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In the novel , the different perceptions of marriage play major roles in the outcomes of the character's lives. Jane Austin uses the different characters to show the varying opinions on marriage. Even though the novel shows how a mismatched couple's marriage can h ....

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.... to do the same. This desire for her daughter to marry for money can be a form of greed. If her daughters do not marry into wealthy families she knows she will not continue in her present comfortable lifestyle. Mr. Collins has a completely different reason for marriage than simple financial. While proposing to Elizabeth for the first time he states that "...I think it a right for every clergyman in easy circumstances ... to set the example of matrimony in his parish."(p. 91). Further offending Elizabeth he continues to say that "...that it is the particular advice and recommendation of the very noble lady whom I have the honor of calling patroness.". ....