“An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth. From this day you must be a stranger to one of your parents. Your mother will never see you again if you do not marry Mr
.
Collins, and I will never see you again if you do.”
Who says an unhappy alternative is before you Elizabeth?
Quote by
Jane Austen
: “An unhappy alternative is before you, Elizabeth…”
What does Mr. Bennet delay telling his wife?
He warns Elizabeth
against marrying someone she doesn't care for or respect
, saying that “unless you truly esteemed your husband … your lively talents would place you in the greatest danger in an unequal marriage. You could scarcely escape discredit and misery” (59.36).
Why does Mr. Bennet prefer Elizabeth?
Elizabeth is Mr. Bennet's favorite
because of her intelligence
, but Mrs. Bennet doesn't seem to play favorites. Her ambitions for her daughters are equal and consistent: She wants them all to marry upward.
Who does Mr. Bennet want Elizabeth to marry?
The morning after the Netherfield ball,
Mr. Collins
proposes to Elizabeth. He outlines his motivation for proposing and promises never to bring up the fact that she brings so little money to the marriage.
What punishment will Elizabeth face if she refuses to marry Mr. Collins?
Collins as advantageous, is infuriated. She tells Elizabeth that if she does not marry Mr. Collins
she will never see her again
, and she asks Mr. Bennet to order Elizabeth to marry the clergyman.
Why does Mr. Collins want to marry Elizabeth?
The three primary reasons Mr. Collins gives for wanting to marry Elizabeth are
that he believes a clergyman should be married
, that he thinks marriage will bring him happiness, and third, that it is the wish of his patron, Lady Catherine de Bourgh.
Why did Mr Bennet marry his wife?
Bennet perhaps sought to marry in order to break the entail with the
birth
of an heir. The narrator reveals this to the reader directly by stating that, when the couple first married “economy was held to be perfectly useless; for, of course, they were to have a son… to join in cutting off the entail” (Austen, 470).
Why does Mr Darcy dislike Elizabeth?
Darcy dislike Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice?
He dismissively remarks that Elizabeth is not pretty enough to attract him
, and rudely refuses to dance with her, saying he is too proud to dance with a woman who nobody else is dancing with. … He later regrets his pride and his bad manners.
Why does Mr Darcy resolve to be careful not to show that he is attracted to Elizabeth?
Darcy resolve to be careful not to show that he is attracted to Elizabeth? Mr. Darcy is resolved to not show his attraction
because he himself is alarmed by it, and he still considers her class unfavorable
. … Bennet's estate has been entailed to Mr.
Who is Mr Bennets favorite daughter?
In the novel ‘Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen, we become aware of the special fatherly bond between Mr Bennet and his
daughter Elizabeth
who seems to be his favorite.
Who is Bennets least favorite daughter?
Her least favourite daughter is
Elizabeth
(closely followed by Mary) who she does not understand (or like) at all; when Mr. Collins was directing his ‘enraptured heart' at Elizabeth, Mrs. Bennet thought them both together a perfect match as she does not like either of them (“Mrs.
Does Mr Bennet like Elizabeth over his other daughters?
His relationship with Elizabeth is unique to any other parent-child relationship in Austen's novels, as Mr. Bennet not only shows an obvious
preference
for his second-eldest daughter, but also a deeply rooted sense of respect that he does not afford his wife, or his other four daughters.
Did Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth have children?
Set in 1818, Mr. Darcy's Daughters is written as a sequel to Jane Austen's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice. It features the
five daughters
of Fitzwilliam Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet – aged 21 to 16 – as they navigate London society in the absence of their parents, who have embarked on a diplomatic post to Constantinople.
Why does Mrs Bennet want her daughters to get married?
Bennet needed to
“marry them off
“- Other than that, the women would be a hassle to society by becoming old maids, with no social position. More than merely marry off her daughters, she wanted to “marry them well”, which means basically, to marry them to money and position.
Did Mr. Darcy really love Elizabeth?
Morgan observed that for most of the
novel Darcy loves Elizabeth even when she loathes him and also when she comes to return his feelings
. Austen writes it was because of “a motive within her of goodwill which could not be overlooked.
