Clergyman's Knee

How Mr. Collins proposed to Elizabeth Bennet

Not long ago, Mary Patricia and I saw a film based on Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. The scenes in which Mr. Collins and Mr. Darcy has proposed to Elizabeth Bennet makes us cringe with disgust .

That's what Mr. Collins in a preamble coarse:

"Almost as soon as I entered the house, I identified as the companion of my future life. But before I ran away by my feelings on this subject, it may be useful for me to express my reasons for marrying and elsewhere for the coming into Hertfordshire with the design of selecting a woman as I have certainly not. "

Then he offers his reasons:

"My reasons for marrying are, first, I think it's a good thing for every clergyman in easy circumstances (like me) give the example of marriage in the parish. Secondly, I am sure they will add greatly to my happiness and, thirdly, that perhaps I should have mentioned earlier, it is the advice and recommendation of the great lady j have the honor or to call the boss. "

One can understand that Mr. Collins is a ridiculous character whose actions and speeches are deliberately inserted into the novel to the much needed relief comic. But Mr. Collins is not joking, it is very serious!

And speaking of gravity, we find that the worst character of the entire cast, Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy's marriage proposal uses the same rough and romantic, a proposal even more despicable than the infamous M . Collins.

How Mr. Darcy proposed to Elizabeth Bennet

Again, a preamble coarse:

"In vain I struggled. It should not. My feelings will not be repressed. Allow me to tell you how ardently I admire you. "

Then he offers his reasons. The exact words may have been too painful for the readers of the time, and in the right direction the author has the narrator for friends only. Instead, the narrator talks about the expectations of Darcy

"He [Mr. Darcy], with him representing the strength of that attachment which, despite all its efforts, it was impossible to overcome, and expressing the hope that it would now be rewarded by her acceptance of his hand. In saying this, she could easily see he had no doubt of a favorable response. He spoke of the fear and anxiety, but his countenance expressed real security. "

When Elizabeth rejects him with an uncompromising speech to the line which is the most memorable "... and I do not know you, a month before I felt you were the last man in the world I could never be away to marry, "M.. Darcy instead of making a graceful exit, insists on emphasizing the superiority of its status and superiority of connections, and the vulgarity of the family of Elizabeth.

Mr. Collins and Mr. Darcy's proposal were insults and slights rather than honor and tribute to the beloved.

Nothing in their draft speeches love, but the coldness and arrogance.

Although I was not quite eighteen years old when I moved, I knew instinctively that this is the role of man to seduce the beloved and win the hand in a way that is warm and loving. The man of the word (sentence) I was sure it should be clear and full of "you" and not "me" or "I."

How I proposed to Mary Patricia

When we were between classes Mary Patricia and I would like to respond to any sundial or sycamore in front of Lewisohn Hall. Without any experience in proposals of love, and fearing that my nerves do Botch up what could be the most memorable time of my life, an afternoon sitting under the old tree, I scribbled some notes on a sheet .

Then, as if under the spell of a guiding force, while we were under the sycamore is.