My Dearest Cousin Betty,
Have you been well? No, that is not how I wanted to begin this letter, but I do not know how. I do not even know what to say to you, my sweet little cousin. How have you been? I long to see you, but I fear to show my face again in Salem. I fear not the people, for you know most of those who knew of me are now dead. I fear God. I truly do. Do not think I am trying to fool you again. I have had fifty-two years to grow since I saw you last, Betty. Old age has made me shake my head with shame of my old self.
Betty, I am sure you are reading this with confusion in your heart. Please do not mistake my intentions; I do not wish to trick or harm you longer. Nay, I want only to see that you know, before I am dead, how truly and eternally sorry I am. There is nothing in this world that I could do to make up for the horrible things I have done, especially to you, Betty.
You, a blood relative, I threw aside and used as a pawn to keep my own body from the gibbet. You, I have smacked and scolded out of fear. You, who was only a child of ten, I forced into lying and taking lives, however indirectly. I am sorry for what I have done to you, Betty, and since I have grown up and become wise to the world, I have not lived a day without you in my mind.
I realise that I was wrong in so many ways that I disbelieve in God’s power to forgive me. I pray, Betty. I pray for myself. I pray for you. I pray for all of Salem. I pray for the recently deceased Elizabeth, who, under God’s protective wing, was kept alive through the witch hunt. My God, the terrible things I had done to that woman. An adultress! I blush at my reputation, or what was my reputation. I have prayed more in these last few years than I have in my entire life. To think I once laughed during prayer brings a scorching colour to my cheeks. How could that girl called Abigail Williams be the woman I call Abigail Williams?
I was seventeen, Betty. I did love John Proctor, and I still do. I have never met a man who has kept me so in love with him since John Proctor. I believed he loved me, too, and that Elizabeth’s death would have made us happy together. I did not think of her children, or the sadness her death would have brought the town of Salem. Please, do not believe me all bad. I am not, Betty, though I may have been once. I have changed. Allow your heart to believe that I have changed. If you do not believe in me, Betty, than it is all worthless. It would be as though I had never changed at all.
It is true, I was a whore on the streets of Boston. There, I knew many men, and each of them made me more and more ashamed of myself, although it was the only way I could live. I did not want to be a drunkard and beggar like Goody Good! I should have come home for you. I should have grown up. I was the closest thing to a mother that you had. For that, I am sorry.
My dear Betty, I am sorry, and I love you. It may be nothing coming from me, but that is all I can say to you. Take what you can from that, because those words are all I have to give you.
Your Cousin,
Abigail Williams
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Monday, December 14, 2009
Character description: Giles Corey
Christina DeSario
Mr. George- AP English
12•13•09
Character Description
Giles Corey
Giles Corey is a hardworking and sweet man, who wants nothing more than the honest truth.
Giles is a funny person. From the moment he is introduced into the story, he brings sarcastic wit into the scene: “I’ve not said a word. No one here can testify I’ve said a word. Is she going to fly again? I hear she flies” (26). Even at the end, while people are killing him to confess, he is still a character that makes the reader smile, and reflect on themselves: “’More weight,’ he says. And died” (135). He is funny and blunt, bragging that, “he knew I’d break his fingers before he’d set his name to it” (32). Giles is honest, and often misunderstood, leading to the execution of his wife when he naively brought up her name during the initial crossfire of accusations. He is feisty and sticks up for himself and his wife when he needs to: “A fart on Thomas Putnam, that is what I say!” (96). Giles is the kind of character that brings the reader’s insight to the story. He says what we want to say in the situation, and pays for it dearly.
Giles is like a puppy barking and howling around everyone’s feet while they are trying to shoo him away in a language he does not understand. Giles is always trying to get into everything, and is therefore always being told to be quiet; however, his nature does not allow it and he can not keep from barking again for long. In the court against his wife, Giles screams, “I have evidence. Why will you not hear my evidence?” (84) even after being told several times to, “keep [his] seat!” (84). He tries to nip at the ankles of beings far larger than him, and it does nothing but get him thrown out to sleep in the cold. He is lovable, naive, and funny like a puppy is. Even when he is killed, he dies with a smile and goes straight to his Master’s lap.
Giles Corey is like Charlie Brown, because nothing goes his way and everyone seems to be against him in one way or another.
Mr. George- AP English
12•13•09
Character Description
Giles Corey
Giles Corey is a hardworking and sweet man, who wants nothing more than the honest truth.
Giles is a funny person. From the moment he is introduced into the story, he brings sarcastic wit into the scene: “I’ve not said a word. No one here can testify I’ve said a word. Is she going to fly again? I hear she flies” (26). Even at the end, while people are killing him to confess, he is still a character that makes the reader smile, and reflect on themselves: “’More weight,’ he says. And died” (135). He is funny and blunt, bragging that, “he knew I’d break his fingers before he’d set his name to it” (32). Giles is honest, and often misunderstood, leading to the execution of his wife when he naively brought up her name during the initial crossfire of accusations. He is feisty and sticks up for himself and his wife when he needs to: “A fart on Thomas Putnam, that is what I say!” (96). Giles is the kind of character that brings the reader’s insight to the story. He says what we want to say in the situation, and pays for it dearly.
Giles is like a puppy barking and howling around everyone’s feet while they are trying to shoo him away in a language he does not understand. Giles is always trying to get into everything, and is therefore always being told to be quiet; however, his nature does not allow it and he can not keep from barking again for long. In the court against his wife, Giles screams, “I have evidence. Why will you not hear my evidence?” (84) even after being told several times to, “keep [his] seat!” (84). He tries to nip at the ankles of beings far larger than him, and it does nothing but get him thrown out to sleep in the cold. He is lovable, naive, and funny like a puppy is. Even when he is killed, he dies with a smile and goes straight to his Master’s lap.
Giles Corey is like Charlie Brown, because nothing goes his way and everyone seems to be against him in one way or another.
The Crucible p. 129-end (I LOVED this book D=)
"I will not receive a single plea for pardon or postponement. Them that will not confess will hang... Postponement now speaks a floundering on my part; reprieve or pardon must cast doubt upon the guilt that died till now" (129).
