only spend 1 paragraph about this resolution. The issue that Lady Catherine had with Elizabeth took over an entire chapter, but the resoluyion was only 1 paragraph. I don't think that it was a very well written conclusion, however overall it was a terrific ending to a great book.
I do not think that there was any form of symbolism in this story. So if I had to pick an object to depict something in the story it would probably be a rose. A rose is a common symbol of passion, and romance. This relates to this story because it deals with four people who are in love with one another but have certain issues that come between them. In order to symbolize Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy I think that the roses I picked should have thorns. The reason why I say that they should have thorns is because not only do they hurt the other person at the beginning of their relationship, but the thorns are used as a defense mechanism. Throughout the story we see that the reason why the two people kept their emotions hidden from one another is because they were afraid of getting hurt by the other person. The first one to risk letting their guard down was Mr. Darcy, and he got crushed by Elizabeth, however towards the end of the story Elizabeth started to have stronger feelings for Mr. Darcy but was afraid that her previous rejection of him might alter the way that he felt about her, and tried to deny her feelings for him. The thorns that cover the roses are only one part of the character though. They also share love and passion towards the end of the story which is what the actual head of teh rose stands for. Red has a connotation dealing with passion, which relates not only to Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, but to various other characters throughout the story. Such as Mr. Binngley and Jane, Lydia and Mr. Wickham, and even Mr. and Mrs. Bennet. They all shared passion in their relationships at one point or another, however it does not mean that it will last. As I saw from the Mr. and Mrs. Bennets relationship passion does not always last. Mr. Bennet grew tired of his wife's silly ways after they had gotten married, because it was unbecoming of a wife to go about gossiping all the time. The same thing can be said for Lydia and Mr. Wickham, even though I say that those two were never really in love, I think that after sometime they realized that they were two different people and that the relationship could not work out. This shows that even though two people might share passion, it does not mean that they share love. Which is why a rose is the symbol I pick to represent this story.