Pride and Prejudice
“It is truth, universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen) In the early 1800s, marriage was extremely different than how it is currently in the early twenty-first century. The majority of the people did not marry because of love or attraction towards the other person. Usually women married to become wealthy and often men proposed because someone paid them. Mr. Darcy and Mr. Collins, who are characters in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, both proposed to Elizabeth Bennet, who denied them. Because of Mr. Darcy and Mr. Collins self-centeredness and pride neither marriage proposal was appropriate.
In their pride, prior to the proposal both men were almost positive …show more content…
Collins and Mr. Darcy thought of their own happiness before thinking of Elizabeth’s happiness. Mr. Collins was only thinking about himself, he barely even knew Elizabeth, who was not going to marry anyone that she did not love, but he proposed anyway. Mr. Darcy’s proposal was inappropriate because, he was the cause of Elizabeth’s older sister, Jane, not getting married to Mr. Bingley. His persuading Mr. Bingley, led Elizabeth’s beloved sister to be heartbroken. Also, during their first encounter, earlier that year at a ball Mr. Darcy said rude remarks about Elizabeth. This can be deducted from Elizabeth’s rejection of Mr. Darcy’s proposal, “From the very beginning- from the first moment I may almost say of my acquaintance with you, your manners impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish distain of the feelings of others, were such as to form the groundwork of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike; and I had not known you a month before I knew you were the last man in the world who I could ever be prevailed on to marry.” (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen) These reasons led Elizabeth to
“It is truth, universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.” (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen) In the early 1800s, marriage was extremely different than how it is currently in the early twenty-first century. The majority of the people did not marry because of love or attraction towards the other person. Usually women married to become wealthy and often men proposed because someone paid them. Mr. Darcy and Mr. Collins, who are characters in Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, both proposed to Elizabeth Bennet, who denied them. Because of Mr. Darcy and Mr. Collins self-centeredness and pride neither marriage proposal was appropriate.
In their pride, prior to the proposal both men were almost positive …show more content…
Collins and Mr. Darcy thought of their own happiness before thinking of Elizabeth’s happiness. Mr. Collins was only thinking about himself, he barely even knew Elizabeth, who was not going to marry anyone that she did not love, but he proposed anyway. Mr. Darcy’s proposal was inappropriate because, he was the cause of Elizabeth’s older sister, Jane, not getting married to Mr. Bingley. His persuading Mr. Bingley, led Elizabeth’s beloved sister to be heartbroken. Also, during their first encounter, earlier that year at a ball Mr. Darcy said rude remarks about Elizabeth. This can be deducted from Elizabeth’s rejection of Mr. Darcy’s proposal, “From the very beginning- from the first moment I may almost say of my acquaintance with you, your manners impressing me with the fullest belief of your arrogance, your conceit, and your selfish distain of the feelings of others, were such as to form the groundwork of disapprobation on which succeeding events have built so immovable a dislike; and I had not known you a month before I knew you were the last man in the world who I could ever be prevailed on to marry.” (Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen) These reasons led Elizabeth to