Comparing Marriage Proposals from Mr. Collins and Mr. Darcy from Pride

Comparing Marriage Proposals from Mr. Collins and Mr. Darcy from Pride and PrejudiceThe story of Pride and Prejudice revolves around a set out of fivedaughters, Mrs. Bennet, whose sole purpose is to marry off herdaughters to qualified men. Jane is the eldest out of the Bennetsisters. Jane is the closest to Elizabeth from the rest of hersisters, this is because they stand on similar maturity date levels, andElizabeth is the second oldest.The main theme of the novel is based on the importance of marriage. Itis important because a woman will have to marry a suitable man who cansupport her when her father passes away, it is equally important tomen because it is important for them to keep their social status, theywill do this by finding a wife at a suitable age. There are four mainmarriages in the novel Charlottes to Mr Collins, Lydias to Wickham,Janes to Mr Bingley, and Elizabeths to Mr Darcy. The story isfollows Elizabeth.Elizabeth Bennet the second oldest of the five daughters. Of h ersisters, she has the strongest and almost outstanding personality, andthis is shown because she is the only one who wants to marry asuitable man whom she also loves.Mr Collins is a relative of the Bennets. Mr Bennet has no sons.Therefore he will have to leave all his possessions to Mr Collins whenhe passes away. This is why Mrs Bennet is pleased to hear he wouldlike to marry one of her daughters so they will keep the familyincome. Mr Collins at first is most interested in Jane because of herbeauty, but when he finds out that she may be getting sedulous to MrBingley, he currentises he has not got much of a chance with her, so thenbegins to have interest in Elizabeth.Mr Darcy is a man who comes fro... ... both confirming that Elizabeth will accept them and they thereforepresent themselves in such a manner that this is made obvious. MrCollins verbally declares this assumption, you may assure yourselfthat no meanspirited reproach shall ever pass my lips when we aremarried. Mr Dar cy does not openly mention his assurance inElizabeths acceptance but makes it obvious in his manner she couldeasily see that he had no doubt of a favourable answer. He spoke ofapprehension and anxiety, but his countenance expressed real security.Until Mr Darcy proposes to Elizabeth, neither of them are honest abouttheir feelings towards each other.The novel ends when Mr Darcy and Elizabeth get married, and Jane andMr Bingley get married, even though they connected from the beginningand did not have as much time as Elizabeth and Mr Darcy did to get toknow each other.