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    ’Today we may not all find such terms as ’manners’‚ ’propriety’‚ ’utility’‚ ’decorum’‚ ’sense’‚ ’reason’‚ ’nature’‚ ’taste’‚ ’elegance’‚ ’sensibility’‚ ’improvement’‚ either attractive in themselves‚ or self-evident in their meaning; yet we cannot but be impressed when we consider what a continuous‚ concerted‚ and controlled effort must have been needed to establish them as effective key words of a society for so long.’ Taking one or more of the above ’key words’ attempt to define them according

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    In Sense and Sensibility‚ Jane Austen expertly uses the four types of irony--verbal‚ situational‚ dramatic‚ and cosmic--to enhance her writing. Throughout the story‚ irony is used in a number of ways to help create tension‚ progress the plot‚ introduce characters‚ and even serve as a form of social commentary on Austen’s part. In fact‚ irony is so prevalent that it seems as if it were Austen’s go-to literary device for exhibiting characteristics and plot points in her novel. When a new character

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    Sense and Sensibility: An Ironic Exposé on the Economics of Marriage Sense and Sensibility is the second novel written by Jane Austen and the first to be pub- lished. It is full of satiric wit‚ and for this reason is often grouped with the Juvenilia and Northanger Abbey as an immature effort that Austen made before finding her true literary voice. Irony‚ however‚ makes it easier to pinpoint Austen’s feelings on social customs. In addition‚ her irony is entertaining‚ often making the first books

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    Book Review 1 Development of Major Characters English Lit. Honors‚ Per 5 Quarter One Sense and Sensibility The first of Jane Austen’s published novels‚ Sense and Sensibility‚ portrays the life and loves of two very different sisters: Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. The contrast between the sister’s characters results in their attraction to vastly different men‚ sparking family and societal dramas that are played out around their contrasting romances. The younger sister‚ Marianne Dashwood

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    Book Data Sheet – Sense and Sensibility Setting – The setting for Sense and Sensibility is in England in the early 1800s‚ somewhere in a country setting. During this time‚ your social class and wealth was very important. The main classes were the wealthy people or the ‘lesser gentry’. The Dashwoods were part of the lesser gentry. Characters – Mrs. Dashwood – Mother of Elinor‚ Marianne and Margret. Is a romantic‚ wants the best for her daughters. Elinor Dashwood – Daughter of Mr/Mrs.

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    Jane Austen just placed this relationship into the plot instead of letting it naturally develop throughout the book. 2. The expectation of an unpleasant event was very interesting. Elinor’s character controls her emotions and judgments with good sense and discretion. Prefers to keep her troubles secret‚ as she is always trying to make sure that her mother and sisters are untroubled by her private woes. She knew very well what the chances were of Robert and Lucy getting married and from the reading

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    Two books‚ written in the same time period‚ had never appeared more different than these. In Wuthering Heights‚ we see several families battling over love‚ hatred and pride. In Sense and Sensibility‚ we see many families searching for the happiness of marriage in a world full of joys‚ yet none seeming to come in their direction. These two amazing works‚ though so completely different‚ are an interesting pair to see together. Although they are different in the way that they act on revenge and the

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    Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austin was a moralistic novel depicting the two main forms of attitudes at that time; the neo -classics and the romantics. The period in which it was written‚ nineteenth century England‚ was laden with social etiquette and customs imposed on people of that time; and thus the characters of Jane Austin’s novels. The novels’ two main protagonists; Elinor and Marianne Dashwood‚ exemplify the Neo classical era and the romantic era‚ respectfully. Jane Austin instils Neo-classic

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    Sense and Sensibility Volume 1 CH 4-22 Chapter 4 1. Elinor has a different opinion of Edward. What is her opinion? Elinor finds Edward handsome and lovable 2. There is an old saying that states‚ “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” How might this saying apply to these two differing views of Edward? Elinor finds Edward to be both handsome and lovable and by the Elinor’s first opinion of Edward‚ it is clear that the beauty is apart of the beholder. 3. By the end of this chapter‚ the Dashwood

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    also make you do crazy things. It is almost like it takes control of your emotions and makes you irrational. This does not just go for adults‚ but children too. A child is just as capable of being in love. The novels Wuthering Heights and Sense and Sensibility proves the powerful influence love can have on the different personalities of the children. Wuthering Heights is a novel written by Emily Bronte. Bronte writes about two usually stable families and an intruder that stirs up their lives.

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