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When Mr.Collins met the Bennet family, he distanced himself and kept on complimenting on everything, from the looks of the girls to the cooking of Mrs.Bennet. This seemed awkward and he made himself seem odd and out of place.

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I think that Jane Austen is criticising responsibility through Mr. Collins. The only reason Collins wishes to marry a Bennet sister is only because he feels indebted to the family. When he is rejected, he does not just leave the issue, he continues to press on, believing that he is doing the right thing. Just that Elizabeth doesn't know it yet.

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"Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society..."

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He thrusts himself into the ring of suitors and causes more harm then good

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mr collins is desperate to show his family and everyone around him how successful he is. he shows off and brags to the point where it gets annoying and slightly absurd

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Jane Austen creates a character that greatly values his own property and also wishes to impress others through it.

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"Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society..." (Autsen 48)

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"Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society..." (Autsen 48)

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This is described by the narrator

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Mr. Collins seems almost foolish in how he acts in many situations. However, due to the fact that land could not be passed down to women, he would inherit the Bennet house if the girls don't marry a man. She's poking fun at the inheritance laws in England during this time, saying indirectly how unfair they are. The laws are making a foolish man hold something over the Bennets heads.

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"My situation in life, my connections with the family of de Bourgh, and my relationship to your own, are circumstances highly in my favour; and you should take it into further consideration, that in spite of your manifold attractions, it is by no means certain that another offer of marriage may ever be made you. Your portion is unhappily so small that it will in all likelihood undo the effects of your loveliness and amiable qualifications. As I must therefore conclude that you are not serious in your rejection of me, I shall choose to attribute it to your wish of increasing my love by suspense, according to the usual practice of elegant females."

He is so arrogant that he thinks that Elizabeth is pretending to not like him, but she really does and her rejection is is not what she really thinks. But in reality Elizabeth does not like him.

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Mr. Collins instantaneous crush on Elizabeth is portrayed as foolish. I believe that she is using this common cliche in romance novels to emphasize Mr. Collin's fickleness and lack of commitment.

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He doesn't take Elizabeth's "no" for an answer

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"I have been so fortunate as to be distinguished by the patronage of the Right Honorable Lady Catherine de Bourgh... whose bounty and beneficence has preferred me to the valuable rectory of the parish, where it shall be my earnest endeavour to demean myself with respect towards her Ladyship, and be ever ready to perform..."

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"I have been so fortunate as to be distinguished by the patronage of the Right Honorable Lady Catherine de Bourgh... whose bounty and beneficence has preferred me to the valuable rectory of the parish, where it shall be my earnest endeavour to demean myself with respect towards her Ladyship, and be ever ready to perform..."

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basically here collins is rambling on about how great his boss and his job are. it shows both how dependant/suck up-y he is and how full of himself he is

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He seems way too into the girls, like when he firsts arrives, he immediately starts by complimenting their looks.

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He forces the Bennet girls to listen to him read, is is greatly offended when they aren't interested.

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He forces the Bennet girls to listen to him read, is is greatly offended when they aren't interested.

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"... [A]fter some deliberation he chose Fordyce's Sermons. Lydia gaped as he opened the volume, and before he had, with very monotonous solemnity, read three pages, she interrupted him
Lydia was bid by her two eldest sisters to hold her tongue; but Mr. Collins, much offended, laid aside his book, and said:

“I have often observed how little young ladies are interested by books of a serious stamp, though written solely for their benefit. It amazes me, I confess; for, certainly, there can be nothing so advantageous to them as instruction. But I will no longer importune my young cousin.”

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"He seems to be a most conscientious and polite young man, upon my word; and I doubt not will prove a valuable acquaintance," -Mr. Bennet

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"He seems to be a most conscientious and polite young man, upon my word; and I doubt not will prove a valuable acquaintance," -Mr. Bennet

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"His air was grave and stately, and his manners were very formal."

