During Jane Austin’s era, marriage was everyones’ main focus. A mother all a mother worried about was getting their daughters married to a man that can support them financially. Austin criticizes the society of the era in which she lives a lot in the novel using characters such as Charlotte Lucas, Mrs Bennet, Lydia Bennet, and various other characters.
Charlotte Lucas is one of Elizabeth Bennet’s closest friends, who unlike her believes in marrying for comfort and say that “Happiness in a marriage is entirely a matter of chance”. Charlotte is quite old in the novel and knows that she needs to get married soon before she gets put out of the market (not marriageable anymore). She then finds out about her friend Elizabeth rejecting Mr Collins proposal and see an opportunity to try and get him to propose to her next. Although Charlotte married for the wrong reasons, she is an intelligent young lady(hence she is close with Elizabeth) unlike the other young ladies of that time.
…show more content…
He goes to visit the Bennets in search for a wife. He is told that Jane is taken and then catches an eye for Elizabeth and confidently proposes to her but she rejects his offer. He then later settles for Charlotte Lucas, Elizabeth’s close friend. She agrees as she is desperate to get married and knows that he will be able to provide for her. Both Charlotte and Mr Collins are not romantically attracted to each other, they do not care about happiness but simply just marry because of their own personal