Talk:Elizabeth Bennet

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I would like to add, upon the advice of my wife, that Keira Knightly should not have the marquee image position. Thank you :). MKV 06:57, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Its actually spelled Keira Knightley, and , don't mean to be rude, but what does your wife know? She's not Jane Austen after all, is she? Also, nobody suggested Keira was there because she was the best. Only because she has been the latest person to portray that LITERARY character. - Jane 5:21, 29 December 2006
Hello Jane, - The real issue is that this is a page dedicated to a literary character not a film character, thus this is a "book" page, not a "film" page (pages in the Wikipedia make this distinction). It is fair to mention films under a separate heading on a book page, but the main information in the infobox is limited to the book. You might want to review these pages Help:Contents and Wikipedia:Five pillars to help with your future edits (in addition - if this were a film character page, and multiple actresses had played the part, it would still be arbitrary to pick an actress because she is the most recent. I could equally argue that Greer Garson should be in the box because she was the first actress to portray Elizabeth in 1940. Since Wikipedia:Neutral point of view is a major rule of the Wikipedia, neither argument would win). -Classicfilms 01:48, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
Thank You, I realize that, and that is why I put the pictures in a gallery. - Jane 7:28, 31 December 2006
Yes, I saw the gallery - it looks great! Thanks for setting that up. -Classicfilms 03:47, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Images

I reverted back to a the page which shows a few actors who have portrayed Elizabeth as she is a literary character first - to preference one image in the infobox would violate Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. -Classicfilms 14:50, 16 December 2006 (UTC)


I think the pictures should be shown, but of ALL actresses. Give me time, and I'm sure I'll be able to find a shot of them all as Lizzie Bennet, since it would make the section so much more pretty and not violate the neutral point of view. - Jane 13:24, 23 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "Noted" and "Additional" lists

I don't know if Elizabeth Garvie should be in the "noted" list. I don't even know why there are two lists. I just removed the "best remake" mention.

I also moved Bride and Prejudice to the "Additional Actresses" list. Definitely not meant to be in the first list.

Gavri 19:44, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

It's a "Noted Actresses" list and not "Notable performances" as I had thought. I've reverted the page to the version before Elizabeth Garvie was added to the first list. Gavri 07:47, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't even think there should be two lists, myself; why not just one list called 'Actresses who have portrayed Elizabeth Bennet' or something? It seems a little POV at least to me - personally, I'd call the first woman to portray Elizabeth Bennet on television or in colour 'notable'.--Joseph Q Publique 12:01, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
And even if there is a "notable list", shouldn't it be a "Noted Performances" list instead of a "Noted Actresses" list? Also, I'm not convinced we need two lists, because the lists are so short anyway. Gavri 14:04, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
I've merged everything into one list, and have tried to make the entries that were there a little less POV than they seemed before.--Joseph Q Publique 12:23, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Elizabeth's age

Out of curiosity, when does it state that she is 20? I always had her pegged at either 19 or 20, with no clear verdict on either side, as I thought the only time her age was mentioned was in her line to Lady Catherine saying she wasn't 21. Also, it seems a bit odd to me to state her age as 20, when all of the sisters have the comment 'at the beginning of the novel ...' Loggie (talk) 21:44, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Elizabeth Darcy

Shouldn't her "Full Name" now be Elizabeth Darcy? --Codenamecuckoo (talk) 17:39, 27 April 2008 (UTC)