Language In Clarissa, Evelina And Pride And Prejudice
Language In Clarissa, Evelina And Pride And Prejudice Language In Clarissa, Evelina And Pride And Prejudice
Lucas would marry for comfort rather than suffer the discomfort of not marrying at all, a potential fate waiting for Kitty and Mary Bennet. Charlotte quietly accepts the faults of her new husband, and Austen takes particular care to show her comfortable in her marriage rather than mercenary and miserable (Scheuermann 200, 207). Like her husband, Charlotte is in the market to marry, not to find love. Security, status, and class drive these two people together. Inheritance and entails make up the language of courtship for Collins, as he first pursues the daughters of the estate he is going to receive, then settles on the daughter of the only titled man in Meryton. Collins was aware of his new legal and social position long before he met the Bennets. Mr. Bennet draws out Collinsf s self-aggrandizing presentiments regarding his future position and future wife in their first conversation after dinner at the Bennets . As Collins goes on about Lady Catherine de Bourghf s daughter, the reader and Mr. Bennet sense Collins's interest in her as a possible future wife. Bennet asks him "whether these pleasing attentions [to Miss de Bourghl proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study?" (59) . Collins replies that he wishes "to give ['such little elegant
complimentsf] as unstudied an air as possible," though he admits to enjoying the work of putting them together(59). Collins by nature is driven by his place in the strict settlement system, and he spends a great deal of time devising "compliments" that will help his position further. He cannot have the daughter of Lady Catherine de Bourgh, but he has flattered both. He moves to the Bennet sisters, then on to Charlotte Lucas. The slow descent down the social ladder is not haphazard; Collins starts at the top and works down systematically. The reaction of the women on all three rungs is typical Austen humor: Lady Catherine de Bourgh doesnf t even register the thought of Collins marrying her daughter, telling Collins he should find a wife soon; Elizabeth and Jane are amused and disgusted; Charlotte is flattered and relieved finally to find a comfortable future. Collins's settlement starts him down the ladder of success. Mr. Wickham's World Evelinafs Mr. Villars has a name that alerts the reader to several possible character traits heralded through his name. Mr. Villars may not have the character of a villain, but he does have the character of a
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Lucas would marry for comfort rather than suffer the<br />
discomfort of not marrying at all, a potential fate<br />
waiting for Kitty and Mary Bennet. Charlotte quietly<br />
accepts the faults of her new husband, and Austen takes<br />
particular care to show her comfortable in her marriage<br />
rather than mercenary and miserable (Scheuermann 200,<br />
207). Like her husband, Charlotte is in the market to<br />
marry, not to find love. Security, status, and class<br />
drive these two people together. <strong>In</strong>heritance and entails<br />
make up the language of courtship for Collins, as he<br />
first pursues the daughters of the estate he is going to<br />
receive, then settles on the daughter of the only titled<br />
man in Meryton. Collins was aware of his new legal and<br />
social position long before he met the Bennets. Mr.<br />
Bennet draws out Collinsf s self-aggrandizing<br />
presentiments regarding his future position and future<br />
wife in their first conversation after dinner at the<br />
Bennets . As Collins goes on about Lady Catherine de<br />
Bourghf s daughter, the reader and Mr. Bennet sense<br />
Collins's interest in her as a possible future wife.<br />
Bennet asks him "whether these pleasing attentions [to<br />
Miss de Bourghl proceed from the impulse of the moment,<br />
or are the result of previous study?" (59) . Collins<br />
replies that he wishes "to give ['such little elegant
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