Pride & Prejudice - Not all of us can afford to be romantic

Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have 5 daughters, Jane, Elizabeth, Mary, Kitty, and Lydia. They are not a high-born family, so their mother wants to match each of them with a rich husband. A wealthy man, Charles Bingley, has recently moved near the town, so Mrs. Bennet brings all of them to the ball to meet him. He is a handsome and decent man, so he gets a lot of attention in the ball. When he first meets Jane, he immediately has an infatuation with her. Charles comes with his sister, Caroline and his friend, Mr. Darcy. Charles is a nice guy, but Mr. Darcy strikes Elizabeth as a mean guy, because she overhears him saying that he doesn't find her attractive enough.

Jane go visiting Charles at his house, but she catches cold, so she has to stay at his house. Elizabeth is worried about her, so she walks up to the house to visit Jane. Elizabeth does chat with Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, but she still finds him too arrogant. One day, a relative of the family, Mr. Collins, comes to Bennet's house. He is going to inherit the legacy of the family and he wants to marry one of the Bennet's sisters. He initially wants to pick Jane, but Jane is engaged with someone else already. Mrs. Bennet subsequently suggests Elizabeth, and he agrees. While fooling around outside, Elizabeth and her sisters meet a handsome soldier called Lieutenant Wickham. He tells her that he was a close friend with Mr. Darcy until the death of his father. Elizabeth believes what he said, so she despises Mr. Darcy even more. Later, Mr. Collins proposes to Elizabeth, which certainly catches her off guard. She doesn't reciprocate the same feeling, so she rejects his proposal. Mrs. Bennet is mad at her, because it could be a good opportunity for the family to move upward. Mr. Bennet doesn't have a strong feeling with that as long as this is what his daughter wants. One reason why she rejected him is because she is kinda in love with Wickham.

Bingley suddenly returns to London, and the engagement with Jane is called off. Jane really longs for the marriage, so she is going to London to visit her aunt and uncle as well as trying to reconcile with Bingley. To Elizabeth's surprise, Mr. Collins is going to marry with her friend, Charlotte. To hang out with her friend, Jane stays at Mr. Collins's house. During her visit, she runs into Mr. Darcy. From Mr. Darcy's friend, Elizabeth learns that he is the one dissuaded Charles from marrying her sister. Mr. Darcy proposes to Elizabeth out of the blue but gets rejected immediately, because she blames him for ruining Jane's and Wickham's life. Mr. Darcy later gives Elizabeth a letter explaining everything she was mistaken and leaves.

When Elizabeth returns to her home, she learns that her sister has got over Bingley. Elizabeth goes on a trip to visit her aunt and uncle. During the journey, they visit Darcy's house as she thought Mr. Darcy wasn't there. Indeed, she runs into Mr. Darcy and his sister and gets invited to dine together. Elizabeth receives an urgent note from her sister that Lydia is going to elope with Wickham. Elizabeth doesn't know what to do, but Mr. Darcy says he will help her solve the problem. It's revealed that Mr. Darcy has paid Wickham a lump sum to settle everything, and now Lydia and Wickham are married.

Bingley and Darcy come to their house one day. Bingley finally proposes to Jane, and she accepts. Later, Darcy's aunt comes and warns Elizabeth not to marry Mr. Darcy. The very next day, Mr. Darcy proposes to Elizabeth again, because his love for Elizabeth has never changed. This time, Elizabeth is truly in love with him after what he has done to her and her family, so she accepted. Mr. Bennet thought they had beef, but he realizes they are truly in love, so he greenlights the marriage.

Both Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy have their own prides and the prejudices. They prejudge one another based on the first impression. Without getting to know Mr. Darcy deeply, she already finds him despicable based on what she saw and what she heard from the people around him. No one else can do justice to someone, so the only to get to know someone is really by communication. The more you talk and the more time you spend with someone, you will eventually find some good qualities that you might overlook before. With pride and prejudice aside, we can easily establish connection with one another.