Quote 1:
"The possibility of meeting Mr. Darcy, while viewing the place, instantly occurred. It would be dreadful! She blushed at the very idea; and thought it would be better to speak openly to her aunt, than to run such a risk" (Austen 184)
Analysis 1:
Elizabeth undermines the significance of Mr. Darcy's influence over her. Elizabeth shies away from Mr. Darcy because he makes her feel uncomfortable. Elizabeth runs the risk of being read like an open book, insulted, or outwitted. Elizabeth tries to avoid the one thing in her life that she cannot control, and to an extent is controlled by.
Quote 2:
"She respected, she esteemed, she was grateful to him, she felt a real interest in his welfare; and she only wanted to know how far she wished that welfare to depend upon herself, and how far it would be for the happiness of both that she should employ the power, which her fancy told her she still possessed, of bringing on the renewal of his addresses" (Austen 201).
Analysis 2:
Ever since Mr. Darcy's first proposal Elizabeth's mind had been occupied with thoughts of Mr. Darcy. His presence once suppressed within Elizabeth's sub conscience has now bubbled over to the point of keeping Elizabeth from falling asleep. Since Elizabeth often acts and thinks with passion, It would be out of her character to ask Darcy's hand in marriage.
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