... man in possession of a good fortune. The entire novel revolves around marriage and the various motives as well as the results. In Pride and Prejudice, we are presented with different types of marriages, the main contrast being those who marry for money and those who marry for love. Other motives for marriage included physical beauty, the family name and connections, and also societal constraints, which provided very little ... turned down Mr Collins proposal, Mrs Bennet was very upset and angry that she had refused an opportunity to marry and was concerned that she may never have the c...

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