Danforth is terrified. He thinks that, the moment he makes a move that may be even slightly translated into doubt on one of the accused's guilt, he will be pulled from the court and his name will be tarnished. It can be compared to Proctor's fear, except Danforth is a judge, and so his name has a more respectful connotation to it. Danforth's ruined name would ruin him as a person. He would not be allowed to go on as a judge, and he would be forced to find a new profession, earning less income. He has a reason behind his acting and the deaths of all of these people, although the reason is lackluster.
"Let you not mistake your duty as I mistook my own. I came into this villiage like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died; and where I turned the eye of my great faith, blood flowed up... Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; not principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it., I beg you, woman, prevail upon your husband to confess... it may well be God damns a liar less than he that throws his life away for pride" (132).
Hale is making a good, valid point. Pride is the deadliest sin of all. However, this conflicts with the need to keep one's name clean. As we see in Proctor later, he grapples with this and chooses to die with his name as pure as it could be. Hale is criticizing himself very, very severely in this passage, and perhaps that was necessary and true. It is quiet hard to judge that severely outside of a person. Only Hale could say that about himself, because he saw each thing he touched turn to a disaster. Good, pious people called themselves instruments of the devil. Girls who had never held a position of power had the entire town on the tips of their accusing fingers. This predicament was not Hale's fault as he claims, because it would have happened anyway. Hale just happened to be the Reverend who took the case. His belief in witches did not help the situation, and by the time he spoke out against it, it was too late, and innocent women had been hanged.
Danforth is terrified. He thinks that, the moment he makes a move that may be even slightly translated into doubt on one of the accused's guilt, he will be pulled from the court and his name will be tarnished. It can be compared to Proctor's fear, except Danforth is a judge, and so his name has a more respectful connotation to it. Danforth's ruined name would ruin him as a person. He would not be allowed to go on as a judge, and he would be forced to find a new profession, earning less income. He has a reason behind his acting and the deaths of all of these people, although the reason is lackluster.
"Let you not mistake your duty as I mistook my own. I came into this villiage like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died; and where I turned the eye of my great faith, blood flowed up... Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; not principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it., I beg you, woman, prevail upon your husband to confess... it may well be God damns a liar less than he that throws his life away for pride" (132).
Hale is making a good, valid point. Pride is the deadliest sin of all. However, this conflicts with the need to keep one's name clean. As we see in Proctor later, he grapples with this and chooses to die with his name as pure as it could be. Hale is criticizing himself very, very severely in this passage, and perhaps that was necessary and true. It is quiet hard to judge that severely outside of a person. Only Hale could say that about himself, because he saw each thing he touched turn to a disaster. Good, pious people called themselves instruments of the devil. Girls who had never held a position of power had the entire town on the tips of their accusing fingers. This predicament was not Hale's fault as he claims, because it would have happened anyway. Hale just happened to be the Reverend who took the case. His belief in witches did not help the situation, and by the time he spoke out against it, it was too late, and innocent women had been hanged.
Sunday, December 13, 2009
The Crucible p. 113-127
"Hale: Excellency, it is a natural lie to tell; I beg you, stop now before another is condemned! I may shut my conscience to it no more- private vengeance is working through this testimony! From the beginning this man has struck me true. By my oath to heaven, I believe him now, and I pray you call back his wife before we-
Danforth: She spoke nothing of lechery, and this man has lied!" (144).
I believe that Danforth is somewhat justified in what he says to Hale, although he has gone too far to not call Elizabeth back. Danforth means Proctor has lied either because Elizabeth can lie, or because of the lechery. Either way, there was a lie. However, this lie as an entity is disconnected from the witch hunt, and should not be evidence to keep the accused in jail. Danforth is a superstitious type of person who does not seem to grasp the concept of justice. He is a dangerous man to have as a member of the court, and he can not think outside of what has been laid down for him. If he could, he would have seen around Elizabeth's lie, but he did not do that. Or possibly, he did not want to do that. Maybe he was afraid that his name would be soiled if there were no witches. He said, "And seventy-two condemned to hang by that signature?" (87). If there be no witches, Danforth must come to face the fact that those women died because of his false judgment, which he would not be able to do, because of his belief that he is as infallible as God.
"Parris: Judge Hathorne- it were another sort that hanged till now. Rebecca Nurse is no Bridget that lived three year with Bishop before she married him. John Proctor is not Isaac Ward that drank his family to ruin... Let Rebecca stand upon the gibbet and send up some righteous prayer, and I fear she'll wake a vengeance on you" (127).
The way that Parris says this gives me the impression that he and Hathorne know there are no witches. He says that all of the other "witches" were bad people who did things out of the norm. This does not make a person a witch, and I get the feeling that he knows that. He is saying that Rebecca and Proctor are good people that people like and respect, and that they are not like the strange people who have already been accused. I do believe that they know there are no witches, but I do not understand why they refuse to say anything, other than their personal motives! I think it's disgusting. Hathorne told Parris, in a somewhat naive voice, "why at every exicution I haveseen naught by high satisfaction in the town" (127). I think he knows that they were only happy because they had killed off one person who had threatened their society, not because they were actual witches who had hurt the people.
Danforth: She spoke nothing of lechery, and this man has lied!" (144).
I believe that Danforth is somewhat justified in what he says to Hale, although he has gone too far to not call Elizabeth back. Danforth means Proctor has lied either because Elizabeth can lie, or because of the lechery. Either way, there was a lie. However, this lie as an entity is disconnected from the witch hunt, and should not be evidence to keep the accused in jail. Danforth is a superstitious type of person who does not seem to grasp the concept of justice. He is a dangerous man to have as a member of the court, and he can not think outside of what has been laid down for him. If he could, he would have seen around Elizabeth's lie, but he did not do that. Or possibly, he did not want to do that. Maybe he was afraid that his name would be soiled if there were no witches. He said, "And seventy-two condemned to hang by that signature?" (87). If there be no witches, Danforth must come to face the fact that those women died because of his false judgment, which he would not be able to do, because of his belief that he is as infallible as God.
"Parris: Judge Hathorne- it were another sort that hanged till now. Rebecca Nurse is no Bridget that lived three year with Bishop before she married him. John Proctor is not Isaac Ward that drank his family to ruin... Let Rebecca stand upon the gibbet and send up some righteous prayer, and I fear she'll wake a vengeance on you" (127).
