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georgiaexley
georgiaexley
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High School - 10th Grade

How does Jane Austen present Mr. Collins in "Pride and Prejudice"?

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Posted by georgiaexley on Tuesday September 29, 2009 at 2:14 AM and tagged with characters, mr collins, presentation, pride and prejudice.

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  1. kc4u Teacher
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    Mr. Collins, a clergyman and the nephew of Mr. Bennet, is one of the comic fools in Austen's novel, Pride and Prejudice. The Bennets, having as many as five marriageable daughters and having their property 'entailed', look for eligible bachelors as their sons-in-law. Mr. Collins, urged by his patroness Lady Catherine de Bourgh to get married, comes with a proposal to marry Jane; but Mrs. Bennet objects to the idea for Jane is already engaged in love with the handsome & solvent Mr. Bingley. Mr. Collins then proposes to Elizabeth, but Elizabeth disagrees. Mr. Collins at last marries Elizabeth's best friend, Charlotte, to Elizabeth's utter disgust.

    Mr. Collins is essentially servile and idiotic, an object of comic fun and ridicule, more a caricature than a character. He has little self-respect and hardly bothers for love.

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    Posted by kc4u on Tuesday September 29, 2009 at 3:09 AM