The Three Lettered Word

Music, dance, words- all vast fields for interpretation. Flexible, maneable, they are willing to serve humans as paths between their deepest emotions and the outside world. Art, we call them. One of the few discoveries humans should be proud of.

Pride and Prejudice, the movie doesn't kill me. It's sort of expected. There is, however, one scene which is absolutely amazing- I dare to say better than the chapter itself. Somewhere around chapters eighteen and nineteen, Mr. Bingley throws a ball. There's a variety of emotions all over the place. Jane and Mr. Bingley, as always, are ecstatic. One of the Bennett girls is sad because her father interrupted her piano playing. Mrs. Bennett doesn't stop bragging about her daughter's soon to be matrimony. Mr. Darcy looks pissed off and Elizabeth seems confused. The book doesn't focus on the character's emotions very much, but in the film, these are portrayed through the music in the background. We see Jane and Mr. Bingley dance to the jolly music, and although Mr. Darcy and Ms. Bingley are also dancing, they do it stiffly. It's inevitable to compare the two dancing couples. Excited Mrs. Bennett walks from the ball room to some sort of common room, and as she does, the music goes from merry to melancholic. We see Mr. Collins plucking petals from a flower, Ms. Bennett crying for her interrupted performance, and Elizabeth pondering behind a dark wall.

Other characters surrounding the ones priorly mentioned seem to mirror them. In the ball room, everyone except Mr. Darcy and Ms. Bingley are enjoying themselves. As we move along, people in the common room look gloomy. We see some crying, a few being rejected and others being lonely. This part in the movie is greatly interpreted. It's able to transform a story from words, to dance and music.

Link to the movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPkimDfbCF0&feature=related