The way that Parris says this gives me the impression that he and Hathorne know there are no witches. He says that all of the other "witches" were bad people who did things out of the norm. This does not make a person a witch, and I get the feeling that he knows that. He is saying that Rebecca and Proctor are good people that people like and respect, and that they are not like the strange people who have already been accused. I do believe that they know there are no witches, but I do not understand why they refuse to say anything, other than their personal motives! I think it's disgusting. Hathorne told Parris, in a somewhat naive voice, "why at every exicution I haveseen naught by high satisfaction in the town" (127). I think he knows that they were only happy because they had killed off one person who had threatened their society, not because they were actual witches who had hurt the people.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
The Crucible p. 98-113
"The law, based upon the Bible, and the Bible, writ by the Almighty God, forbid the practice of witchcraft, and describe death as the penalty thereof" (102).
This is the root of the problem. To have a society whose law is based on a book written centuries and centuries before is unpractical. If this society's law was based on justice and righteousness and fairness, then this entire scandal would have been totally avoided. However, they judge each person as God would, and that is impossible to do, as God is supposedly the all perfect being. They rule based on religion, making the laws completely strict and ridiculous. Mr. Cheever actually said, "He plow on Sunday" (90), and expected it to be a legitimate argument in their court. This made Proctor less credible in Danforth's eyes, and the chance of Abigail actually being the word of God actually increased to him because of that. Because of this theocracy, the people are now in danger of their lives because of minor arguments that may have taken place years ago. It's ironic, that such a God-fearing place would so soon turn to killing their neighbor over pigs.
"Parris: We are here, Your Honor, precisely to discover what no one has ever seen" (104).
Basically, this is confirming that the entire town of Salem is on a wild goose chase. It's as if they are on a search for Santa Claus, or an imaginary friend. They might as well be searching for God Himself. You can not discover what you can not see, at least in this sense. You can discover air, or energy, but he is not speaking of science. He is speaking nonsense! And you can not discover an unseen force within a court! That's an absolute outrage! A court is based on cold, hard, tangible, visible facts, not an unseen something. Parris does not understand the idiocy of what he is saying. Sadly, this is the entire focus of the court system throughout the witch hunts. The judges and accusers are looking for witches; rather, they are feeling for them, loudly accusing them, trying to sniff them out, and they swear they are so close they can taste them. They are using basically each sense but their sight. And, because of this, there will be a dramatic number of innocent people hanged.
This is the root of the problem. To have a society whose law is based on a book written centuries and centuries before is unpractical. If this society's law was based on justice and righteousness and fairness, then this entire scandal would have been totally avoided. However, they judge each person as God would, and that is impossible to do, as God is supposedly the all perfect being. They rule based on religion, making the laws completely strict and ridiculous. Mr. Cheever actually said, "He plow on Sunday" (90), and expected it to be a legitimate argument in their court. This made Proctor less credible in Danforth's eyes, and the chance of Abigail actually being the word of God actually increased to him because of that. Because of this theocracy, the people are now in danger of their lives because of minor arguments that may have taken place years ago. It's ironic, that such a God-fearing place would so soon turn to killing their neighbor over pigs.
"Parris: We are here, Your Honor, precisely to discover what no one has ever seen" (104).
Basically, this is confirming that the entire town of Salem is on a wild goose chase. It's as if they are on a search for Santa Claus, or an imaginary friend. They might as well be searching for God Himself. You can not discover what you can not see, at least in this sense. You can discover air, or energy, but he is not speaking of science. He is speaking nonsense! And you can not discover an unseen force within a court! That's an absolute outrage! A court is based on cold, hard, tangible, visible facts, not an unseen something. Parris does not understand the idiocy of what he is saying. Sadly, this is the entire focus of the court system throughout the witch hunts. The judges and accusers are looking for witches; rather, they are feeling for them, loudly accusing them, trying to sniff them out, and they swear they are so close they can taste them. They are using basically each sense but their sight. And, because of this, there will be a dramatic number of innocent people hanged.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
The Crucible p. 81-98
"Danforth: Let me continue. I understand well, a husband's tenderness may drive him to extravagance in defense of a wife. Are you certain in your conscience, Mister, that your evidence is the truth?" (89).
This is what we talked abut in class. Because Elizabeth, Mrs. Proctor, is in jail, Danforth is suspecting that John is strictly there for the single purpose of setting his wife free. However, I wonder what these judges would have said if Proctor had gone before Elizabeth had been placed in jail? I do think that they would have found something else to complain about. Possibly to prevent his wife from going to jail, or because of a vengeance towards one of the girls. These people are never pleased, it seems like, and they would have found even the smallest or most obscure loophole they could and played on it to make it seem like a gaping wound in his complaint. This, I believe, was just the one thing they picked to make it seem as though his argument did not hold water. Proctor was screwed simply because the entire town is in a witch frenzy, and they will not allow one man to ruin their chance of revenge.
"Parris: This is a clear attack upon the court!
Hale, to Parris, trying to contain himself: Is every defense an attack against upon the court? Can no one-?" (94).
When witch-crazy Hale is trying to defend the accused girls, you know that he really believes that they are not what the accusers say they are. He's annoyed with Parris for his constant outcries of all of the defenses being an attack. Hale is just missing the reason for why Parris wants to continue this trial so badly. If only Hale were to stop and think about it, then find the facts of Parris' passion for the case, then the whole thing would end. Yes, it may seem as if he is worried for Abigail because of the needle, but there is only so well a man can act. There is a difference between fear for yourself, and fear for others. You panic when you are afraid for yourself. If Parris really feared for Abigail, would he not want to be sure that the women he were accusing were actually witches? He is even spoken of as "a widower with no interest in children" (3). That should be known by the townspeople in such a small town! Why aren't they questioning him?!
This is what we talked abut in class. Because Elizabeth, Mrs. Proctor, is in jail, Danforth is suspecting that John is strictly there for the single purpose of setting his wife free. However, I wonder what these judges would have said if Proctor had gone before Elizabeth had been placed in jail? I do think that they would have found something else to complain about. Possibly to prevent his wife from going to jail, or because of a vengeance towards one of the girls. These people are never pleased, it seems like, and they would have found even the smallest or most obscure loophole they could and played on it to make it seem like a gaping wound in his complaint. This, I believe, was just the one thing they picked to make it seem as though his argument did not hold water. Proctor was screwed simply because the entire town is in a witch frenzy, and they will not allow one man to ruin their chance of revenge.
