What is his motivation in the story?
His motivation is to advance himself in society to please Lady Catherine de Bourgh, who has helped him in life. I don’t think he’s really bothered about who he ends up marrying so long as it’s a good marriage that Lady Catherine will approve of. Why is he so reviled by Amanda Price? A charming aspect to this drama is that Amanda loses herself in the world of Jane Austen because she thinks its men and women have a code of conduct, which is based on romance and honour. When she meets the characters she realises that this isn’t necessarily true, especially when she meets Mr Collins, who certainly doesn’t match any criteria of how a gentleman should behave. Why does Amanda fall out of favour with him? A rumour spreads that Amanda comes from a very lowly station to do with fish mongering and that of course would never do. How could Mr Collins, who is possibly destined for Bishopric, be associated with someone who’s to do with fish? Lady Catherine would never permit that. Why is he so sycoph
