Pride and Prejudice Essay

Mr collins proposes to both Elizabeth and Char musste, precisely their reactions are very different. What does the behaviour of whole iii characters, during chapters 19, 20 & 22 tell us around the different attitudes to conglutination in the early nineteenth century?In the 19th century, manpower were rated higher than women in society therefore when it came to hymeneals, once women were married wholly of their belongings, earnings and wealth were passed onto their husbands and in return their husbands would take care of them. manpower and women nates and so would very rarely wed for live and gaiety but a nonher(prenominal)wise mainly for m championy, security and to be higher up in society in some cases. Jane Austin wrote the story plume and Prejudice which deals with some of the most important aspects of adult life in the 19th century and explores the different trances of marriage thoroughly throughout the book.Elizabeth bennet is the second eldest of the five be nnet sisters and plays a vital recess in the novel where she believes that marriage should be about love, equality and respect. Her view is that marriage is to be an equal partnership and a meeting of minds. She is a girl of high principles and her marriage would save been one of equality as she quotes And if I were determined to get a rich husband, or all husband, I dare say I should adopt it (volume 1 chapter 6 varlet 15) which shows her determination that she would non marry for money, but only when for received love. Marriage today is seen upon by society as a bearing to be connected to your other half forever due to your eternal love for each other. Mevery people get married by filling of the heart which is similar to the way Elizabeth saw matrimony back in the 19th century.When Mr Collins proposes to Elizabeth she trys to be tenuous and reject him in a nice way by state Accept my thanks for the compliment you are paying me. I am very sensible of the honour of your purposes, but it is impossible for me to do otherwise than decline them (volume 1 chapter 19 page 89) though he does not believe that her means what she says when she refuses him.Therefore Elizabeth halts up byword I am perfectly serious in my refusal. You could not make me sharp, and I am convinced that I am the last woman in the sphere who would make you do (volume 1 chapter 19 page 90) and by saying this she is sticking to her principals of only marrying for love. Even though he tolerate still her and her family financially, she is still prepared to sacrifice financial security for personal opinionings and freedom. I do admire Elizabeth for this decision because she told him what she honestly thinks/believes. I believe you should only marry someone if you are deeply in love with them and feel that you want to share your life with them.Also, Elizabeth does not want to make the kindred mistakes others ingest made in past marriage advised by her father as he does not have on-key feelings for Mrs. Bennet which makes their marriage very sorrowful and uncomfort fitting. This has probably influenced her decision a lot to decline Mr. Collins because she does not want to end up in the same position as her parents. After many attempts of trying to swap Elizabeths mind, Mrs. Bennett resorts to saying You must come and make Lizzy marry Mr Collins, for se vows she impart not have him, and if you do not make charge he ordain change his mind and not have her (volume 1 chapter 20 page 93) to Mr. Bennet because she desperately is trying to marry all off Elizabeth so that she isnt her responsibility any more.Elizabeth is also acquiring older and at that time when they got to a certain age and were not married, they would be seen as not eligible for marriage, i.e. a spinster. On the other hand, Mr. Bennet reduced the situation to a joke by severalize his opinions of the proposal with that of his wife. He ended the situation by saying An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a fantastical to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr Collins, and I will never see you again if you do (volume 1 chapter 20 page 93) because he understands why Elizabeth does not want to marry Mr. Collins, cares more about his daughters happiness than their wealth and does not want to see her end up regretting her married life standardized he is.When Mr. Collins is rejected he refuses to abandon his decision to marry. instead of Elizabeth, he decides to set his sights on Charlotte Lucas and asks her to marry him instead. As before long as Elizabeth found out that her best friend Charlotte was engaged to Mr. Collins, she expressed her admiration by exclaiming Engaged to Mr Collins My dear Charlotte, impossible (volume 1 chapter 22 page 104) because she could not come to terms that Charlotte would be marrying this chesty man.But Elizabeth had now