"Parris: This is a clear attack upon the court!
Hale, to Parris, trying to contain himself: Is every defense an attack against upon the court? Can no one-?" (94).
When witch-crazy Hale is trying to defend the accused girls, you know that he really believes that they are not what the accusers say they are. He's annoyed with Parris for his constant outcries of all of the defenses being an attack. Hale is just missing the reason for why Parris wants to continue this trial so badly. If only Hale were to stop and think about it, then find the facts of Parris' passion for the case, then the whole thing would end. Yes, it may seem as if he is worried for Abigail because of the needle, but there is only so well a man can act. There is a difference between fear for yourself, and fear for others. You panic when you are afraid for yourself. If Parris really feared for Abigail, would he not want to be sure that the women he were accusing were actually witches? He is even spoken of as "a widower with no interest in children" (3). That should be known by the townspeople in such a small town! Why aren't they questioning him?!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The Crucible p. 67-81
"The girl, the Williams girl, Abigail Williams, sir. She sat to dinner
in Reverend Parris's house tonight, and without word nor warnin' she
falls to the floor. Like a struck beast, he says, and screamed a
scream that a bull would weep to hear" (74).
Abigail goes so far as to actually stick a pin into her and blame
Elizabeth Proctor of trying to kill her. It's gone so far, and now she
has honestly decided to stop at nothing to get John Proctor. It
doesn't make sense that a girl as beautiful as her would torment the
entire town of Salem for this one lowly farmer. They make her sound
beautiful enough to get any man she wants, so it does not make any
sense why she is stuck on John. He has not been described as
incredibly handsome, and he is not rich or extremely nice or anything.
He's kinda mean. Why Abigail would go to such extreme measures to get
him is beyond me. She's willing to kill off every woman in the entire
town of Salem for him! Why? I would like to know that.
"This warrant's vengeance! I'll not give my wife to vengeance!"
John is trying to tell everyone that the witchery is just a plot used
by these girls, and yet they do not want to listen. Elizabeth is
saying that she will just go to jail, but she would be going for no
reason! The entire town is so wrapped up in this, and I think part of
it is because nothing exciting ever happens in a Puritanical town.
It's so strict on everything, and that this excitement has thrilled
them all beyond belief. It's sad that they are putting lives on the
line for a little fun. And why are the townspeople believing Abby over
John Proctor? He's older and has a better and more well-formed
reputation that she does! If he were to say something, shouldn't they
believe him before Abby, when he has a logical explanation for the
entire mess? I think that the bored Puritans just want something to
help them escape from their daily chores, and that is why they are
holding on to this witch hunt, and why John Proctor might never be
heard.
in Reverend Parris's house tonight, and without word nor warnin' she
falls to the floor. Like a struck beast, he says, and screamed a
scream that a bull would weep to hear" (74).
Abigail goes so far as to actually stick a pin into her and blame
Elizabeth Proctor of trying to kill her. It's gone so far, and now she
has honestly decided to stop at nothing to get John Proctor. It
doesn't make sense that a girl as beautiful as her would torment the
entire town of Salem for this one lowly farmer. They make her sound
beautiful enough to get any man she wants, so it does not make any
sense why she is stuck on John. He has not been described as
incredibly handsome, and he is not rich or extremely nice or anything.
He's kinda mean. Why Abigail would go to such extreme measures to get
him is beyond me. She's willing to kill off every woman in the entire
town of Salem for him! Why? I would like to know that.
"This warrant's vengeance! I'll not give my wife to vengeance!"
John is trying to tell everyone that the witchery is just a plot used
by these girls, and yet they do not want to listen. Elizabeth is
saying that she will just go to jail, but she would be going for no
reason! The entire town is so wrapped up in this, and I think part of
it is because nothing exciting ever happens in a Puritanical town.
It's so strict on everything, and that this excitement has thrilled
them all beyond belief. It's sad that they are putting lives on the
line for a little fun. And why are the townspeople believing Abby over
John Proctor? He's older and has a better and more well-formed
reputation that she does! If he were to say something, shouldn't they
believe him before Abby, when he has a logical explanation for the
entire mess? I think that the bored Puritans just want something to
help them escape from their daily chores, and that is why they are
holding on to this witch hunt, and why John Proctor might never be
heard.
Monday, December 7, 2009
P&P Essay- Prompt 5
Christina DeSario DeSario,1
Mr. George- AP English 11
12•05•09
Prompt 5
The Delay of Elizabeth and Darcy’s Felicity
Love is something that does not take place all at once, despite how fairy tales or dreams express it. Love happens gradually and, sometimes, unexpectedly. It opens like a flower bud, slowly but surely. Nothing can start out perfectly beautiful, and a bud is the ugly duckling of the flower bed. Buds, the small promise of something to come, is a metaphor for the first meeting between a man and a woman who will grow to love each other. Sometimes, buds do not open. They stay closed tightly; afraid, or dead. Other times, they open proudly, displaying their lively and awe-inspiring colors to the entire world. Love, in the case of Pride and Prejudice, happened between a girl who hated a man, and a man who wanted nothing more than that girl’s affection. It took Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy a long, hard time to become happy, like the coldness of winter passes slowly to those who wish for spring. Because of Elizabeth’s hatred towards Darcy, despite his constant and outright displays of affection for her, she was the one at fault for delaying their life-long happiness.
Elizabeth prides herself on being able to tell anyone’s character. She believes that she can see through others as if they were a stained-glass window. She is proud of being able to tell that they are just windows, while everyone else is simply so entranced by the person’s pictures and colors that they can not see the window beneath their façade. She believes that she knows things about others that nobody else knows. She says to Jane, “‘and yet I meant to be uncommonly clever in taking so decided a dislike to him, without any reason’” (Austen 172). She admits one of her greatest faults: her pride in the ability she thought she had, but did not. Instead of being correct in her assumption, she was mistaken in her belief, and ended up letting the greatest chance of her life slip away with a long mouthful of harsh words to the man who loved her. The worst move she makes in delaying her happiness, and almost putting an end to any chance of it
DeSario, 2
whatsoever, was when Lizzy rejects Mr. Darcy after he proposes.
