Here, Mr. Collins could not have been a worse dance partner. To start off with, he asks her to dance twice, which in itself is socially unacceptable. After that, he moves wrong "without being aware of it," which not only implies that he does not know how to treat a woman, but has no intent of learning how. This (presumably, I wouldn't know from experience or anything) would be a major turnoff to a woman because it is one thing for a man to be clumsy, but a completely different thing for a man to be oblivious to all social cues. Mr. Collins is that man.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
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I love how the narrator notes that Elizabeth goes from "mortification" when dancing with Collins to "ecstasy" when they stop dancing. Collins lacks any form of social grace. Poor guy.
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