傲慢与偏见 Mr.Collins and Charlotte Lucas.

1、- on Mr. Collins and Charlotte Lucas A Practical Marriage context Characteristics 1 Practical Marriage 2 Summary3 Mr. Collins Charlotte Lucas Motivations Comments Characteristics Mr.Colins is a tall, heavy looking young man of five and twenty. His air is grave and stately, and his manners are very f

2、ormal. He has ever belonged to one of the universities, but he had merely kept the necessary terms, without forming it at any useful acquaintance. Mr. CollinsMr. Collins Mr. Colins is Mr. Bennets nephew. Since Mr. Bennet only has five daughters, according to the English regulation about the limitati

3、on on inheritance of wealth, which has been compained by Mrs. Bennet for many times, he has to leave all his heritage to Mr. Colins and only 1000 pounds to each of his daughter. Characteristics of Mr. Collins A fortunate chance had recommended him to Lady Catherine De Bourgh when the living of Hunsf

4、ord was vacant; and the respect which he felt for her high rank, and his veneration for her as his patroness, mingling with a very good opinion of himself, of his authority as a clergyman, and his rights as a rector, made him altogether a mixture of pride and obsequiousness, self- importance and hum

5、ility. -Pride and Prejudice “ ” Characteristics of Mr. Collins Whose Lady Catherina de Bourgh bounty and beneficence has preferred me to the valuable rectory of this parish, where it shall be my earnest endeavor to demean myself with grateful respect towards her Ladyship, and be very ready to perfor

6、m those rites and ceremonies which are instituted by the Church of England. obsequiousness Characteristics of Mr. Collins When he firstly visit Mr. Bennet, He had not been long seated before he complimented Mrs. Bennet on having so fine a family of daughters; said he had heard much of their beauty,

7、but that, in this instance, fame had fallen short of the truth; and added that he did not doubt her seeing them all in due time well disposed of in marriage. obsequiousness Characteristics of Mr. Collins obsequiousness When the Collins and Elizabeth have dinner in Lady Catherines house, Mr. Collins

8、“carved, and ate, and praised with delighted alacrity; and every dish was commended.” obsequiousness When they play cards, “Mr. Collins was employed in agreeing to everything her ladyship said, thanking her for every dish he won, and apologizing if he thought he won too many” Analysis From these ext

9、racts, we can see how wise Mr. Collin is in applying the art of compliments. In Mr. Collins patriarchal notion, everything about the upper class is right. His responsibility is to ingratiate himself with the upper class. It seems that he has been into their society which meets his desire. Characteri

10、stics of Mr. Collins -self-important It is by no means certain that another offer of marriage may ever be made you. Your portion is unhappily so small that it will in all likelihood undo the effects of your loveliness and amiable qualifications. As I must therefore conclude that you are not serious

11、in your rejection of me, I shall chuse to attribute it to your wish of increasing my love by suspense, according to the usual practice of elegant females. self-important Analysis Elizabeth refuses his proposal but he thinks it is just the usual practice of elegant females, rather than realize his ow

12、n reasons. From this extract, we can see how self- important Mr. Collins is. Characteristics of Mr. Collins - stiff She saw instantly that her cousins manners were not alerted by his marriage; his formal civility was just what it had been, and he detained her some minutes at the gate to hear and sat

13、isfy his inquiries after all her family. stiff Analysis According to Elizabeth, Mr. Collins is full of civility. Actually, Mr.Collins is strictly sticks to etiquettes of the British society without any exception. From this point of view, we can see how stiff he is. The good friend of Elizabeth. Her

14、father is Sir William Lucas who had been formerly in trade in Meryton. She holds different view of love and marriage with Elizabeth even though they are good friends. She finally married with Mr. Collins out of practical thinking. Charlotte Lucas Characteristics of Charlotte- practical and rational

15、I am not romantic,you know.I never was. I ask only a comfortable home; as considering Mr. Collinss character,connections,and situation in life,I am convinced that my chance of happiness with him is as fair as most people can boast on entering the marriage state. Her reflections were in general satis

16、factory. Mr. Collins to be sure was neither sensible nor agreeable;his society was irksome, and his attachment to her must be imaginary. But still, he would be her husband.Without thinking highly either of men or matrimony,marriage had always been her object;it was the only honourable provision for

17、well-educated young women of small fortune, and however uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest perservative from want. This preservative she had now obtained;and at the age of twenty-seven,without having been handsome,she felt all the good luck of it. Characteristics of Charlotte-

