Pride and Prejudice

Mr Collins is a cousin of the main character Elizabeth Bennet. He is the heir to the Bennet estate as at the time in the story takes place the law states that estates must be passed on to male heirs.He is a clergyman. When Mr Collins first comes to visit the Bennet home looks to Jane Bennet as a possible bride,but it discouraged by Mrs Bennet by telling him that she is to be engaged(to Mr Bingley). Mr Collins then takes notice of Elizabeth when he is encouraged by her mother. Mr Collins proposes to Elizabeth in an odd and very uncomfortable scene, and she declines his proposal with as much grace as possible. Mr Collins then proposes to and eventually marries Elizabeth's close friend Charlotte Lucas.

The first time he visited was because he wanted a wife, and he figured he could quickly and easily get one of his cousins to marry him since he inherits the estate after the death of Mr. Bennet. The family would be able to stay in their house if Mr. Collins married one of the Bennet sisters.

The second time he came was when Lydia eloped with Mr. Wickham and brought the family misfortune and disgrace. Mr. Collins claimed to have come to offer his sympathy, but Elizabeth thinks it is because he wanted to congratulate himself in his own happy situation and flaunt it.

He says he thought Jane was not really interested in Bingley, so he thought it best if he prevented Bingley from falling too deeply in love with her.

I have thought for a long time there was also another reason, which he did not want to admit to Lizzy. It is clear in the novel that he is falling in love with Lizzy. He believes Lizzy is not a suitable match for him, and so at first he is thankful that his pride in his family will prevent him from falling in love. But when that fails, he is thankful for any reason to get away from her. And yet he is drawn to her and wants to dance with her. Unfortunately, Bingley is his best friend, and as long as Bingley is seeing Jane, Darcy will be exposed to Lizzy. He wants this to stop, so he has his own motive to keep Bingley and Jane apart, which is never expressed explicitly in the book.

A+: Darcy believed Jane was apathetic toward a romantic relationship with Charles

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Lizzy's Bennet's ideal vision of marriage is one where, in addition to being in love with ones spouse, there is a mutual respect for each other, and a meeting of minds.

He Did at first because she wasn't rich or pretty enough, but as the story progresses he begins to become attracted to her and they end up getting married

Ludia was fascinated and charmed by Mr Wickham and he was filled with desire and he convinced her to go away with him and get married without Mr and Mrs bennet's permission but Mr Darcy went after him and he caught them and convinced Mr Wickham to marry Lydia by paying him. So Mr Darcy was the reason of them getting married because he remembered what happened with his sister and Mr Wickham

Lydia told her in an unguarded moment. It was supposed to be a secret, which Lydia also revealed, so Lizzy and Jane did not ask more about it. But Elizabeth was curious enough to ask her aunt Gardiner, who knew everything about it but had not been sworn to secrecy, and so was able to tell her all about it.

Yes,Pride and Prejudice got the best review from over 50 other 4 star movies all shown in theater, Pride and Prejudice got 5 stars in Hollywood in my eyes although some people may come to judge it at first glance, it really takes hard character to prove that it is one of a kind.

Darcy introduces his letter knowing that he has to tempt Elizabeth into reading his letter, knowing that she would not willingly read anything which to do on the matter of their previous interactions. Therefore, in starting the letter he addresses her in a very polite and civil manner, with the following of his immediate assurance that he will not renew his marriage proposal to her. He concludes his introduction paragraph with a compliment to Elizabeth, further encouraging her to read what he has to tell her by writing that she will read it not because of what she feels on the matter, but because of her justice. Here forth meaning that he is complimenting her on her judgment.

Following this introduction he attempts to explain to her why he took Bingley away from Jane when the likelihood of marriage was so great. Also he included the telling of his connection and encounters with Wickham in order to justify his behavior and actions towards the man, and clarify the untruthful tellings Wickham had so unjustly bestowed on Darcy. This is as well as to warn Elizabeth of his true character because he is aware of her past partiality towards the man and he wanted to clarify that Wickham had only the appearance of a good man, while Darcy had all the actual goodness himself.

Mr. Darcy is a gentleman. He has no occupation.

