Bridget Jones's Diary as a Highly Imaginative Interpretation of Pride and PrejudiceDirected by Sharon Maguire in 2001, one hundred and eighty-eight years after the publication of Pride and Prejudice in 1813, thereby , Bridget Jones's Diary would seem quite different from Pride and Prejudice. But it's actually a very imaginative interpretation of the novel. This modern interpretation is seen through plot, characters, context, values, language and cinematic techniques. Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones's Diary can be quite deceiving insofar as they are similar. For starters, the first line of Pride and Prejudice states, “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.” This line was edited into Bridget Jones's Diary as a voiceover and states: "It is a truth universally acknowledged that the moment one area of ​​your life is going well, the other falls spectacularly apart." This direct appropriation reveals the similarities between the texts and allows us to note the reproduction of Pride and Prejudice throughout Bridget Jones's Diary. Bridget Jones's Diary and Pride and Prejudice bear a similar plot. The protagonist is female; he is looking for love and is under pressure to find it, especially from his mother. The protagonist meets a man but his pride and her prejudice keep them apart. She has been led to believe that the man is dishonest and has been involved in some unforgivable past behavior. Yet he learns to love her "just as she is" and she discovers the truth about his past behavior and he lets go of his "pride" and she lets go of her "prejudice" and ironically they fall in love. In the analysis of the plot we see that the texts are similar to each other and Bridget Jones's Diary is a highly imaginative interpretation of Pride and Prejudice. Another similar similarity between the two texts is the similar distinctive characters. Bridget Jones's Diary features numerous characters who are modern creations of characters from Pride and Prejudice. The character of Darcy in both Pride and Prejudice and Bridget Jones's Diary is similar. In the last one mentioned, the first feeling of similarity with this character comes when the name Darcy appears. First of all, the name is the same, but as we get to know the character we can also recognize the character traits. Both are highly respected lawyers.