Comparing Favorite Literary Characters

	Fitzwilliam Darcy	Edward Cullen
Occupation	Man of consequence	Teenage vampire
Income	In possession of a good fortune	Probably richer than Darcy
Home	Pemberley, Derbyshire	Forks, WA
Age	28	17 going on 108
Character flaw	Pride	Self-loathing
Hobbies	Being disagreeable, hunting, brooding, swimming in ponds, fencing, repressing his feelings	Listening to and composing music, listening to the thoughts of strangers, peeping, hunting, brooding, driving fast, repressing his feelings
Turn-ons	Fine eyes, pert opinions	Human blood
Prefers	Brunettes	Brunettes
Instead of television, likes to watch	Elizabeth playing piano	Bella sleeping
Proposing marriage	Not so much successful on the first try.	Not so much successful on the first try.
Cinema Portrayal	Sideburns, wet linen shirt	Perfect hair, glitter skin
Dislikes	Giving consequence to young ladies who are slighted by other men.	Not being able to read Bella’s mind.
Competition	A dashing scoundrel	A lovable teenage werewolf
Cutest quote	“By you, I was properly humbled….You showed me how insufficient were all my pretensions to please a woman worthy of being pleased."	“If I could dream at all, it would be about you.”
Biggest lie ever told	"She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me.”	“It will be as if I never existed.”