ibility. In case Elizabeth was in love with Wickham, she should not marry him nor show any affection towards him. Getting involved with Wickham would not be rational because he does not have enough money. Elizabeth is a very rational young lady. Her rationality proves her reaction on Mr. Darcy's proposal. Later in the book, Mr. Darcy comes to Elizabeth and expresses his feelings towards her :"In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you."(Chapter 34) Mr. Darcy did not reveal only his love but all his objections to this marriage. He actually said that even though it is against his sense, he cannot hold his feeligs back any longer. Darcy actually offended Elizabeth by his proposal because he said that his love towards her is against reason. Elizabeth was also offended because Mr. Darcy proposed her using manners she did not like. He behaved as though Elizabeth was honoured and was not allowed to say no.On the other hand, Elizabeth sometimes seems irrational to me, because she turned down proposal of Mr. Colins which seemed to me rational. Mr. Colins was supposed to inherit Mr. Bennet's house after his death and he proposed Elizabeth to marry him. This marriage would be lacking love, respect and knowing each other, and could never become a happy marriage but it would be reasonal. From the marriages desribed in the novel, we can tell which reasons for getting married did Jane Austen prefer. She seemed to prefer a marriage where both love and sense were jointed. A marriage where no love is concerned and only rason was the most important thing on which the marriage was based are not happy as we can see on two examples. The first example is the marriage of Elizabeth's parents and the other is the marriage of Mr. Collins with Charlotte. Neither of these marriages is happy because the people lack one important component...
