By Regency laws, Mr. William Collins is an heir of the Bennett estate because he is a distant cousin to Mr. Bennett, whom is without a son. In a male dominant society, Mr. Collins has an entitlement to the property, and he may choose to have a responsibility toward the Bennett family. However, Mr. Collins is a pompous, sycophantic clergyman of exaggerated solemnity as his manners are very formal; he is also annoying, talkative, uncoordinated (cannot dance), and physically unattractive. Mr. Collins’s frigid attitude and duplicitous nature invoke him to vocalize that Lydia’s death would be more attractive than bringing dishonor to the Bennett family; therefore, he advises the Bennett family to disown their child and allow her to reap what she
