Answer:
Netherfield Park became the center-point for the first encounter of the characters with their future partners, also leading to the development of the changed perceptions of both Elizabeth and Darcy.
Explanation:
In Jane Austen's "Pride And Prejudice", the story revolves around the themes of love, pride and societal status among the English society in the 18th century. The main issue of attaining wealth by marrying their daughters to rich or 'suitable' gentlemen became the norm for most households.
Netherfield Park is the estate that has been leased to Mr. Bingley, a rich single gentleman. He was first mentioned in the first chapter of the text when Mrs. Bennet told her husband "<em>Netherfield is taken by a young man of large fortune from the north of England</em>". This place was also the very first place Elizabeth Bennet and Darcy met each other at the party in Netherfield. It played a significant part in the story for it, for it was also the place where their perceptions of each other changed. Living in Netherfield Park when Jane was sick, Elizabeth began to see more often of Darcy which changed her perception of him. Darcy also began to have a change of heart when he closely observed her while she was taking care of Jane.
If Mr. Bingley hadn't come to stay in Nethefield Park, the Bennet family wouldn't have met him or even Darcy. They wouldn't have 'secured' such good and wealthy gentlemen for their daughters. Mr. Darcy, being a friend of Bingley, wouldn't have met Elizabeth and the events surrounding Lydia's marriage with Wickham wouldn't have turned the way it turned out, all thanks to Mr. Darcy and his love for Elizabeth.
