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Imagery
Explanation and Analysis—Pemberley:
Though Austen focuses more on the inner worlds of her characters—and the social dynamics between the various characters—rather than the environment around them, she intentionally uses imagery to describe Darcy’s home of Pemberley (through Elizabeth’s eyes while visiting):
It was a large, handsome stone building, standing well on rising ground, and backed by a ridge of high woody hills; and in front, a stream of some natural importance was swelled into greater, but without any artificial appearance. Its banks were neither formal nor falsely adorned.
In encouraging readers to clearly visualize the beauty of Pemberley and its grounds, Austen puts the reader into Elizabeth’s shoes as she longs for the life she could have had if she’d said yes to Darcy’s proposal. Pemberley is not just a place, but a symbol for Darcy himself, so it is important that Austen takes time to paint a portrait of it.
In doing so, Austen encourages readers to understand that both Darcy and Pemberley are more welcoming and desirable than Elizabeth expected them to be. Further, the house seems to stand in for Darcy's own actual character: “neither formal nor falsely adorned.” Elizabeth (and readers) can start to picture her there as a married woman, hinting at Darcy’s second proposal to come and Elizabeth’s enthusiastic response.
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