He is wealthy because he owns a great estate, described as being ten miles around, which would mean possibly 3000 or 4000 acres. On this estate are farms and villages, which he owns, and the tenants pay rent or provide products of their labor in lieu of rent.

He could have had an occupation, had he decided to do so. His cousin, Col. Fitzwilliam, went into the military, which Darcy could have done. And there were a few men wealthier than Darcy who went into the church. But it was unnecessary for him to do any of these things. He did have matters of business, which he attended to, and though we know Wickham's father managed Darcy's estate for Darcy's father, we have no indication that there was a steward or manager for Darcy, so it is possible he did this himself.

He was relieved and shocked at the very small sum demanded by Wichkam. This made him suspect that his brother-in-law had paid a much more substantial sum in secret, which made him wonder how on Earth he was going to repay the money spent on Lydia's dowry.

In the 2005 production of Pride & Prejudice, Mr. (Fitzwilliam) Darcy was played by Matthew Macfadyen. The portrayal by Lawrence Olivier in the 1940 production towers over this later interpretation of the role. Colin Firthplayed Darcy in 1995, and there have been other productions, each with its own actor in that part. Use the link below to the IMDb post with the list containing these and other characters with this name.

Mr. Gardiner sends a note to Mr. Bennet saying that Lydia and Wickham have been found. They are not married, and they (or perhaps just Wickham) have not intention of being married, but they will marry if Mr. Bennet provides them with a hundred pounds per year, while he lives, and sees to it Lydia gets her share of the 5000 pounds left Mrs Bennet and the daughters when he dies.

She's touring the Derbyshire country with her aunt and uncle. Pemberly is a great estate that lots of people want to see. She doesn't have much of a choice in the end anyway.

Fitzwilliam Darcy (no wonder they call him "Darcy") Here is an article if you would like further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice also try www.republicofpemberly.com

From the scene of the ball where Darcy was introduced in the story, he was said to be proud and unsociable, unlike the amiable and well-liked Bingley. Darcy didn't offer to dance with the girls despite the fact that there alot of the girls were without dancing partners. This was considered to be impolite behaviour. Besides, Darcy didn't socialise much with the people, and thus he was termed as being proud right from the beginning.

In my volume of Pride and Prejudice, Darcy's first, unsuccessful, proposal begins on page 145, of the 298 pages in the novel. It will be different in different editions, but clearly this is only slightly less than half way through. It takes up almost the whole of chapter XI of volume II.

Another edition I have has it on page 113 of 236, and the chapter is listed as chapter 34.

The author takes a disdainful tone toward Judge Pyncheon. The author of The House of the Seven Gables is Nathaniel Hawthorne, and his voice comes through in parts of the novel.

Neither Col. Fitzwilliam nor Elizabeth has any appreciable amount of money. As a younger son of an earl, he should be able to marry a woman with a considerable fortune, which he really needs to do because of his own lack of one. He could marry Elizabeth, if they really fell in love, but he would have to take up some kind of work for which he was not prepared, and then they would have to live with the fact that they had both sacrificed quite a lot to be together. So they each considered the other out of bounds as a partner.

Pride and Prejudice and The Gift of the Magi are similar because because they are about giving things up for the people you love.

She spent her summer with her friend, Scarlet, and her cousin, Mr. Collins. Also she spent part of her summer with her Aunt and Uncle in the country.

Elizabeth goes to Hunsford to visit her friend Charlotte who has recently married Mr Collins with Sir William Lucas and Charlotte's younger sister Maria. She then goes on 'grand tour' visiting Derbyshire, and therefore Pemberley, where she realises her love for Darcy, with her Aunt and Uncle (mother's brother and his wife) The Gardiners.

Mr Bennet is an intelligent man , but his flaw is that he does not fully fulfil his role as a father. He didn't discipline his daughter and allowed Lydia to do as she please, hence indirectly leading to the foolish behaviour of Lydia's elopement with Wickham. Besides, Mr Bennet don't seem to be that anxious about his daughter's marriage as compared to Mrs Bennet, who cared alot for the future marriage of her daughter.