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Cards (6)
'There is something very pompous in his stile'
shows his
pride
/self importance
'His cousin was as absurd as he hoped'
Mr Bennet's
comical relief about
Mr Collis
being an oddity shows he is glad his daughters will not marry someone like that
'Those little delicate complements... a sort of attention which I conceive myself peculiarly to pay'
He is
calculating
and
unashamed
about planning
compliments
and making others like him by using flattery
'neither the letter nor its writer were in any degree interesting'
Mr Collins
is
monotonous
, in both letters and in person; shows his
simplicity
'He had not been long seated before he compliented Mrs Bennet'
He's making an effort to compliment her, perhaps being
sycophantic
'but he continued to apologised for about a quarter of an hour'
This makes him seem
desperate
and he's slightly
humiliated
himself, apologising
repeatedly
for things he hasn't done makes him seem weak