Embarrasment in th Bennet Family

During aunt Phillips party, Elizabeth sits next to Wickham, who she considers is handsome and charming, the opposite of Mr. Darcy. During dinner Elizabeth asks Wickham about his relationship with Mr. Darcy, and he confesses they used to be friends when little. According to Wickham, he was the favorite of Darcy s father when growing up together and that he had promised him a parish in their estate for him to become a minister, but when the father died, Mr. Darcy did not respect any of the father’s promises and disregarded them. The then starts talking about Mr. Darcy and his whole family, his sister and aunt, Lady Catherine, and portrays them as rich, spoiled and selfish people. After this, Wickham tells Elizabeth that he does not want to ruin Darcy s reputation in honor of his dead father, who he so much admired. After that night, Mr. Bingley travels to Longbourn to announce the ball he had promised. The Bennet girls get exited as they see another chance to meet men. Elizabeth then promises the first two dances to Mr. Collins, and suddenly hints that he feels attracted to her and will ask her hand in marriage, which she considers repulsive. In the dance Wickham does not show up, which disappoints Elizabeth. When Mr. Darcy sees Elizabeth alone, he asks her out to dance, which she accepts, although she does not want to. While dancing, Elizabeth brings up Wickham to see Darcy s reaction but escapes from entering into a discussion about him. Right when they finish dancing Jane arrives to tell Elizabeth that Wickham was lying and that according to Mr. Bingley, Wickham is not a good person. After speaking with Jane, Elizabeth feels embarrassed by Mr. Collins when he approaches Mr. Darcy to speak with him since he had heard that Mr. Darcy was Lady Catherine s nephew. She then feels more embarrassed when she sees her mother bragging about Jane s success in the table, right in front of Mr. Darcy. The embarrassment then continues when her sister starts to play the piano and sing for everyone and does not stop until her father insists that she must stop, her lack of talent was annoying everyone. But after all the amusement the embarrassment still continuous, being the Bennet s the last family to leave the party, inviting Mr. Bingley to dinner before leaving.