In the case of Elizabeth, she truly and honestly believes
that marriage should be made for all the right reasons of the HEART and not the
pocket.
Even with the entailment looming above her, she
prefers to wait for true love rather than to use marriage as a way to be socially
acquainted, or to obtain property, a name, or status.
This
is the reason why she was so upset with Charlotte after Mr. Collins proposed to her.
When Collins first proposed to Elizabeth, she declined on the very basis of her beliefs:
She will not marry for any reason other than love.
Yet,
when Collins got rejected and moved on to Charlotte, she accepted and confided to
Elizabeth that she did it precisely because she felt that marriage is a contract of
convenience: After being married, she would possess some property, and the company of
Collins was enough for her.
Later on in the novel we
realize exactly HOW Charlotte would end up paying for this choice, and how well
Elizabeth did for waiting.
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