True Colors

As I had wrote in my post yesterday Mr. Collin is a new character in the story bringing about a climax. The intentions of Mr. Collin were revealed in the excerpts I had read today from Pride and Prejudice.

Mr. Collin has come to the Bennet house because he has his eye on Mr. Bennet's money as well as property. In this society or time period it is important to know that property was only to be inherited by a male therefore Mr. Collin saw it appropriate to marry a daughter from the Bennet household in order to entail the Bennet property. The intentions of Mr. Collin shows how often in this time era greed was a major vice rather it be in marrying a women for her fathers property or steeling.

After being turned down by Elizabeth, Mr. Collin has no one to marry in the Bennet house hold. Weeks later a further shock reaches the Bennet house hold that the Lucas daughter has married Mr. Collin. Elizabeth is very confused of why Charlotte would do such a thing of marrying Mr. Collins. Charlotte explains to to Elizabeth that it was important for her to marry because of her financial situation. This is another difference in time era shown in the book. Often in this era women would marry at younger ages due to family financial situations as this is less likely to happen in today’s society. In Pride and Prejudice often times comparisons are shown from the time era the book was written in verses the time era and society today. The culture, family situations, and everyday lifestyles were very different as family life was much more valued in the era the book was written.