Mr. Bennet gives Lizzy an unhappy choice - Pride & Prejudice (1940,1957,1961,1967,1980,1995,2005)
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- 00:00 - Pride and Prejudice (1940)
01:31 - Orgoglio e pregiudizio (1957, Italian)
09:14 - De vier dochters Bennet (1961, Dutch)
14:31 - Pride and Prejudice (1967)
17:48 - Pride and Prejudice (1980)
20:48 - Pride and Prejudice (1995)
24:42 - Pride & Prejudice (2005)
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Thanks to @Darcyfied for the 1957 (Italian), 1961 (Dutch) and 1967 clips!
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_Mr. Collins was not left long to the silent contemplation of his successful love; for Mrs. Bennet, having dawdled about in the vestibule to watch for the end of the conference, no sooner saw Elizabeth open the door and with quick step pass her towards the staircase, than she entered the breakfast-room, and congratulated both him and herself in warm terms on the happy prospect of their nearer connection. Mr. Collins received and returned these felicitations with equal pleasure, and then proceeded to relate the particulars of their interview, with the result of which he trusted he had every reason to be satisfied, since the refusal which his cousin had steadfastly given him would naturally flow from her bashful modesty and the genuine delicacy of her character._
_This information, however, startled Mrs. Bennet: she would have been glad to be equally satisfied that her daughter had meant to encourage him by protesting against his proposals, but she dared not believe it, and could not help saying so._
_“But depend upon it, Mr. Collins,” she added, “that Lizzy shall be brought to reason. I will speak to her about it myself directly. She is a very headstrong, foolish girl, and does not know her own interest; but I will make her know it.”_
_“Pardon me for interrupting you, madam,” cried Mr. Collins; “but if she is really headstrong and foolish, I know not whether she would altogether be a very desirable wife to a man in my situation, who naturally looks for happiness in the marriage state. If, therefore, she actually persists in rejecting my suit, perhaps it were better not to force her into accepting me, because, if liable to such defects of temper, she could not contribute much to my felicity.”_
_“Sir, you quite misunderstand me,” said Mrs. Bennet, alarmed. “Lizzy is only headstrong in such matters as these. In everything else she is as good-natured a girl as ever lived. I will go directly to Mr. Bennet, and we shall very soon settle it with her, I am sure.”_
_She would not give him time to reply, but hurrying instantly to her husband, called out, as she entered the library,-_
_“Oh, Mr. Bennet, you are wanted immediately; we are all in an uproar. You must come and make Lizzy marry Mr. Collins, for she vows she will not have him; and if you do not make haste he will change his mind and not have her.”_
_Mr. Bennet raised his eyes from his book as she entered, and fixed them on her face with a calm unconcern, which was not in the least altered by her communication._
_“I have not the pleasure of understanding you,” said he, when she had finished her speech. “Of what are you talking?”_
_“Of Mr. Collins and Lizzy. Lizzy declares she will not have Mr. Collins, and Mr. Collins begins to say that he will not have Lizzy.”_
_“And what am I to do on the occasion? It seems a hopeless business.”_
_“Speak to Lizzy about it yourself. Tell her that you insist upon her marrying him.”_
_“Let her be called down. She shall hear my opinion.”_
_Mrs. Bennet rang the bell, and Miss Elizabeth was summoned to the library._
_“Come here, child,” cried her father as she appeared. “I have sent for you on an affair of importance. I understand that Mr. Collins has made you an offer of marriage. Is it true?”_
_Elizabeth replied that it was._
_“Very well-and this offer of marriage you have refused?”_
_“I have, sir.”_
_“Very well. We now come to the point. Your mother insists upon your accepting it. Is it not so, Mrs. Bennet?”_
_“Yes, or I will never see her again.”_
_“An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr. Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.”_
_Elizabeth could not but smile at such a conclusion of such a beginning; but Mrs. Bennet, who had persuaded herself that her husband regarded the affair as she wished, was excessively disappointed._
_“What do you mean, Mr. Bennet, by talking in this way? You promised me to insist upon her marrying him.”_
_“My dear,” replied her husband, “I have two small favours to request. First, that you will allow me the free use of my understanding on the present occasion; and, secondly, of my room. I shall be glad to have the library to myself as soon as may be.”_