Darcy comes to Lizzy, overcome, and professes his love for her. Instead of saying yes, she says, “‘I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry’” (148). She rejects him because of different reasons, even though he loved her. She refused to marry him, and, although this was no fault of hers with the information she had, it placed her in a terrible position later on. Elizabeth further delays her and Darcy’s matrimony with her grudges.
Mr. Darcy comments on Lizzy, claiming that she was, “not handsome enough to tempt me [Darcy]” (7). Lizzy overhears this rude, but minuscule, insult, and holds onto it like a child wearing their favorite shirt every day and night. She refuses to let it go, even after he has long since forgotten about it. He never verbally attacks Lizzy again, and yet she believes him to hate her looks and continues to despise him. After she rejects his proposal, she continues to hold onto this, “‘my beauty you had early withstood’” (291). Although it is no longer in a malicious or bitter way in which she thought of the comment, she had not at all forgotten it. The reason she even brought it up was because it was still bothering her. If it did not, she would have let it go. Lizzy, for the first time in the book, begins to fall for a man- she begins to fall for the evil and vengeful Mr. Wickam.
Mr. Wickham had great and admirable manners. He could charm anyone, and was good at hiding his true nature. Lizzy, whlo thought she could see through anyone, could only see the picture Wickham displayed. Her mind was occupied with thoughts of Wickham, and not Darcy. Even though she mentions Darcy more than almost anyone else, her interactions with Wickham turn her attentions from Mr. Darcy and towards Mr. Wickham. Wickham got her tooth, nail, and sinker: “Elizabeth... listened with all her heart” (59). She spent time with him, instead of with Darcy. Had Mr. Wickham not shown up, she would have been free to see Bingley, whom she and
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Jane were very fond of. Bingley and Darcy were always together, and she would have seen Darcy more, which would have increased her liking of him. Instead of spending time with Darcy, she spends it with Wickham, and listens to him as though his words were absolute truth.
Mr. Wickham tells Lizzy that Mr. Darcy was a terrible person who forced him into the regiment. This Lizzy holds onto, and it adds to her hatred of Darcy considerably. Wickham lies through his teeth, and Elizabeth is deceived: “‘Your character was unfolded in the recital which I received many months ago from Mr. Wickam’” (147). She refuses to believe that Darcy is anything other than evil and conniving. Caroline, and even her sister Jane, tell her differently. Thinking only that Caroline would lie and that Jane had been manipulated, she throws these valid arguments out of mind, and thinks of them no more. She holds on to Wickham’s false account from many months ago, although she could have made a new opinion of Darcy within that time period, as she saw him many times.
One of those times specifically shows Darcy’s character was not as bad as Elizabeth had originally believed: “‘I certainly have not the talent which some people possess,’ said Darcy ‘of conversing easily with those I have never met before” (135). Lizzy disliked his character from the start because of his quietness and perceived pride, when it was just shyness. However, she does not get rid of her notion that he is stricken with intense pride, and goes on to believe all of the wicked lies of Mr. Wickham. Lizzy could even be sure that Darcy is not lying when he says this. It would not be the first time that Darcy explains himself so honestly: “‘No... I have faults enough... My temper I dare not vouch for. -It is I believe too little yielding” (43). Elizabeth should have known from experience with Darcy that he would not lie, and so she has no reason not to believe him. The grave mistake she makes here is to not connect it with her first meeting with him at the ball. She does not see that his shyness was what made him act superior. She still hold onto the belief that Darcy was embarrassingly prideful. Elizabeth hates Darcy even more
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after he keeps Jane’s arrival in London a secret from Mr. Bingley.
The reader can easily sympathize with Lizzy on this point. Darcy did not tell Mr. Bingley that Jane, Lizzy favorite sister, was in town. When Jane returned home to Longbourn, she was sullen and loveless. She was left to believe that Bingley had fallen out of love with her, and in love with Darcy’s younger sister, Georgiana. She was then resolved to forget about him. Lizzy tells Darcy that, “‘I have every reason in the world to think ill of you’” (146). She assumes that Darcy is out to spite her family. Even though she is completely in the right to assume it, she does not even give Mr. Darcy the chance to explain his reasoning. She continues to twist the conversation and backs him into the corner until he can not even defend himself: “And this... is your opinion of me!” (147). She only tells him that, “‘you cannot deny that you have been the principal, if not the only means of dividing them from each other... and involving them both in misery of the acutest kind’” (146). She never asks for specifics, only attacks him. She infuriates and wounds him to the point where he could not attempt to defend his reasoning even if he wanted to. Darcy is far too logical a character to speak of something so delicate and personal when he believes to he is too emotional. Lizzy does not find out until his letter that there was a just reason Darcy acted the way he did. By the time she did find his reasons out, she had already rejected him, and it was too late. Lizzy puts off their happiness further by then expecting Mr. Darcy to make another move after her harsh rejection.
The thought of making the first move never even occurs to Lizzy. She waits for Darcy, even after crushing him, in hopes that he will chase after her like a puppy chases a bike. She does not even try to give him any hope of her reciprocating his love. Instead of giving him some sort of hint or hope to encourage him, she simply says to herself, “‘if he does not come to me, then, ‘ said she, ‘I shall give him up for ever’” (259). She waits for Darcy, while he is trying to forget his love for her because he believes she hates him. She drops no hints for him. At the rate she was
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going, there would have been no chance for love had it not been for Darcy’s meddling relatives.
Darcy worked hard to get Elizabeth to like him, and after he was rejected, he worked just to make her happy, but Lizzy ignored and hated him, putting her at fault for the delay of their felicity. It took her most of the story to even realize that she loved Darcy, even though he was the prominent figure on her mind throughout it. She rejected his proposal of marriage, and later realized her true feelings for him, after it was too late for her to speak to him without being humiliated. It took Darcy’s second proposal to make her express her love for him. Had she just put aside her pride and prejudice from the beginning, she would have found happiness far earlier than she really did, and her love would have blossomed from the beginning, instead of staying tight in a bud over the harsh winter.
