Collins- The Nightmare

Mr. Collins, while he is portrayed as a funny and comical, is a woman's worst nightmare. Not only is he stupid and foolish but he is a great humiliation to everyone around him. For example, his proposal was both foolish and a large horror to Elizabeth Bennet. Upon his inital denial, Mr. Collins does not understand that Elizabeth does not want to marry him nor has she had any inclination to do so. His relentless pursuit of the Bennet girls and the idea that such a supercillious man could become one of thier husbands is a nightmare for the Bennet family. In fact, this nightmare would be made worse if Collins was the one to inherit all of the Bennet's land. Collins is an obvious satire for the foolishness of upper class aristocracy in her time.

My Essay

Well, at least I can say my first essay is out of the way. And I managed to get a 92 on it as well. However, with a hindsight bias, there are several things I would've corrected/changed to make this paper better. One major problem was the length of my quotes. If given the option, I would go back and make those smaller and more focused. That way I could do more of a word by word analysis instead of a general analysis. This would help the scope of my paper even more.

I definitely should have proofread my paper more before turning it in. In fact, I should have also had someone else look over my paper to peer edit it. I left way too many grammatical errors in my paper. While they may be very small (like verb tense or missing words), my paper would have been significantly stronger. For example, in my paper I used the phrase "having to dance the undesirable Mr. Darcy". I'm not quite sure how you "dance" a person.

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Contrasting Personalities: The Source of Prejudice

By utilizing the human nature of prejudice through the tendency of people to compare and contrast personalities, Jane Austen is effective in shaping the reader’s view of characters like Mr. Darcy, effectively concealing their true nature behind a veil of gossip and bias.