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"During dinner, Mr. Bennet scarcely spoke at all" (Austen 45).

Although not a direct statement, Mr. Bennet's silence towards Mr. Collins shows there is a lot of tension between the two.

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"I cannot bear to hear that mentioned. Pray do not talk of  that odious man." -Mrs. Bennet (Page 42)

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"I cannot bear to hear that mentioned. Pray do not talk of  that odious man." -Mrs. Bennet (Page 42)

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"...Mr. Collins seemed neither in need of encouragement, nor inclined to be silent himself."

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"...mingling with a very good opinion of himself, of his authority as a clergyman, and his rights as a rector, made him altogether a mixture of pride and obsequiousness, self-importance and humility

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Mr. Bennet is forced to leave his property in the hands of Mr Collins, instead of his own daughters

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"There is a mixture of servility and self-importance in his letter, which promises well. I am impatient to see him." - Mr. Bennet

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Mr. Collins is eager to show off his own "sensibility" and also continues to praise Lady Catherine, his patron.

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Mr. Collins is eager to show off his own "sensibility" and also continues to praise Lady Catherine, his patron.

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"'I am very sensible, madam, of the hardships to my fair cousins, -- and could say much on the subject..."

"Lady Catherine's attention to his wishes and consideration...appeared very remarkable...Mr. Collins was eloquent in her praise."

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Mr. Collins' talk about the Bennet girls' looks and how he decides on his own to marry one of them shows how he may view women as objects, and just thinks of them as something he can own after knowing them for little time.

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"You judge very properly... and it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy"- Mr. Bennet

(a few lines down): "His cousin was as absurd as he had hoped."

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"Mr. Collins had only to change from Jane to Elizabeth- and it was soon done-done while Mrs. Bennet was stirring the fire." - Narrator (Page 48)

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"Mr. Collins had only to change from Jane to Elizabeth- and it was soon done-done while Mrs. Bennet was stirring the fire." - Narrator (Page 48)

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Mr. Collins is seemingly desperate as he doesn't care which Bennet daughter he gets, he just wants one of them.

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"But I can assure you," she added, "that Lizzy does not lose much by not suiting his fancy; for he is a most disagreeable, horrid man, not at all worth pleasing. So high and so conceited that there was no enduring him! He walked here, and he walked there, fancying himself so very great! Not handsome enough to dance with! I wish you had been there, my dear, to have given him one of your set-downs. I quite detest the man."

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When he got rejected by Elizabeth, Mr. Collins decided to propose to another girl right after the rejection. (he Elizabeth's best friend)

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When he got rejected by Elizabeth, Mr. Collins decided to propose to another girl right after the rejection. (he Elizabeth's best friend)

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In the beginning of chapter 14, all Mr. Collins speaks about is Lady Catherine. It shows how he will suck up to those of higher class and also is very boastful. He constantly talking about being chosen by her, trying to make himself look better but it truly makes him seem childish and foolish.

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He goes for Jane first

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"As a clergyman, moreover, I feel it my duty to promote and establish the blessing of peace in all families within the reach of my influence; and on these grounds I flatter myself that my present overtures of good-will are highly commendable, and that the circumstances of my being next in the entail of Longbourn estate, will be kindly overlooked on your side, and not lead you to reject the offered olive branch."

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"As a clergyman, moreover, I feel it my duty to promote and establish the blessing of peace in all families within the reach of my influence; and on these grounds I flatter myself that my present overtures of good-will are highly commendable, and that the circumstances of my being next in the entail of Longbourn estate, will be kindly overlooked on your side, and not lead you to reject the offered olive branch."

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Mr. Collins aims to sound humble while still keeping a sense of self-importance. This helps in making him more convincing to the other characters.