18、practical and rational Analysis Charlotte has a clear understanding of her situation.First,from the aspect of the society,the status of the female is very low. If they want to live in a comfortable life,getting marriage will be a simple and quickest way for them to get what they want.From her own as

19、pect,she is twenty-seven years old. She knows that she is not beautiful,and her family is poor. So she thinks that marrying Mr. Collins is a best way to ensure her life. Characteristics of Charlotte- clever and strong-minded There is so much of gratitude or vanity in almost every attachment that it

20、is not safe to leave any to itself. We can all begin freely a slight preference is natural enough, but there are very few of us who have heart enough to he really in love without encouragement. In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. Bingley likes your sister

21、 undoubtedly; but he may never do more than like her, if she does help him on. Characteristics of Charlotte- clever and strong-minded Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each other, or ever so similar beforehand, it does

22、not advanced their felicity in the least. They always contrive to grow sufficiently unlike afterwards to have their share of vexation; and it is better to know as little as possible of the defects of the person with whom you are to pass your life. Analysis As a matter of fact, Charlotte holds an ind

23、ependent idea in matters of marriage and love.Obviously, Charlottes view of love is different from others. She thinks that if the woman does not respond to a mans favorable feelings and the man will feel very frustrated, and then give up the idea of pursuing this woman. In his opinion, it is not nec

24、essary for women to have a happy marriage, but marriage is the decent choice and provide an reliable shelter. Her compromise on practical marriage with Collins just proved her point of view. Practical Marriage Practical Marriage - Motivation Social Background In the 19th century of Britain, marriage

25、 was an important means to strengthen a familys economic, political and social status. Britain was highly stratified in the early 18th century. If people from from the low class want to squeeze into upper society, the most effective way is to marry a rich man . ” “ Practical Marriage - Motivation So

26、cial Background In such a social background, marriage and money are inseparable. Marriage is considered as a market in which women are goods and men are buyers. Men have the initiative in their hands. In Austens time, women have low social positions and they have no choice but to marry a good husban

27、d. Therefore, women have to try their best to attract men with a good fortune. ” “ View of Marriage -Mr. Collins My reasons for marrying are, first,that I think it a right thing for every clergyman in easy circumstances like myself to set the example of matrimony in his parish.Secondly,that I am con

28、vinced it will add very greatly to my happiness; and thirdly which perhaps I ought to have mentioned earlier that it is the particular advice and recommendation of the very noble lady whom I have the honour of calling patroness. ” “ View of Marriage -Charlotte ” “ I am not romantic,you know.I never

29、was. I ask only a comfortable home; as considering Mr. Collinss character,connections,and situation in life,I am convinced that my chance of happiness with him is as fair as most people can boast on entering the marriage state. When people in the town were filled up with Darcys pride attitude, Charl

30、otte held her own opinion and saidHis pride does not offend me so much as pride often does, because there is an excuse for it. One cannot wonder that so very fine a young man, with family, fortune, everything in his favour, should think highly of himself. If I may so express it, he has a right to be

31、 proud. View of Marriage -Charlotte ” “ From this, we can find this girl was different from others, just like what Elizabeth did. For this reason, she should findsomeone she loved to get married. Because, her husband was supposed to be her soul-mate, not just a guy who lived with. However, the truth

32、 was she got married with Collins who she didnt had feeling for. Why? If she refused Collins, she might end up alone, and depend on her brothers. Based on this situation, she chose to marry a man who didnt love her. In another word, Charlotte married for money. Because having money means security fo

33、r her. Analysis She told Elizabeth that she dont chase for romance, all she want is a comfortable house. Collins was a man with good fortune. On the other hand, his character was not very nice. Actually, he was a bit dreadful. But Charlotte thought it was better than she end up alone and watching pe

34、ople around her all got married. In which case we can accuse she was a woman with sense. We cannot say her choice is right or wrong, but we can see she did it reasonable somehow. For Collins, he just wanted to marry woman to be his house keeper. Their marriage was out of love, but can be beneficial

35、to each other. From the above selections, we can know that both of them view marriage as a tool to reach the certain perposes. They share same view of marriage with each other. It might be the mainly motivation of their marriage. At the beginning of the 19thcentury in Britain, there was a serious inequality between men and women. Women have little chance of receiving education. If they wanted to get social status and