Part 1 of Essay
To Say or Not to Say: Letters and Letter Writing As Seen in Pride and Prejudice Quite frequently in her novels, Jane Austen uses letter writing between characters to explain past events and the exact nature of people’s roles in them. It is these letters that always offer great insight into a character’s true n ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... that allows for some conclusions to be made about a specific character’s persona occurs when Mr. Bennet receives a foolish letter from the Reverend Mr. Collins, who will inherit Longbourn after Mr. Bennet’s death because he is the nearest male relative. In his letter, Mr. Collins proposes a visit to Longbourn and hints at a further proposal of marriage to one of the Bennet daughters. The reader quickly learns of this man’s nature because of the contents of his letter as well as Mr. Bennet’ ....