Any thoughts of the adjectives below?Adjectives used to describe Elizabeth's demeanor. "if you believe it impossible to be true, " said Elizabeth,...

Consider the character of Elizabeth and her attitudes and
actions throughout the novel. Given the nature of her interaction with many of the other
people she encounters, "cool" and "disdain" are very appropriate adjectives to apply to
her conduct.

In this setting, disdain is being used to mean
distaste, scorn, contempt, possibly even outright disgust although probably not that far
in this instance. She is described as having spoken coolly because she is not being
friendly, warm, accepting, receptive to her visitor.

In
both cases, the adjectives chosen are being used to help portray Elizabeth's dominant
qualities - the pride and prejudice that gave the book its title. This is not any common
young lady we are reading about. This is Elizabeth Bennet, for better or for
worse.