In Austens’ novel, the suitor, Mr. Collins, will be unsuccessful in his proposal to Elizabeth Bennett. First of all, Collins has bad reasons for proposing. Collins’s first reason for his proposal is that a clergyman like himself must get married “to set the example of matrimony in his parish.” Collins is worried about his own reputation, because he wants to be normal, and to marry like other clergymen. He does want to set a good example for his parishioners, by getting married. However, Collins should not get married for the sake of other people. He should only marry if it is his desire to do so, as marriage is a very serious and l

Collins’s attitude during his proposal to Bennett ensures that Bennett will turn down his proposal. Collins has many different attitudes during his proposal. His initial attitude is impersonal and unaffectionate. Collins shows no attraction towards Bennett, because he never uses the word “love” in his proposal. One would think a proposal could not exist without the word in it. However, Collins avoids using it, and talking of anything related to it. Collins is also selfish in his proposal to Bennett, as he constantly uses the word “I” in it. For instance, he says “I think” and “I am convinced.” His constant use of “I” shows that he is only worried about himself and about how the marriage will benefit him. He is not worried about how Bennett feels, because he never mentions any love or affection that she will gain from the marriage. Collins’s selfish attitude shows that his entire proposal is directed towards himself, and not towards Bennett and him as a couple. Finally, Collins makes the proposal seem business-like. He talks about how Lady Catherine “will visit” Bennett. Collins exhibits the fact that Bennett will be evaluated by Lady Catherine before she marries him. Collins makes it seem as if he is recruiting Bennett for a job, rather than proposing to her. Instead of marrying her because he wants to, Collins will have his patroness evaluate his future wife before she “gets the job”, which in this case means getting married to Collins. With his attitudes during his proposal to Bennett, Collins causes the whole proposal to seem strictly professional and not intimate at all. He will be totally unsuccessful in trying to get Bennett to become his wife. The suitor in Charles Dickens’ novel, Bradley Headstone, will surely win the heart of his love, Lizzie Hexam, through his proposal to her. Unlike Collins’s reasons, Headstone’s reasons for marriage are generous and are justified. Headstone begins by saying “I love you” to Hexam. These three words have more meaning than Collins’s whole proposal. They illustrate the fact that Headstone feels strong affection towards Hexam. Love is an excellent reason for marriage, because it is something that two people share, and is not something in which only one person can gain from it. Headstone then says “ [his] reputation stands quite high.” He tries to convince Hexam that he is well-liked because of his good reputation, and that he is a hard worker who would make a wonderful husband for her. He assures Hexam that he will be able to provide for her, by telling her that she “would want for nothing”, which conveys the fact that he will work hard to satisfy her in every way. Headstone lastly states that “[Hexam’s] brother favors [him] to the utmost”, and that it is possible that “[they] might live and work together.” By saying this, Headstone tries to persuade Hexam that there will be no tension between him and her family because her brother

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