_Not yet, however, in spite of her disappointment in her husband, did Mrs. Bennet give up the point. She talked to Elizabeth again and again; coaxed and threatened her by turns. She endeavoured to secure Jane in her interest, but Jane, with all possible mildness, declined interfering; and Elizabeth, sometimes with real earnestness, and sometimes with playful gaiety, replied to her attacks. Though her manner varied, however, her determination never did._
_Mr. Collins, meanwhile, was meditating in solitude on what had passed. He thought too well of himself to comprehend on what motive his cousin could refuse him; and though his pride was hurt, he suffered in no other way. His regard for her was quite imaginary; and the possibility of her deserving her mother’s reproach prevented his feeling any regret._
_While the family were in this confusion, Charlotte Lucas came to spend the day with them. She was met in the vestibule by Lydia, who, flying to her, cried in a half whisper, “I am glad you are come, for there is such fun here! What do you think has happened this morning? Mr. Collins has made an offer to Lizzy, and she will not have him.”_
_Charlotte had hardly time to answer before they were joined by Kitty, who came to tell the same news; and no sooner had they entered the breakfast-room, where Mrs. Bennet was alone, than she likewise began on the subject, calling on Miss Lucas for her compassion, and entreating her to persuade her friend Lizzy to comply with the wishes of her family. “Pray do, my dear Miss Lucas,” she added, in a melancholy tone; “for nobody is on my side, nobody takes part with me; I am cruelly used, nobody feels for my poor nerves.”_
_Charlotte’s reply was spared by the entrance of Jane and Elizabeth._
_“Ay, there she comes,” continued Mrs. Bennet, “looking as unconcerned as may be, and caring no more for us than if we were at York, provided she can have her own way. But I tell you what, Miss Lizzy, if you take it into your head to go on refusing every offer of marriage in this way, you will never get a husband at all-and I am sure I do not know who is to maintain you when your father is dead. I shall not be able to keep you-and so I warn you. I have done with you from this very day. I told you in the library, you know, that I should never speak to you again, and you will find me as good as my word. I have no pleasure in talking to undutiful children. Not that I have much pleasure, indeed, in talking to anybody. People who suffer as I do from nervous complaints can have no great inclination for talking. Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.”_
_Her daughters listened in silence to this effusion, sensible that any attempt to reason with or soothe her would only increase the irritation. She talked on, therefore, without interruption from any of them till they were joined by Mr. Collins, who entered with an air more stately than usual, and on perceiving whom, she said to the girls,-_
_“Now, I do insist upon it, that you, all of you, hold your tongues, and let Mr. Collins and me have a little conversation together.”_
_Elizabeth passed quietly out of the room, Jane and Kitty followed, but Lydia stood her ground, determined to hear all she could; and Charlotte, detained first by the civility of Mr. Collins, whose inquiries after herself and all her family were very minute, and then by a little curiosity, satisfied herself with walking to the window and pretending not to hear. In a doleful voice Mrs. Bennet thus began the projected conversation:-_
_“Oh, Mr. Collins!”_
_“My dear madam,” replied he, “let us be for ever silent on this point. Far be it from me,” he presently continued, in a voice that marked his displeasure, “to resent the behaviour of your daughter. Resignation to inevitable evils is the duty of us all: the peculiar duty of a young man who has been so fortunate as I have been, in early preferment; and, I trust, I am resigned. Perhaps not the less so from feeling a doubt of my positive happiness had my fair cousin honoured me with her hand; for I have often observed, that resignation is never so perfect as when the blessing denied begins to lose somewhat of its value in our estimation. You will not, I hope, consider me as showing any disrespect to your family, my dear madam, by thus withdrawing my pretensions to your daughter’s favour, without having paid yourself and Mr. Bennet the compliment of requesting you to interpose your authority in my behalf. My conduct may, I fear, be objectionable in having accepted my dismission from your daughter’s lips instead of your own; but we are all liable to error. I have certainly meant well through the whole affair. My object has been to secure an amiable companion for myself, with due consideration for the advantage of all your family; and if my manner has been at all reprehensible, I here beg leave to apologize.”_
*_Persuasion, Chapter 20_*
1995, Mr. Bennet's speak interval, Lizzie's expression change, and Mrs. Bennet's screams made it a perfect trio.