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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. United States: Oxford University, 1990
Mr. George- AP English 11
12•05•09
Prompt 5
The Delay of Elizabeth and Darcy’s Felicity
Love is something that does not take place all at once, despite how fairy tales or dreams express it. Love happens gradually and, sometimes, unexpectedly. It opens like a flower bud, slowly but surely. Nothing can start out perfectly beautiful, and a bud is the ugly duckling of the flower bed. Buds, the small promise of something to come, is a metaphor for the first meeting between a man and a woman who will grow to love each other. Sometimes, buds do not open. They stay closed tightly; afraid, or dead. Other times, they open proudly, displaying their lively and awe-inspiring colors to the entire world. Love, in the case of Pride and Prejudice, happened between a girl who hated a man, and a man who wanted nothing more than that girl’s affection. It took Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy a long, hard time to become happy, like the coldness of winter passes slowly to those who wish for spring. Because of Elizabeth’s hatred towards Darcy, despite his constant and outright displays of affection for her, she was the one at fault for delaying their life-long happiness.
Elizabeth prides herself on being able to tell anyone’s character. She believes that she can see through others as if they were a stained-glass window. She is proud of being able to tell that they are just windows, while everyone else is simply so entranced by the person’s pictures and colors that they can not see the window beneath their façade. She believes that she knows things about others that nobody else knows. She says to Jane, “‘and yet I meant to be uncommonly clever in taking so decided a dislike to him, without any reason’” (Austen 172). She admits one of her greatest faults: her pride in the ability she thought she had, but did not. Instead of being correct in her assumption, she was mistaken in her belief, and ended up letting the greatest chance of her life slip away with a long mouthful of harsh words to the man who loved her. The worst move she makes in delaying her happiness, and almost putting an end to any chance of it
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whatsoever, was when Lizzy rejects Mr. Darcy after he proposes.
Darcy comes to Lizzy, overcome, and professes his love for her. Instead of saying yes, she says, “‘I had not known you a month before I felt that you were the last man in the world whom I could ever be prevailed on to marry’” (148). She rejects him because of different reasons, even though he loved her. She refused to marry him, and, although this was no fault of hers with the information she had, it placed her in a terrible position later on. Elizabeth further delays her and Darcy’s matrimony with her grudges.
Mr. Darcy comments on Lizzy, claiming that she was, “not handsome enough to tempt me [Darcy]” (7). Lizzy overhears this rude, but minuscule, insult, and holds onto it like a child wearing their favorite shirt every day and night. She refuses to let it go, even after he has long since forgotten about it. He never verbally attacks Lizzy again, and yet she believes him to hate her looks and continues to despise him. After she rejects his proposal, she continues to hold onto this, “‘my beauty you had early withstood’” (291). Although it is no longer in a malicious or bitter way in which she thought of the comment, she had not at all forgotten it. The reason she even brought it up was because it was still bothering her. If it did not, she would have let it go. Lizzy, for the first time in the book, begins to fall for a man- she begins to fall for the evil and vengeful Mr. Wickam.
Mr. Wickham had great and admirable manners. He could charm anyone, and was good at hiding his true nature. Lizzy, whlo thought she could see through anyone, could only see the picture Wickham displayed. Her mind was occupied with thoughts of Wickham, and not Darcy. Even though she mentions Darcy more than almost anyone else, her interactions with Wickham turn her attentions from Mr. Darcy and towards Mr. Wickham. Wickham got her tooth, nail, and sinker: “Elizabeth... listened with all her heart” (59). She spent time with him, instead of with Darcy. Had Mr. Wickham not shown up, she would have been free to see Bingley, whom she and
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Jane were very fond of. Bingley and Darcy were always together, and she would have seen Darcy more, which would have increased her liking of him. Instead of spending time with Darcy, she spends it with Wickham, and listens to him as though his words were absolute truth.
Mr. Wickham tells Lizzy that Mr. Darcy was a terrible person who forced him into the regiment. This Lizzy holds onto, and it adds to her hatred of Darcy considerably. Wickham lies through his teeth, and Elizabeth is deceived: “‘Your character was unfolded in the recital which I received many months ago from Mr. Wickam’” (147). She refuses to believe that Darcy is anything other than evil and conniving. Caroline, and even her sister Jane, tell her differently. Thinking only that Caroline would lie and that Jane had been manipulated, she throws these valid arguments out of mind, and thinks of them no more. She holds on to Wickham’s false account from many months ago, although she could have made a new opinion of Darcy within that time period, as she saw him many times.
One of those times specifically shows Darcy’s character was not as bad as Elizabeth had originally believed: “‘I certainly have not the talent which some people possess,’ said Darcy ‘of conversing easily with those I have never met before” (135). Lizzy disliked his character from the start because of his quietness and perceived pride, when it was just shyness. However, she does not get rid of her notion that he is stricken with intense pride, and goes on to believe all of the wicked lies of Mr. Wickham. Lizzy could even be sure that Darcy is not lying when he says this. It would not be the first time that Darcy explains himself so honestly: “‘No... I have faults enough... My temper I dare not vouch for. -It is I believe too little yielding” (43). Elizabeth should have known from experience with Darcy that he would not lie, and so she has no reason not to believe him. The grave mistake she makes here is to not connect it with her first meeting with him at the ball. She does not see that his shyness was what made him act superior. She still hold onto the belief that Darcy was embarrassingly prideful. Elizabeth hates Darcy even more
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after he keeps Jane’s arrival in London a secret from Mr. Bingley.
The reader can easily sympathize with Lizzy on this point. Darcy did not tell Mr. Bingley that Jane, Lizzy favorite sister, was in town. When Jane returned home to Longbourn, she was sullen and loveless. She was left to believe that Bingley had fallen out of love with her, and in love with Darcy’s younger sister, Georgiana. She was then resolved to forget about him. Lizzy tells Darcy that, “‘I have every reason in the world to think ill of you’” (146). She assumes that Darcy is out to spite her family. Even though she is completely in the right to assume it, she does not even give Mr. Darcy the chance to explain his reasoning. She continues to twist the conversation and backs him into the corner until he can not even defend himself: “And this... is your opinion of me!” (147). She only tells him that, “‘you cannot deny that you have been the principal, if not the only means of dividing them from each other... and involving them both in misery of the acutest kind’” (146). She never asks for specifics, only attacks him. She infuriates and wounds him to the point where he could not attempt to defend his reasoning even if he wanted to. Darcy is far too logical a character to speak of something so delicate and personal when he believes to he is too emotional. Lizzy does not find out until his letter that there was a just reason Darcy acted the way he did. By the time she did find his reasons out, she had already rejected him, and it was too late. Lizzy puts off their happiness further by then expecting Mr. Darcy to make another move after her harsh rejection.
