
These occasions are orchestrated by parents of unmarried children, as seen in this scene where a harangued Mr. Public and private balls are a key feature in the film as places where unmarried men and women may socialize under the watchful eyes of their parents and chaperones. In these times, a woman’s sole objective was to secure marriage to a man – any man wealthier than herself. Darcy (Matthew Macadyen), and thus their tumultuous and unpredictable relationship begins. Wealthy bachelor Charles Bingley falls in love with Jane at a dance, where Elizabeth first meets the aloof Mr. Bennet seeks suitable marriage matches for her five daughters, Jane, Mary, Kitty, Lydia, and our main heroine, Elizabeth (Keira Knightley).

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." So begins Pride and Prejudice, one of the best-loved novels in English literature, given the movie treatment in 2005 by Academy Award-Winning director Joe Wright.
