Wickham

• First moment

  Wickam makes a good first impression when he arrives in town
• the attention of every young lady was soon caught by a young man 


  Distributive determiner "every" hyberolizes wickhams attractive quality
• most gentlemanlike appearance... [they were] all struck with the strangers air 


  most - superlative

  struck - force of his appeal

  Stranger - connotes mysterious quality of wickham foreshadows the reveal of his true nature

  Emphasises the women's naivety as they are attracted to him without knowing who he truly is
• he had all the best parts of beauty, a fine countenance, a good figure and a very pleasing address 


  semantic field of flattery

  superlative best
• moment 2

  wickham enforces Darcys prejudice when he talks to lizzy about Darcy after bumping into him
• one looked white, the other red 


  white - surrender

  red - anger

  subtly implies mr wickham is in the wrong as Darcy has a reason to be angry with him
• almost all his actions can be traced to pride, and pride has often been his best friend 


  repetition of pride
• Moment three

  Mr wickams true nature is revealed in Darcy's letter to elizabeth
• "his countenance, voice, and manner, had established him"


  made a strong impression on others purely through his physical presence and social graces.

  subtly critiques the superficiality of society

  people are often judged and accepted not for their values or integrity, but for how they present themselves outwardly.
• the regard which his social powers had gained him In the mess

  
  

  "powers" suggests that his influence is not based on any inherent virtue or moral integrity, but rather on his ability to connect with people and win their approval through superficial means.
• "so gross a violation of everything right"


  "everything right" broadens the scope of his wrongdoing

  "gross" emphasizes the extreme nature of Wickham's wrongdoing. suggests that his actions are not only morally wrong but also flagrantly so, drawing attention to their offensive and unacceptable nature.
• "All Meryton seemed striving to blacken the man who, but three months before, had been almost an angel of light"