Mr. Collins is a character in Jane Austen￢ﾀﾙs novel, Pride and Prejudice. The heroine of Pride and Prejudice is Elizabeth Bennet. Because her father, Mr. Bennet, has no sons, his estate is entailed to Mr. Collins. Mr. Collins is a clergyman and a pompous, sycophantic fool. He enters the novel with the intention of marrying one of Mr. Bennet￢ﾀﾙs daughters to compensate the family for the estate being entailed to him. He first wants Elizabeth￢ﾀﾙs beautiful sister Jane, but is quickly persuaded to court Elizabeth. She refuses him, but within three days Mr. Collins proposes to Elizabeth￢ﾀﾙs friend Charlotte Lucas. Although it is easy to assume the comic nature of Mr. Collins is the primary reason for him being in the novel, Jane Austen,...
