“Lively and unreserved”
Sociable
“Sure of being liked”
“Pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners”
- kind and well meaning
Elizabeth thinks to herself, “his easiness of temper” makes for a “want of proper resolution which … [makes] him the slave of his designing friends”
- ductile
“Ductility of his temper”
“He could not conceive an angel more beautiful”
- Bingley adores Jane
‘Bingley was endeared to Darcy by the easiness, openness and ductility of his temper, though no disposition could offer a greater contrast to his own, and though with his own he never appeared dissatisfied
“He is just what a young man ought to be … sensible, good-humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!—so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!”
“Upon my honour I have never met so many pleasant girls in my life.”- Mr Bingley.
“good-looking and gentlemanlike, he had a pleasant countenance, and easy, unaffected manners.” - about Bingley, ch3
- Description, shows first impressions are good because mannered
“On the strength of Darcy’s regard, Bingley had the firmest reliance, and of his judgement the highest opinion.” - Bingley, ch4
- Dependent, reliant Important as because he trusts D’s judgement so much, that’s why he left Jane
“to convince him, therefore, that he had deceived himself, was no very difficult point” - Darcy’s letter to Elizabeth about Bingley, ch35
- B greatly modest, low self esteem
