The passage from "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen is presented from a third-person limited narrator point of view. This perspective allows the reader to understand the thoughts and feelings of the character Elizabeth while also conveying the dialogue of Mr. Collins. Although the narrator doesn't provide direct access to Mr. Collins's thoughts, the focus is primarily on Elizabeth's reactions and perceptions, which is characteristic of third-person limited narration.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 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 must marry.” from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen Question 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 limited narrator third-person limited narrator third-person omniscient narrator third-person omniscient narrator
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