May 8, 2009
A scary warning for men all wrapped up in a Pride and Prejudice allusion.
Men, “if [you] are never afraid of being a Mr. Collins (or someone like him), then [you] probably are a Mr. Collins.”
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OR a Mr. Bennett…
Yes: or a Mr. Bennett. Excellent point.
Though I lament Austen’s portrayal of the clergyman position as a whole, I must say, Mr. Collins is a pitiful, but HILARIOUS character in the story!
happy friday to us! this is great. thanks for the laugh.
Yeah, I bet men don’t worry much about not being a Mr. Wickham.
Men: Dare to be a Darcy!! :)
ha, awesome. mr. collins is an awesome and awkward character!
Brian–
You are not remembering Austen’s portrayal of Edward in Sense & Sensibility.
Also, I just want to point out that Austen’s father and brothers were clergymen.
Is this the original version or the zombie version?
Who is Mr Collins? (Or Bennett, or Wickham)
Well, I’m not certain I agree with the statement.. (that if a guy doesn’t fear being Mr. C, then he probably is him).
But, I love this post anyway! Anything that gets us talking about P&P works for me! :)
There are some men that are so opposite Mr. Collins that I can’t even envision them fearing being him. But, I’m not a man, so, can’t say for sure..
As Mr. Collins would say, thank you for the privilege of your great condescension in talking about such a humble subject as literature written by a pitiful woman. :)
I don’t really know any guys who know of Mr. Collins or Mr. Darcy.
I have a guy in my life whom I refer to as Mr. Collins. It’s probably awful of me, but the personality resemblance is uncanny.
My husband has read P&P (out of love for me-what a guy!), seen the 6 hour version, the 2005 version, Bride and Prejudice, and the Mormon version. His 2 favorite charactors by far are Mr Collins and Mr Wickham.
I would also like to agree with Rebecca-Austen portrayed clergy in postive and negative characters in all her books. S&S-positive, Emma-negative, P&P-negative, Northanger Abbey-positive, Mansfield Park-positive, Persuasion-positive.
Bah! that’s funny
No way… not me…! I’m way too smooth. I even amuse myself from time to time thinking up such compliments as may be found agreeable by the young ladies that I meet.
More seriously – ash – displaying the amiable, shallow, flirtatious façade of Wickham is something that has worried me. What is he but (like so many young guys in church) a self-indulgent people-pleaser?
well done, Geoff – that is funny!
OK, I admit it. The extent of my knowledge of “Pride and Prejudice” comes from “You’ve Got Mail.”
May the heavenly Father spare me from any Collinsish behavior as a man of the pulpit. I know the BBC version and the film version, due to having one wife and 3 daughters and no sons to go off and play ball with when the gals get a “P & P” fever. Which they get a couple times a year. They can say every single line of the BBC 6 hours, and do say them to one another constantly. I get a funny look on my face, and they just say, “P & P Dad.” So, as the French say, “Au revoir!”
I already know that I’m a Mr. Collins.
Thanks for this link. In all the background craziness, I missed this somehow.
As always, I love what you’re doing here.