recollected herself, and making a st rong effort for it, was adapted to assure her with tolerable firmness that the prospect of their relationship was highly delicious to her, and that she wished her all imaginable happiness which shows us she was pleased for the couple and shows her frequent for Charlotte by wishing her well. By doing this Elizabeth demonstrates that she will support others if they believe they will be happy despite not wanting to marry for any other reason than love and happiness herself.The character Mr Collins is a Church of England rector, who inherits Mr Bennets estate and his patron is Lady Catherine de Bourgh (Darcys aunt). His attitude towards marriage is different to Elizabeths as he wants to marry for economical reasons which is clearly shown when he says Having now a good class and very sufficient income, he intended to marry and in seek a reconciliation with the Longbourn family he had a wife in view, as he meant to choose one of the daughters, if he found them as free and amiable as they were represented by common report (volume 1 chapter 15 page 57). Mr Collins himself is silly, pompous and self-satisfied, though he seems to have a significant role as a potential marriage partner, which is unfortunately let down by his lack of care for anyone but himself. He only wants to secure his place in society by marrying as Lady Catherine will promote him which will then tend him into a higher class of people.Mr Collins reasons for wanting to marry one of the Bennet sisters is This was his plan of amends of atonement for inheriting their fathers estate and he though it an excellent one, full of eligibly and suitableness, and excessively unstinting and disinterested on his own part (volume 1 chapter 15 page 57-58) which means as he is inheriting their fathers land, he thinks he can make things better by marrying on of them however despite him thought process this is a very good idea, he is not in love with any of them.Whilst Mr. Collins is in search of a wife his get-go choice is Jane, but learning of her likely engagement to Mr. Bingley, he switched his wariness to Elizabeth. I believe that this sudden change is consistent with everything we have learnt about Mr. Collins. Although whilst on one had his intentions appeared honourable i.e. he wants to marry one of the sisters in order to re pay them for inheriting their fathers land , the fact that he is unforced to marry any of them without loving them, demonstrates his ultimate lack of deliberate and respect. It also highlights his underlying reason to marry in order to lay away more wealth and social status.Next, the way Mr. Collins proposed to Elizabeth was excessively form-only(prenominal) and consisted entirely of reasons why he should marry. His starts off with mentioning Almost as soon as I entered the house I singles you out as the companion of my future life (volume 1 chapter 19 page 88) which is a complete lie as we all know his first choice was Jane. The order in which he giv es his reasons for marrying is interesting too as he mentions he wants to set a good example, how it will make him happy and the fact that Lady Catherine had told him to get all before he up to now mentions love His proposal shows only concern for himself and his standing with Lady Catherine who seems to be the only woman he does care for.Apart from being incredibly long-winded, his speech sounds like a business deal without any trace of romance which probably turns Elizabeth off him even more. When Mr. Collins says I am therefore by no means discouraged by what you have just verbalise, and shall hope to lead you to the altar ere long (volume 1 chapter 19 page 89) means he is then dismissive when Elizabeth turns down his proposal assuming that she really means yes, when she is saying no and thinks that all young women react in this way initially when asked for their hand in marriage. Again, this shows us that he is pretty arrogant, doesnt take Elizabeth seriously or any other w omen for that matter and thinks that he will marry Elizabeth in the end despite what she is saying.Amazingly, Mr. Collins is very fast to change mind from Elizabeth to Charlotte which tells us he has no intention of stopping until he is married and he would happily marry a woman who does not love or even like him. He barley knows Charlotte, yet he is willing to spend the rest of his life with her and he will not be grateful that she is his wife but grateful they are married because then he is seen higher in society. Although he may have said he had feelings for Elizabeth, they way he was able to move onto Charlotte so cursorily also enhances our thoughts of him being selfish. By doing all of this, he is quickly show that he only has a heart for himself therefore he will never love any woman or find true love and no woman will ever be able to love him back.