The Church of England, a Protestant Episcopal church which is the official established church of Great Britain, is a branch of Catholicism with no allegiance to the Pope. The expectations of a clergy member within this church are a set of written and unwritten laws. Protestant ministers, when allowed to marry and have children, abide by basically the same moral and ethical obligations as a Catholic priest. They must live their lives for the love of God and Christ. However, in the novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin, there is a man who is a minister of the Church of England. Yet, it does not even show the basics of the moral and ethical code followed by members of the clergy. He is, in fact, a man who is pompous, bossy and overly aware of the social hierarchy, who makes a hobby of hoovering up money. This man, whose name is Mr. Collins, is rightly described as a very reprehensible individual. I believe Jane Austin has made it his goal to make every behavior and line of dialogue he gives a reason for us to like him less and less. He starts off as a simple-minded man who happens to be a braggart. However, as the novel progresses, his personality becomes more and more reprehensible, and when he makes statements such as "your sister would rather have died than disgrace her family" (discussing the escape of Lydia), we are starting to hate him. The way he approaches people gives us a very good idea of ​​the type of character Jane Austin is trying to portray. Take his proposal to Lizzy as an example. His crude approach to the whole matter has given us the greatest insight possible before. He went about it in an almost condescending way, not taking her interests at heart and not bothering to think about such menial things as love. He proposed as one might make a business proposal, giving all the financial benefits of the arrangement. When she rejected him, he first showed his stupidity by not believing her rejection. He then showed his lack of tact by adopting a childish "Well, you think you could do better" attitude. In his dealings with Madame Debourgh, he was incredibly servile and excessively apologetic, due to his rank in society...