First Impressions First impressions are very important. In the Victorian age, people based their whole opinion of someone on first impressions. Most times the first impression of someone is not the way they truly are. Sometimes a first impression can cause you to think negative of someone but later you find out that they are very nice and a very positive person. One example is when Mr. Darcy meets Elizabeth in the book ,Pride and …showed first 75 words of 844 total…

…showed last 75 words of 844 total…the fact that he has parents. First impression were more important back in the Victorian age. As you can see in both of these stories everybody judges by their first impressions. Most of them are wrong, first impressions should always be reexamined. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Beck 4 Work Cited 1. Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice New York, The New American Library, Inc. 2. Wilde, Oscar "The Importance of Being Earnest." Adventures in English Literature. Harcourt Brace Jovanich, Inc. 1980-85