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"It does not appear to me that my hand is unworthy your acceptance, or that the establishment I can offer would be any other than highly desirable"

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"It does not appear to me that my hand is unworthy your acceptance, or that the establishment I can offer would be any other than highly desirable"

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Here Mr Collins is astonished by the fact that Elizabeth would reject him as he sees himself as more of a desirable man th anyone else does. This further demonstrates his self-centered qualities.

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He just takes everything that Lady Catherine says as law and doesn't question the social norms, like Elizabeth does

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The aspect that it is human nature to behave entitled once given the slightest bit of power

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The aspect that it is human nature to behave entitled once given the slightest bit of power

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Think about it, Collins is given some money because of his patroness Lady Catherine, and he thinks that he is obliged to marry one of the Bennet girls because he is so entitled and is more wealthy than the Bennets.

This shows how humans will always think they are better than others if  they have a slight advantage over them, like Mr. Collins and his wealth

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He repeatedly assumes that Elizabeth will marry him, before she answers and after she refuses him.

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He repeatedly assumes that Elizabeth will marry him, before she answers and after she refuses him.

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This shows that he is arrogant and assumptuous, and that he is so caught up in his own thoughts of himself that he doesn't consider that other people don't think the same as him.

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The quote, "...I sometimes amuse myself with suggesting and arranging such little elegant compliments as may be adapted to ordinary occasions..." -chapter 14, page 47, paragraph 2

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The quote, "...I sometimes amuse myself with suggesting and arranging such little elegant compliments as may be adapted to ordinary occasions..." -chapter 14, page 47, paragraph 2

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This quote is said by Mr. Collins and he is saying how he plans what he is going to say ahead of time which makes his conversations seem almost fake and not genuine because they are so obviously planned and rehearsed before hand.

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"Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society..."

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She was criticising the human nature of being egoistical and self-centered.

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She was criticising the human nature of being egoistical and self-centered.

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Mr. Collins was class-obsessed and he was vain about his profession as a clergyman. He proposed to Elizabeth in such an egoistic manner. He stated that Elizabeth should marry him because he was richer than her and so that he would not have to take away Mr. Bennet’s estate after he dies. He was selfish because he proposed to Elizabeth and expected that she would agree and did not care about her feelings on him

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The aspects of social or human nature that she might be criticizing is responsibility. Due to the fact that, in order to be a responsible person, an individual has to have the opposite traits that Mr.Collins has.

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The aspects of social or human nature that she might be criticizing is responsibility. Due to the fact that, in order to be a responsible person, an individual has to have the opposite traits that Mr.Collins has.

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Elizabeth's line: " 'He must be an oddity, I think'," said she. 'I cannot make him out. -There is something very pompous in his stile...' " (Austen 44).

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Elizabeth's line: " 'He must be an oddity, I think'," said she. 'I cannot make him out. -There is something very pompous in his stile...' " (Austen 44).

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Elizabeth thinks that Mr.Collins was self-entered and odd which foreshadows that she might reject Mr.Collins if he proposed to her.

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Jane Austen is mocking inheritance and its relation to wealth. Mr. Collins could also be a representation of how people that attempt to please others often find themselves in positions of power.

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Jane Austen is mocking inheritance and its relation to wealth. Mr. Collins could also be a representation of how people that attempt to please others often find themselves in positions of power.

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"My reasons for marrying are, first, that I think it is a right thing for every clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the example of matrimony in his parish. Secondly, that I am convinced it will add very greatly in my happiness; and thirdly..." - Mr.Collins (Page 72)

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"My reasons for marrying are, first, that I think it is a right thing for every clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the example of matrimony in his parish. Secondly, that I am convinced it will add very greatly in my happiness; and thirdly..." - Mr.Collins (Page 72)

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When Mr.Collins proposed to Elizabeth, he did not propose to her in a romantic manner. Instead, he did so in a business-like manner. This shows how his perspective and point of view was uniform and to the point.

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He feels that, because of his wealth and status in life, Elizabeth can not possibly not want to marry him. It makes entitled, self-centered people seem ridiculous.