Differences and Similarities between the Two Heroines in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility
An Analysis on Characterization in Sense and Sensibility
1,Introduction In the novel Sense and Sensibility,the biggest bright points is around the two heroines--the Dashwood sisters,Elinor and Marianne.The former is a sensible,rational creature,while the later is wildly romantic,which was represented on one thing that when the Dashwood family have to leave Sussex and move to Dever,for the sensible daughter Elinor,the move is painful separation from the man she loves.However,her sentimental sister Marianne find in the new place the romance which she likes.The two different personalities give the basic matericals of sense and sensibility. This passage catches the two characteristics by comparing and contrasting them to put forward to the correct attitude of sense and sensibility to deal with marriage and other things.
2,The difference between the two heroines
2.1 Different personality “Elinor,the eldest daughter,had an excellent heart---her disposition was affectionate,and her feeling were strong ;but she knew how to govern them:it was a knowledge which her mother had yet to learn.”(Jane Austen 5) As the eldest daughter,Elinor was more cautious than the other two sisters and even than her mother to deal with matters happen at home. She was good at dealing with housework and relationships with other people. After her father died,she was intellectual enough to advise her mother to avoid a breach with their brother,and it was so effectual. “Marianne ,the sister,was,in many respects,quite equal to Elinor. She was sensible and clever;but eager in everything: her sorrow, her joys, could have no moderation. She was generous,amiable,interesting:she was everything but of prudent.” (Jane Austen 5)As to such characteristics,Marianne always deal with thing without twice thinking,which makes Elinor concern the excess of her sister’s sensibility may bring trouble to her. This different personality caused the two sisters to different life,such as on choosing
1,Introduction In the novel Sense and Sensibility,the biggest bright points is around the two heroines--the Dashwood sisters,Elinor and Marianne.The former is a sensible,rational creature,while the later is wildly romantic,which was represented on one thing that when the Dashwood family have to leave Sussex and move to Dever,for the sensible daughter Elinor,the move is painful separation from the man she loves.However,her sentimental sister Marianne find in the new place the romance which she likes.The two different personalities give the basic matericals of sense and sensibility. This passage catches the two characteristics by comparing and contrasting them to put forward to the correct attitude of sense and sensibility to deal with marriage and other things.
2,The difference between the two heroines
2.1 Different personality “Elinor,the eldest daughter,had an excellent heart---her disposition was affectionate,and her feeling were strong ;but she knew how to govern them:it was a knowledge which her mother had yet to learn.”(Jane Austen 5) As the eldest daughter,Elinor was more cautious than the other two sisters and even than her mother to deal with matters happen at home. She was good at dealing with housework and relationships with other people. After her father died,she was intellectual enough to advise her mother to avoid a breach with their brother,and it was so effectual. “Marianne ,the sister,was,in many respects,quite equal to Elinor. She was sensible and clever;but eager in everything: her sorrow, her joys, could have no moderation. She was generous,amiable,interesting:she was everything but of prudent.” (Jane Austen 5)As to such characteristics,Marianne always deal with thing without twice thinking,which makes Elinor concern the excess of her sister’s sensibility may bring trouble to her. This different personality caused the two sisters to different life,such as on choosing