How does Mr.Collins interpret Elizabeths refusal of his marriage proposal to her?
lit24 Teacher Doctorate Editor Expert $(document).ready(function() { $(‘a.toggle_expert_titles’).click(function() { $(‘#show_expert_titles’).toggle(); return false; }); }); In Ch. 19 Collins proposes to Elizabeth who straightaway makes it plain to him that she is not interested in marrying him. However, Collins assumes wrongly that Elizabeth is only pretending that she does not like him and he tells Elizabeth, “however your natural delicacy may lead you to dissemble” Its a classic example of a situation of comical dramatic irony: the completely unromantic lout that Collins is he thinks that Elizabeth is pretending to be coy and hard to get! A little later, after he has formally proposed to her and has been firmly rejected by Elizabeth he replies to her arrogantly and complacently in the following words: “I am not now to learn,” repliedMr.Collins with a formal wave of the hand, “that it is usual with young ladies to reject the addresses of the man whom they secretly mean to accept, w
