... Jane Austen are symbolized by the contrast between Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Elinor, the older sister, represents qualities of "sense", which stand for reason, restraint, social responsibility, and a clear-headed understanding of others. In contrast, Marianne, her younger sister, represents qualities of "sensibility", which stand for emotion, spontaneity, and impulsiveness. Whereas Elinor conceals her regard for Edward Ferrars, Marianne openly and unashamedly ... was no formal engagement, but her love for Willoughby is clear. Marianne falls into a terrible emotional and physical sic...

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... are very different from each other in appearance and temperament; Elinor's good sense and readiness to observe social forms contrast with Marianne's impulsive candor and warm but excessive sensibility. Both struggle to maintain their integrity and find happiness in the face of a competitive marriage market. Sense and Sensibility This novel contrasts two sisters: Marianne, who, with her doctrines of love ... at first sight, fervent emotions overtly expressed, and admiration of the grotesque "picturesque", represents the cult of "sensibility"; and Elinor, who has much more "sense", but is...

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Elinor's Silence For this paper 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 ... of character, and in most cases she is right in what she reads. In the case of Lady Middleton, Elinor reads her silence as ". . .a mere calmness of manner with which sense had nothing to do," and that "they were sometimes only reminded of her being amongst them by her solicitude about her troubleso...

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