The thought of making the first move never even occurs to Lizzy. She waits for Darcy, even after crushing him, in hopes that he will chase after her like a puppy chases a bike. She does not even try to give him any hope of her reciprocating his love. Instead of giving him some sort of hint or hope to encourage him, she simply says to herself, “‘if he does not come to me, then, ‘ said she, ‘I shall give him up for ever’” (259). She waits for Darcy, while he is trying to forget his love for her because he believes she hates him. She drops no hints for him. At the rate she was
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going, there would have been no chance for love had it not been for Darcy’s meddling relatives.
Darcy worked hard to get Elizabeth to like him, and after he was rejected, he worked just to make her happy, but Lizzy ignored and hated him, putting her at fault for the delay of their felicity. It took her most of the story to even realize that she loved Darcy, even though he was the prominent figure on her mind throughout it. She rejected his proposal of marriage, and later realized her true feelings for him, after it was too late for her to speak to him without being humiliated. It took Darcy’s second proposal to make her express her love for him. Had she just put aside her pride and prejudice from the beginning, she would have found happiness far earlier than she really did, and her love would have blossomed from the beginning, instead of staying tight in a bud over the harsh winter.
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Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. United States: Oxford University, 1990
Sunday, December 6, 2009
The Crucible p. 49-60
"Proctor: What work you do! It's strange work for a Christian girl to hang old women!" (58).
This makes a lot of sense, and I do not understand why other people do not see it the way Proctor does. Christians are not supposed to be evil and go against the commandment thou sgall not bear false witness against thy neighbor like thy are. Proctor knows that this is all a lie that the girls put together, and so he knows that Goody Osborne is going to be hanged for nothing at all, and that Goody Good will be put into jail for confessing to a crime she did not commit. All of these people are being condemned because of a malicious scheme put together by a jealous seventeen-year-old girl, and it goes against the Christian faith one hundred percent.
"Proctor: She cannot think it! He knows it is true" (61).
Proctor is certain that Abigail simply wants to take Elizabeth's place. Abigail is going to accuse her, and Elizabeth will be hanged for being Proctor's wife, and no other reason. He understands that his sin with Abigail has sealed his wife's fate, and that if he refuses to end it, Elizabeth will be called a witch by Abigail, the saint of the village.
This makes a lot of sense, and I do not understand why other people do not see it the way Proctor does. Christians are not supposed to be evil and go against the commandment thou sgall not bear false witness against thy neighbor like thy are. Proctor knows that this is all a lie that the girls put together, and so he knows that Goody Osborne is going to be hanged for nothing at all, and that Goody Good will be put into jail for confessing to a crime she did not commit. All of these people are being condemned because of a malicious scheme put together by a jealous seventeen-year-old girl, and it goes against the Christian faith one hundred percent.
"Proctor: She cannot think it! He knows it is true" (61).
Proctor is certain that Abigail simply wants to take Elizabeth's place. Abigail is going to accuse her, and Elizabeth will be hanged for being Proctor's wife, and no other reason. He understands that his sin with Abigail has sealed his wife's fate, and that if he refuses to end it, Elizabeth will be called a witch by Abigail, the saint of the village.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
The Crucible p. 30-49
"Proctor: I've heard you to be a sensible man, Mr. Hale. Let's hope you leave some of it in Salem" (37).
At least Proctor is being smart about this witch scandal. He is hoping that Reverend Hale is smart when it comes to the witch business. He expects Hale to understand that the supernatural is a myth, and not something common and all around. I think that that is a lot of pressure on Hale, and a lot of assuming on Proctor's part. Hale is surrounded by people who believe- most ardently- that Betty and Ruth are under a spell, so it would be hard for him to break away and say his true opinion, which he wouldn't do anyway, because he believes in witches. It is a lot for Proctor to assume of the Reverend, because Proctor barely even knows him.
"Rebecca: I wish I knew. She goes out; they feel resentful of her note of moral superiority" (40).
I rolled my eyes. Why does the last sensible one have to leave the group of morons to fend for themselves in the dark? Hale seems perfectly normal until Rebecca leaves, and, regretfully, becomes a superstitious dumbass. Hale suddenly turns and begins to attack Abigail and Tituba on the Devil and his witches. Sadly, Proctor and Rebecca are both gone, and so is any hope for common sense.
At least Proctor is being smart about this witch scandal. He is hoping that Reverend Hale is smart when it comes to the witch business. He expects Hale to understand that the supernatural is a myth, and not something common and all around. I think that that is a lot of pressure on Hale, and a lot of assuming on Proctor's part. Hale is surrounded by people who believe- most ardently- that Betty and Ruth are under a spell, so it would be hard for him to break away and say his true opinion, which he wouldn't do anyway, because he believes in witches. It is a lot for Proctor to assume of the Reverend, because Proctor barely even knows him.
"Rebecca: I wish I knew. She goes out; they feel resentful of her note of moral superiority" (40).
I rolled my eyes. Why does the last sensible one have to leave the group of morons to fend for themselves in the dark? Hale seems perfectly normal until Rebecca leaves, and, regretfully, becomes a superstitious dumbass. Hale suddenly turns and begins to attack Abigail and Tituba on the Devil and his witches. Sadly, Proctor and Rebecca are both gone, and so is any hope for common sense.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
The Crucible pg. 8-30
"Betty: You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!" (19).
So, we finally have the cause behind all of this foolishness. How ridiculous, thinking a charm could kill a woman! And, how more ridiculous, thinking that witchcraft is the reason of it all! Because of Abigail's silly crush on a married, thirty-year-old man, the entire town is in a fuss, screaming witchcraft. She shouldn't have gone so far, although she is an orphan, and saw her parents get killed (or so she later says), it's really no excuse for her to go so far for the sake of feeling loved. She must be lonely, though. It's hard not to feel sorry for her, but at the same time, it's hard to feel sorry for her.
"Rebecca, sitting: I think she'll wake in time. Pray calm yourselves. I have eleven children, and I am twenty-six times a grandma, and I have seen them all through their silly seasons, and when it come on them they will run the Devil bowlegged keeping up with their mischief. I think she will wake when she tires of it. A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back" (27).
