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Unique Proposals Proposal, hmmm...well what can anyone say? Most people wait their whole lives for that one moment, being asked to spend the rest of their lives with the one they love. There are many ways to propose, and that's what makes it so special and important. Austin and Dickens show in the following two passages how different men felt about proposal and marriage. In the first passage the mans who is making the proposal tone is some what scholarly. He seems to be older in age, and this is proven because of his word choice. You can tell he is more old-fashion. For example he uses the word “clergyman” to show that he is a religious man, and this also proves his knowledge because anyone who has a very broad usage of vocabulary has to have received a fairly decent education. His diction is also very elevated, again because of his profession.. He uses the synonym “matrimony” instead of using the word marry. The word matrimony is also a symbol for how religious he is. In the opening sentences Austin uses an argument of generalization to prove his point. “I think it is a right thing for every clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the example of matrimony in his parish.” This statement makes an assumption that all religious men should marry.
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