Well, yeah. I think Charlotte was practical. She wasn't that pretty, and didn't have money, and there sure weren't too many opportunities for a single woman back then, so she knew that she would have to be practical. With Mr Collins she got a nice house, and will eventually be mistress of Longborne, and so putting up with a dork of a husband seemed a small price to pay. I never say the "Charlotte is gay" angle myself. I do wonder about Jane Austin though.