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Age and build

light and pleasing figure

“he was forced to acknowledge her figure to be light and pleasing” (Pride And Prejudice, part 6)

Face and hair

dark eyes with beautiful expression

“he began to find it was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes” (Pride And Prejudice, part 6)

complexion brightened by exercise

“finding herself at last within view of the house, with weary ancles, dirty stockings, and a face glowing with the warmth of exercise” (Pride And Prejudice, part 7)

Dress

dirty petticoat from walking

“Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice” (Pride And Prejudice, part 8)

Voice and speech

lively and playful manner of speaking

“in spite of his asserting that her manners were not those of the fashionable world, he was caught by their easy playfulness” (Pride And Prejudice, part 6)

Signature words

uses 'Lizzy' as familiar form of her name

“the two sixth with Lizzy, and the Boulanger” (Pride And Prejudice, part 3)

employs 'really' frequently for emphasis

“Really, Mr. Collins,” cried Elizabeth, with some warmth, “you puzzle me exceedingly” (Pride And Prejudice, part 19)

employs 'Good heavens' as exclamation

“Good heavens!” cried Elizabeth; “but how could that be” (Pride And Prejudice, part 16)

Gait and mannerisms

walks with quick pace and impatient activity

“crossing field after field at a quick pace, jumping over stiles and springing over puddles, with impatient activity” (Pride And Prejudice, part 7)

laughs readily and heartily

“Elizabeth laughed heartily at this picture of herself” (Pride And Prejudice, part 31)

Strengths

keen observer of character and human nature

“Elizabeth happening to see the countenance of both as they looked at each other, was all astonishment at the effect of the meeting” (Pride And Prejudice, part 15)

loves to laugh at follies and inconsistencies

“Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies, do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can” (Pride And Prejudice, part 11)

capable of rational judgment and discernment

“Elizabeth allowed that he had given a very rational account of it” (Pride And Prejudice, part 16)

demonstrates courage and resolution in difficult situations

“Elizabeth was secretly forming a desperate resolution” (Pride And Prejudice, part 58)

Flaws

initially prejudiced against Darcy based on first impressions

“Of this she was perfectly unaware: to her he was only the man who made himself agreeable nowhere, and who had not thought her handsome enough to dance with” (Pride And Prejudice, part 6)

too readily believes Wickham's account without full evidence

“Elizabeth went away with her head full of him. She could think of nothing but of Mr. Wickham” (Pride And Prejudice, part 16)

Traits

intelligent and perceptive

“he began to find it was rendered uncommonly intelligent by the beautiful expression of her dark eyes” (Pride And Prejudice, part 6)

independent-minded and unwilling to be influenced

“You are much mistaken if you expect to influence me by such a paltry attack as this” (Pride And Prejudice, part 18)

values genuine character over wealth and status

“I only want to think you perfect, and you set yourself against it” (Pride And Prejudice, part 24)

capable of growth and changing her opinions

“her sentiments had undergone so material a change since the period to which he alluded” (Pride And Prejudice, part 58)

Lines in their own words

witty deflection of compliment

“Mr. Darcy is all politeness,” said Elizabeth, smiling” (Pride And Prejudice, part 6)

frank expression of her love of laughter

“I dearly love a laugh” (Pride And Prejudice, part 11)

spirited challenge to Darcy

“Indeed, Mr. Darcy, it is very ungenerous in you to mention all that you knew to my disadvantage in Hertfordshire” (Pride And Prejudice, part 31)

honest acknowledgement of her changed feelings

“her sentiments had undergone so material a change since the period to which he alluded, as to make her receive with gratitude and pleasure his present assurances” (Pride And Prejudice, part 58)

playful teasing of Darcy

“How could you begin?” said she. “I can comprehend your going on charmingly, when you had once made a beginning; but what could set you off in the first place” (Pride And Prejudice, part 60)