I'm very happy to see one sane person in this life of religious dimwits. Rebecca is saying that kids are just kids, and to just let her play, because she's fine, and she's only playing. She puts it in a very soft way, because she could have hit her and yelled at her to wake up, instead of warning the people that Betty was only being a kid. She doesn't believe in witches, and I think that she is very level-headed because of this. Unless, of course, she's saying this and ends up to be a witch. In that case, she's a very good actress, but I doubt that notion.
So, we finally have the cause behind all of this foolishness. How ridiculous, thinking a charm could kill a woman! And, how more ridiculous, thinking that witchcraft is the reason of it all! Because of Abigail's silly crush on a married, thirty-year-old man, the entire town is in a fuss, screaming witchcraft. She shouldn't have gone so far, although she is an orphan, and saw her parents get killed (or so she later says), it's really no excuse for her to go so far for the sake of feeling loved. She must be lonely, though. It's hard not to feel sorry for her, but at the same time, it's hard to feel sorry for her.
"Rebecca, sitting: I think she'll wake in time. Pray calm yourselves. I have eleven children, and I am twenty-six times a grandma, and I have seen them all through their silly seasons, and when it come on them they will run the Devil bowlegged keeping up with their mischief. I think she will wake when she tires of it. A child's spirit is like a child, you can never catch it by running after it; you must stand still, and, for love, it will soon itself come back" (27).
I'm very happy to see one sane person in this life of religious dimwits. Rebecca is saying that kids are just kids, and to just let her play, because she's fine, and she's only playing. She puts it in a very soft way, because she could have hit her and yelled at her to wake up, instead of warning the people that Betty was only being a kid. She doesn't believe in witches, and I think that she is very level-headed because of this. Unless, of course, she's saying this and ends up to be a witch. In that case, she's a very good actress, but I doubt that notion.
I THINK I cited it right, but I don't know. o.O
Christina DeSario
Mr. George- AP Eng 11
12•01•09
Critique
Critique of Mr. Collins
Mr. Collins has an admiration for Lady Catherin de Bourgh, or rather, for her high social standing. She is his main topic of conversation, not because he has any fondness for her character, but because she is rich, and he aspires to be like her by getting as close to her as possible. Because of his reasonless exuberance in her social standing, he is all the more ridiculous to the reader, and a clearer criticism of the class system. He represents those members of the lower class who have high respect for those of the higher class, and all those who dream of taking part in their lifestyles.
Collins embodies the lower class’ respect for the higher class. He has no reason for each time he rejoices when Lady Catherine “condescends” to give him advice. She tells him to do things, such as put shelves in the closet. He complies like an excited puppy, and the closet is immediately stacked with impractical shelves. Because of this scene, an eye roll is forced from the readers as they understand that Collins is like a puppet who moves without being forced, but by suggestion, and through his own will. In other words, he is an idiot.
Through Mr. Collins Austen is calling everyone who looks up at the rich with awe as stupid. She uses Mr. Collins to portray those people, and with each word that comes out of his mouth, or off of the paper from the letters he writes, we laugh at him more and more. He speaks of Mr. Darcy as though they were close friends, mortifying Lizzy and telling the reader that Mr. Collins believes he is in with the rich crowd because of his loose connections with Darcy’s aunt, connections which he believes are much tighter than they actually are.
Collins almost believes that he is rich in a sense, like the chihuahua puppy dog who believes he is big and brave because his shadow is as big as a Saint Bernard. He is small in society’s eyes, and yet he feels one hundred percent comfortable. Collins thinks that the fact that he lives next to Rosings and dines there occasionally makes him higher in social class. Collins knew almost nothing of Darcy, and yet he went on to say how amazing he was, and how he would make a perfect husband, simply because of his social standing.
Mr. Collins’ social standing, compared to what he believes, makes him ridiculous, and he is a criticism of the classism of that time period. He is a stupid man who believes to be much better than he is, and he is not. Collins has big hopes, hopes that can never be met as a small town preacher.
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. United States: Oxford University, 1990
Mr. George- AP Eng 11
12•01•09
Critique
Critique of Mr. Collins
Mr. Collins has an admiration for Lady Catherin de Bourgh, or rather, for her high social standing. She is his main topic of conversation, not because he has any fondness for her character, but because she is rich, and he aspires to be like her by getting as close to her as possible. Because of his reasonless exuberance in her social standing, he is all the more ridiculous to the reader, and a clearer criticism of the class system. He represents those members of the lower class who have high respect for those of the higher class, and all those who dream of taking part in their lifestyles.
Collins embodies the lower class’ respect for the higher class. He has no reason for each time he rejoices when Lady Catherine “condescends” to give him advice. She tells him to do things, such as put shelves in the closet. He complies like an excited puppy, and the closet is immediately stacked with impractical shelves. Because of this scene, an eye roll is forced from the readers as they understand that Collins is like a puppet who moves without being forced, but by suggestion, and through his own will. In other words, he is an idiot.
Through Mr. Collins Austen is calling everyone who looks up at the rich with awe as stupid. She uses Mr. Collins to portray those people, and with each word that comes out of his mouth, or off of the paper from the letters he writes, we laugh at him more and more. He speaks of Mr. Darcy as though they were close friends, mortifying Lizzy and telling the reader that Mr. Collins believes he is in with the rich crowd because of his loose connections with Darcy’s aunt, connections which he believes are much tighter than they actually are.
Collins almost believes that he is rich in a sense, like the chihuahua puppy dog who believes he is big and brave because his shadow is as big as a Saint Bernard. He is small in society’s eyes, and yet he feels one hundred percent comfortable. Collins thinks that the fact that he lives next to Rosings and dines there occasionally makes him higher in social class. Collins knew almost nothing of Darcy, and yet he went on to say how amazing he was, and how he would make a perfect husband, simply because of his social standing.
Mr. Collins’ social standing, compared to what he believes, makes him ridiculous, and he is a criticism of the classism of that time period. He is a stupid man who believes to be much better than he is, and he is not. Collins has big hopes, hopes that can never be met as a small town preacher.
Austen, Jane. Pride and Prejudice. United States: Oxford University, 1990
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