As a allergen, he ought to be respected by people Like the Bennett family, and he subtly makes his concurring views on this topic known, by excessively praising his patron, Lady Catherine De Burgh, at every chance he has. By publicly rating her so highly, Mr. Collins puts the Bennett down.

However, the Bennett family find Mr. Collins’ continuing pontification absurd and even quite ludicrous. His worship of Lady Catherine is perhaps even greater than his loyalty to the church, as he certainly talks of the former a great deal more.Before the reader even meets Mr. Collins, they are given the impression that he is a pompous and rather absurd creature: …

Can he be a sensible man sir? ” “No, my dear; I think not. I have great hopes of finding him quite the reverse. There Is a mixture of servility and self-importance In his letter, which promises well. ” [Elizabeth questioning her father about Mr. Collins] Austin has structured the descriptions of Mr. Collins so that the reader is entertained by his insensibility and habit of extending his speeches to extraordinary lengths.For instance, the author clearly demonstrated these traits, in him, when the Bennett family had him to dinner for the first time.

Mr. Collins asked Mrs. Bennett: “.

.. O whom of his fair cousins the excellence of Its cookery was owing. ” Mrs. Bennett replied, quite abruptly, that the family was, In fact, wealthy enough to keep a good cook, and that none of her daughters had anything to do with the kitchen.

Declared herself not at all offended; but he continued to apologies for about the next quarter of an hour. Ere features of Mr. Collins’ disposition are also emphasized by the fact that Elizabeth Bennett particularly, and other characters that are respected by the reader, ridicule him behind his back.

Mr. Bennett and Jane are two examples of this kind of character, forever their personalities are only well regarded by the reader because they reflect similar views as Elizabeth about certain personalities – such as that of Mr. Collins. Lady Catherine De Burgh’s personality is also one that is embroidered and amplified, in Pride and Prejudice.Although much superior to him in status, Lady Catherine is viewed in much the same way as Mr. Collins – both are laughable, and are full of their own self-importance, in Elijah’s mind and consequently that of the reader.

The Lady is depicted as an overly praised snob, who always thinks of herself as above her company. Elizabeth sees the ridiculous character of Mr. Collins Morphing the ground that Lady Catherine walks on, and draws these conclusions even before she or the reader have met her.Moreover, when she did meet the Oman: ‘Elizabeth found that nothing was beneath this great Lady’s attention, which could furnish her with an occasion of dictating to others.

” In the time period in which the text was written, a woman of De Burgh’s social and financial status would be accepted to act like that, but the exaggeration of these characteristics are what amuses the reader.The author, by doing this, is poking fun t the upper classes in the social structure, which would have been very humorous to the non-upper class readers at that time, a class level of which Jane Austin herself Nas a part. Another technique which the author, Jane Austin, applies in her novel Pride and Prejudice, to generate amusement in the reader, is Juxtaposition. Juxtaposition is the placement of contrasting characters side by side to achieve a particular effect. Austin uses this approach in Juxtaposing the characters of Mr. Dairy with Elizabeth.This is the source of many emotions that flow through Pride and Prejudice.

Specifically, the reader is amused by the amalgamation of the two because of the extreme variation in their dispositions. The first impression of Mr. Dairy, that the reader acquires, is the same as that which Elizabeth imagines – he is “a most disagreeable, horrid man. ” At the ball at Emerson, Mr. Dairy manages to instantly distance himself from that community with his seeming arrogance, which was observed through his refusal to dance with anyone other than Caroline Bentley and Mrs. Hurst.Also he was immediately compared with the apparent perfection of his friend, Mr.

Bangle’s personality, which gave the impression that he was even less amiable. The formation of Mr. Dairy’s real character is very gradual, and in the mean main character, and that who has their point of view foreground in this text, Elizabeth (who is also known as Elise and Lezzy) is shown to have an amiable and pleasing personality. The use of two abbreviations of Elizabethan name is Just one of the techniques which the author has used to endear her to the reader.There is no suggestion, at the beginning of the book, of Elizabeth feeling that she has behaved mistakenly and, through the third person limited point of view of the novel, the reader finds her equally faultless. The Juxtaposition of Elizabethan initial prejudice against Mr. Dairy, and those which he expressed to his friend Mr.

Bentley for Elise, creates an entertaining tension in the reader. However, by chapter 35 (of 61), Elizabethan attitude towards Mr. Dairy, has reversed. He has proposed, and professed his love for her, despite her “inferiority” and ill connections.After considering the letter from Mr.

Dairy which followed her refusal, Elizabethan interpretation and feelings towards the events, that had occurred through the course of the novel, Changed dramatically. Through these changes in attitude on both sides, Mr. Dairy’s ND Elizabethan characters become seen as well suited to each other. The irony of the match can also be perceived as humorous. Austin capably uses irony and satire throughout Pride and Prejudice. The effect of this is the successful entertainment of the reader.

Irony is a literary device in which the apparent meaning is the opposite to that intended, and is made clear by the context or tone. Satire is the use of irony, sarcasm, or the showing up of something ‘ere silly, by representing it in a laughable way. Ultimately, Pride and Prejudice satirists the structure of society in the author’s era, as well as the manners and behavior of that period. The author does this through an amusing but subtle criticism of the aristocracy, which includes characters such as Lady Catherine De Burgh and Mr. Dairy.The very first sentence in the text sets the tone – one which is consistently witty, though in a discrete and delicate way: ‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. ” This statement is quite ironic.

It implies that any man with wealth must be sought after by women of his own social class. He is also assumed to have the manners and Redding that would make him attractive to females, simply because of his consequent status. However, the main character challenges this.Elizabeth is portrayed as very much her own person, that is, her actions and points of view cannot be dictated to her by the likes of her mother, Lady Catherine De Burgh, or even the general attitudes of her culture. Lilly’s refusal of Mr. Collins’ proposal of marriage, for instance, was severely against the grain of her society, as was her refusal of Mr.

Dairy. Also, the marriage of Elizabethan younger sister, Lydia, to Mr. Nickname, is ironic in that Elise only narrowly escaped the connection with that man No she later found to be an irresponsible liar.Although the text had enforced the high value and importance of the marriage of the five Bennett sisters right the way through, Lydia marriage to Hickman is ironically scorned upon by Elizabeth, as she marriage, the reader too disapproves of the couple and their conduct. These points mock the given attitudes, of the time period, towards love and marriage, and provide the reader with a humorous distraction from the main plot. Or entertain the reader throughout Pride and Prejudice, the author, Jane Austin, uses humor in the forms of exaggerated personalities and the Juxtaposition of intonating characters.All of the dialogue is constructed in a witty and adept manner, and with that comes the glorious ironies which each individually amuse the reader. A rational and moral visualization of the real society of her time can be detected in Student’s writing, through close analysis, though it does not force itself on the reader.

Through the wit of this novel, Jane Austin reveals to the reader her cynical attitudes towards the structure of the English 19th century society, love, and marriage and humorously warns the reader to avoid pride beware prejudice.