The point of view demonstrated in this passage is third-person limited narrator. This is evident because the passage focuses on Mr. Collins' thoughts and actions, but it doesn't offer insight into the thoughts or feelings of other characters. The narrator describes the scene and Mr. Collins' speech without using first-person or second-person perspectives.
The idea of Mr. Collins, with all his solemn composure, being run away with by his feelings, made Elizabeth so near laughing, that she could not use the short pause he allowed in any attempt to stop him further, and he continued:
“My reasons for marrying are, first, that I think it a right thing for every clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the example of matrimony in his parish; secondly, that I am convinced that it will add very greatly to my happiness; and thirdly—which perhaps I ought to have mentioned earlier, that it is the particular advice and recommendation of the very noble lady whom I have the honor of calling patroness. Twice has she condescended to give me her opinion (unasked too!) on this subject; and it was but the very Saturday night before I left Hunsford—between our pools at quadrille, while Mrs. Jenkinson was arranging Miss de Bourgh’s footstool, that she said, ‘Mr. Collins, you must marry. A clergyman like you
Use the excerpt from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen to answer the question.
Which point of view is demonstrated in this passage?
(1 point)
Responses
first-person narrator
first-person narrator
second-person narrator
second-person narrator
third-person omniscient narrator
third-person omniscient narrator
third-person limited narrator
third-person limited narrator
1 answer