Pride & Prejudice Notes: 19 - 24
Ch. 19
Mr. Collins’ proposal
Timed writing
Ch. 20
Mr. Collins already begins to doubt E’s worth “but if she is really headstrong and foolish” 76
Mr. Bennet “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.” Ha, ha
Ch. 21
The Bingleys and Mr. Darcy leave Netherfield, not planning on returning
Jane vs. Eliza on the meaning of the letter 82
J “Caroline is incapable of willfully deceiving anyone.”
Ch. 22
“Miss Lucas perceived him from an upper window as he walked towards the house, and instantly set out to meet him accidentally in the lane. But little had she dared to hope that so much love and eloquence awaited her there.” Reveals what about Charlotte and Mr. C? 84
Why does Charlotte agree to marry him and even encourage him?
p. 85 “Mr. Collins to be sure was neither sensible or agreeable; his society was irksome . . . without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object; it was the only honorable provision for well-educated young women of small fortune . . .”
Elizabeth cannot believe it
Ch. 23
All are shocked by the news that Mr. Collins proposed to Charlotte Lucas three days after proposing to E
Ch. 24
E “The more I see of the world, the more I am dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of either merit or sense.” 92
94 – why does Jane so faithfully believe that the Bingley sisters would never intentionally ruin their brother’s happiness and would interfere? Is Jane wonderfully goodhearted and slightly naïve, or sadly deluded?