Hello 1LLCE 22-23

 

    Mr Collins: The proposal ``Believe me, my dear Miss Elizabeth , that your modesty, so far from doing you any disservice, rather adds to your other perfections. You would have been less amiable in my eyes had there not been this little unwillingness; but allow me to assure you that I have your respected mother's permission for this address. You can hardly doubt the purport of my discourse, however your natural delicacy may lead you to dissemble; my attentions have been too marked to be mistaken. Almost as soon as I entered the house I singled you out as the companion of my future life. But before I am run away with by my feelings on this subject, perhaps it will be advisable for me to state my reasons for marrying -- and moreover for coming into Hertfordshire with the design of selecting a wife, as I certainly did.'' The idea of Mr. Collins , with all his solemn composure, being run away with by his feelings, made Elizabeth so near laughing that she could not use...

 Compare the proposal ( "Jack and Gwen") and this scene ("Algernon and Cecily").  Then analyse the vision of love and marriage given  in these two scenes. CECILY Then have we got to part? ALGERNON I am afraid so. It's a very painful parting. CECILY It is always painful to part from people whom one has known for a very brief space of time. The absence of old friends one can endure with equanimity. But even a momentary separation from anyone to whom one has just been introduced is almost unbearable. ALGERNON Thank you. [Enter MERRIMAN.] MERRIMAN The dog-cart is at the door, sir. [ALGERNON looks appealingly at CECILY.] CECILY It can wait, Merriman for . . . five minutes. MERRIMAN Yes, Miss. [Exit MERRIMAN.] ALGERNON I hope, Cecily, I shall not offend you if I state quite frankly and openly that you seem to me to be in every way the visible personification of absolute perfection. CECILY I think your frankness does you great credit, Ernest. If you will allow m...

  1 LLCE    MEETING/ impossible matches                                 March 2023 Compare the documents to show how they illustrate impossible marriages.   (You can focus on the reasons why some matches are impossible and the expression of emotions…) + translate the beginning (from "this is not to be borne" to  "have drawn him in") A)       DOCUMENT A: an excerpt from Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen, 1813     Elizabeth Bennet has no money but loves Mr Darcy, a rich man… She meets Lady Catherine, Darcy’s aunt… "This is not to be borne. Miss Bennet, I insist on being satisfied. Has he, has my nephew, made you an offer of marriage?" "Your ladyship has declared it to be impossible." "It ought to be so; it must be so, while he retains the use of his reason. But y...