“‘What is Mr. Darcy to me pray that I should be afraid of him? I am sure we owe him no particular civility as to be obliged to say nothing he may not like to hear’” (Ansten 76).

Few members of the Bennet family and Mr. Collins insist to make complete fools of themselves at the Netherfield ball. In the competition for will make the biggest fool out themselves, Mrs. Bennet’s insult on Mr. Darcy defeats Mr. Collins’ attempts at singing, by only a small margin. There are many reasons why Mrs. Bennet won this title. The first is, Mr. Darcy could see right through people and he knows that the only reason that Mrs. Bennet wants Jane to marry Mr. Bingley is because he has money and is from a higher social class then she is. Secondly, she does not know that the Bingley sister finds Jane agreeable Jane but dislikes everyone else in the Bennet. By putting such an image into Mr. Darcy’s mind he is more prone to protect his friend, Mr. Bingley, from marrying into this family filled with ridiculous people. This would be a disadvantage to Jane who is falling in love with Mr. Bingley. Third is Mr. Bingley is ruled by emotion. Emotions can be easily swayed, and if his sisters and Mr. Darcy are telling him that this union will not be favorable and he would be unwise to marry Jane, there is a chance that they might listen to them.

“‘She is a very headstrong foolish girl and does not know her own interest’” (84)

Mrs. Bennet is so preoccupied by get her daughters married that she does not notice how intelligent her daughter Elizabeth is, and that Mr. Collins is much bellow Elizabeth standards of education and reasoning. Mrs. Bennet would see that Elizabeth is an amazing woman and marrying someone as brainless as Mr. Collins would be a disgrace. There is nothing about him that would complement Miss Elizabeth’s character. Lizzy has a lot of pride and would never bow down to the Darcy or De Bourgh family and Mr. Collins insist be subservient to their social stature. Also, expect Elizabeth to do the same. Mr. Collins who is a superficial character will greatly clash with Elizabeth’s strong personality. It would have been utterly ridiculous for these two characters to get married. She also seemed to be a woman ahead of her time. She does things that declares her independent and that would not be the type of woman Mr. Collins would want or need.