My favorite version is With Collin Firth and Jeniffer Eahle.
Jennifer Ehle
I love Mary Boland as the mother in the 1940 version. And I’ve always loved the 1980 version. Vivian Pickles as the mother in 1967 version is growing on me.
Charlotte is given her due in the 1995 P&P. You see her think, gather herself, and choose. There are few alternatives to a woman in her position - and rather than submit to whatever dismal fate may fall upon her, she acts and secures what life she can choose for herself. Not everyone can afford to wait for the fairytale to present it before her at the opportune moment. She settles, but no wonder that she later confesses herself 'quite content'.
I can get over nearly everything in the 2005 version, from the Bronte mood, to the hurling of the Darcy/Lizzy proposal lines at each other in a rain storm (not in the book) even the pigs loose in the garden if it weren't for a fatal flaw. Lizzy is supposed to get her wit from her Father. The 2005 Mr. Bennett is a mouse not a man. Does Lizzy really get her wit from THAT person? Who directed the actor to mumble so many great lines? Maybe in the 2005 version Lizzy was left on the Bennett doorstep as a babe, witty parentage unknown. The 1995 version of this scene is short, sweet and brilliant in its execution. Thank-you for the comparison video.
Why a mouse😂?
@@annamanuelle2699 Phrase. are you a man or a mouse? (rhetorical question) Are you a courageous man or a coward?
are you a man or a mouse - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
@@rosencocoa4636 I get what you mean now🙈 But his wit is that of a cynic. It is his very passivity that sets stage for storyline. He symbolically relinquishes parenthood to all daughters the same, leaving them to scramble for the attitude elected to partake in Georgian society with. He is by no means a good parent anyhow. Now I’m not by no means an apologetic of 2005 PP, because despite enjoying it, it’s Brontë aesthetic betrays the fact that Austen wrote comedy of manners, and that which is supposed to be ironic is idealized!
by the book. Mr. Bennett quotes: “For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors, and laugh at them in our turn?” ""I am sick of Mr. Bingley," cried his wife.
"I am sorry to hear that; but why did not you tell me that before? If I had known as much this morning I certainly would not have called on him. It is very unlucky; but as I have actually paid the visit, we cannot escape the acquaintance now."
"You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my poor nerves." - Mrs. Bennett
"You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these last twenty years at least." - Mr. Bennett.
He teases until she takes to hysterics, then he goes to his library. They bother each other but Mr. Bennett is not quiet and mousy, he speaks with some weight and meaning and sharpness. Not quiet mumbles
1995 !!!!👍🌹🎉
Italian version is so out of character
Almost as out of character as the 1940’s costume designs
I scroll through this version as it’s an insult to Jane Austin’s memory. Should be buried away and not used.
The 2005 version irritates with its modern additions. Good actors but ruined.
The American version is a vaudeville. All British versions are not bad, but the 1995 one is outstanding.
In the 2005 version, why does Mrs Bennet look like a maid who spends all her time in the kitchen? Why is Lizzy behaving like a modern girl snapping back at her mother?
Ben Whitrow's performance shines like a beacon to all the other pretenders of role.
Absolutely! 1995 miniseries has by far best Mr. and Mrs Bennet
Nonsense. He's extremely funny and I love him to bits (best male performance in the miniseries), but Edmund Gwenn from 1940 (who he is sort of imitating) is also fun, and Moray Watson and the Dutch guy are pretty good at giving a grumpier but still entertaining take on the character.
@@nerudaad How so many people can listen to Alison Steadman without their ears bleeding I do not know.
This answer by Mr. Bennett Washington great. Kkkkk
Elizabeth Garvey (1980 Lizzie) didn't really capture any feeling in this.