O Wicked Wickham

Militia's presence- political context. Their arrival in Meryton village is significant to the novel. Their presence is something more "malicious" as it was to Britain from the French invasion at that time. On another level, their presence also introduces Mr. Wickham the antangonist.

Wickham
- always talks about himself, shows he is an attention seeker and is always trying to gain sympathy from the likes of Elizabeth so that they will take his side against Darcy.
- appears on the surface to be neutral and compromising
-manipulative and cunning, manages to fool Elizabeth and the rest
- rhetoric: repeated use of "I"