Elizabeth Bennet Proposal Essay

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Essay In Jane Austen’s book Pride and Prejudice one of the main characters Elizabeth Bennet gets a proposal for marriage three times throughout the book and each have a significant impact on various character and the plot of the story.Each of the proposals also illustrate some of the central themes of the book that involve how society at the time saw marriage as the joining of two families rather than the joining of two people who loved each other Elizabeth first gets proposed to by Mr.Collins and this proposal helps to show two things one is one is the popular belief of the time that marriage is for benefit and not love and second it help illustrate the kind of character that Mr.Collins is.The way in which he proposes show

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