... I would like to look at Elinor Dashwood's silence in the novel Sense and Sensibility. I will do this by closely examining how her silence leads to opportunities for observation, how silence in others speaks to her, and how her silence leads to the confessions of others. For Elinor, silence provides time to observe the actions and words of others. In the midst of dinner parties, balls ... politeness to the enjoyment of undivided attention where his heart was engaged" (46). Therefore, to Elinor, it would not at all be in Marianne or Willoughby's character to be silent about something, esp...

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