Mr. Darcy's First Name

In Pride and Prejudice, the culture expects for everyone to be a Miss, Mr. and Mrs. And the women - especially Lydia - seem quite thrilled when they can be called Mrs. (insert husband's name here).

So, what does Colombian culture think about that? Here, where we call everyone by their first name, or simply replace their name for Mr. (sir) or Mi(iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii)ss. (And believe me, this is actually a very contagious - and convenient - habit to replace someone's full name for a simple Mr./sir or Miss. especially when you cannot remember their last name!)

If we were to replace one of our students from CNG into Pride and Prejudice society, what would the characters' and student's reaction be? Most likely shock and horror at the opposing actions.

What a major difference between times.

Here, where we think getting married before college an 'Oh My - scandalous' situation, and calling adults by their first names, a norm.

I am not saying that either one of the cultures is right or wrong, but just very very very widely different.

So how did this happen? How do characteristics of a society evolve into something so completely different from what it began as? Was it simply time? Revolutionary ideas? An advancement - or the opposite, going downhill?

But, we still share common things with eachother. For example, no one says it straight out, but marrying into money is quite convenient. Balls - parties, are very fun. And lets face it, the personalities of the characters are still present to day. From Mr. Darcy's to Mrs. Bennets, yep, they are all here.

(Differences in lives shown in two pictures of parties)

Oh, and by the way, Mr. Darcy's first name is Fitzwilliam. Hm... I kind of like the ring to that.