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From the moment he is introduced, a negative picture of Mr. Collins is painted. He is described as “a tall, heavy looking young man of five and twenty. His air [is] grave and stately, and his manners[,] very formal”(Austen 63). Even though Mr. Collins himself did not have a particularly high upbringing, he is now under the care of Mrs. de Bourgh, a snobbish noblewoman, which allows him to put the duty of upholding her name on himself. In Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Collins acts as a rubric for the universally despicable qualities in any character, including selfishness, arrogance, and ignorance.
December 12, 2007
