(explain your answer…) mr wickham and mr collins bamboozled! true or false?...

(Explain your answer…)

Mr Wickham Mr Wickham

and and

Mr CollinsMr Collins

BamboozledBamboozled!! True or false?

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Mr Collins is attracted to Elizabeth

first of all.

False! Mr Collins first thinks of marrying Jane, as she is the eldest

daughter. Note that his feelings don’t really come into it: he sees it as his

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11736 Slide 2 of 9

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

True! He is attracted to Elizabeth’s liveliness but he also worries that it could be a problem when they are

married.

Mr Collins wishes to marry Elizabeth

because of her quick wit.


11736 Slide 3 of 9


False! Mr Wickham is introduced to the Bennets by Mr Denny, because he

is also going to become a soldier in the militia.

Mr Wickham is introduced to the

Bennets by Mr Bingley.


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Mr Wickham quickly becomes unpopular.


11736 Slide 5 of 9


False! Mr Wickham is invited to tea at Aunt Philips on the second day of his

acquaintance with the Bennets.

Mr Darcy is thrilled to see Mr Wickham.


11736 Slide 6 of 9


False! Mr Darcy is not thrilled to see Mr Wickham. Elizabeth notices Mr

Darcy’s cold treatment of Wickham, even in a very short meeting on the

street.

Jane tells Elizabeth about Mr Darcy’s

terrible treatment of Mr Wickham.


11736 Slide 7 of 9


False! Mr Wickham tells Elizabeth about Darcy’s terrible treatment of

him: he was not given a job (called a living) that he was entitled to, when

Darcy’s father died.

Elizabeth develops a liking for Mr Wickham.


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True! Elizabeth becomes more interested in Mr Wickham than any

man she (and we) have encountered in the novel up to that point.

Mr Collins is well-mannered and

agreeable.


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False! Mr Collins is vain, pompous and a bore. A good example of this is

when we hear him go on and on and on about Lady Catherine de Bourgh’s house. At this point, furnishings are

his main topic of conversation.

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