Edward Ferrars

Both Elinor and Marianne get their hearts broken by the men they loved. In the beginning, Elinor meets a man named Edward Ferrars and the two immediately click almost like they were meant for one another. They soon face troubles when they find out others don’t find them good enough for each other. Marianne tells Elinor that she finds Edward too dull, while Edwards’s mother doesn’t approve of them being together. Putting others aside, the feelings between them begin to grow and we start to question if they are falling in love. Eventually, Elinor and her family end up moving to Barton Cottage, causing things with Edward to become complicated. They begin to communicate less, and Marianne finds it strange that Edward had not came to visit Elinor yet.

Edward was held responsible for accidents in which case made the community put a negative view on Edward. The community eventually turned against him. This would make us sympathise with him as he accused of things he had never even done. Peg Boggs is the woman who took Edward down into the community, is a typical sensitive mother, who wants to show Edward the life he deserves by treating him, as one of her sons. Kim, the girl who slowly starts to show her attraction for Edward, is a fragile, beautiful, bright compassionate teenage girl. Kim's boyfriend Jim is uncaring towards her and instantly dislikes Edwards's affection for Kim. Joyce is the seductive neighbour of Peg's and is the person who wrongly accuses Edward of raping her. They are all sympathetic towards Edward, apart from Jim, as they guess he is an orphan only because Peg assumes he is. They are sympathetic, giving things to him such as cakes. Eventually, the whole community falls out with Edward because of the accusations Joyce made that Edward had raped her; he had burgled Jim's house, which in fact was a set up by Jim to get Edward caught by the police as he could pick door

Why did Austen create the character of Margaret Dashwood? Considering the theories of Wolloch, why would Austen risk disrupting the narrative by including another minor character that could compete for attention? I argue that there is a method to Austen’s madness. That not only does Austen “overdelimit” Margaret’s character space to continue the narrative, but also that this “overdelimiting” strengthens Margaret as an implied human being. I believe that the strange significance of Margaret is that she serves as a vessel for us to place our thoughts in. The novel follows the trials of sense and sensibility through Elinor and Marianne. We follow along, judging the merits of sense and sensibility, forming the ideal balance between these two qualities. And finally, Margaret is presented as the moldable implied human being from which we can develop the ideal human

Edward on the other hand lives happily with Elinor: "... she found in Elinor and her husband.., one of the happiest couple in the world." Marianne's views of the two gentlemen in "Sense and Sensibility" change throughout the novel. At first Willoughby is her perfect knight in shining armour. Eventually Willoughby's character is revealed to the family.

Like Marianne, Mrs. Dashwood is romantic and whimsical, more prone to act on feelings than reason. Also similar to her youngest daughter, she often misjudges both the characters and situations of individuals. When Elinor tells Marianne of the difficulties Mrs. Ferrars presents in marrying Edward, "Marianne was astonished to find how much the imagination of her mother and herself had outstripped the truth" (18). Furthermore, Mrs. Dashwood's reaction to Willoughby is just as naïve as Marianne's. "In Mrs. Dashwood's opinion, he was as faultless as in Marianne's" (43). It is only Elinor, acting with the maternal caution her mother does not possess, who has reservations about Marianne's suitor.

A commonality between the two books is also evident in an underlying wariness of the male figure perceived by the female characters. in sense and sensibility, we see Mr. Willoughby as a wonderful “add quote” and is seen by the family and the general public as a wonderful and kind young man - someone respectable that the Dashwood family would be okay with letting their daughter marry. Both Marianne and john seemed to be immensely in love, “quote” and it was shown that they were in fact, in love with each other. everything had seemed fine, and there was nothing that seemed the matter at all, until one day when john had left she gets a letter saying his apologies and that “I’m sorry I lead u on but I’m married lmao here’s your lock of hair back

The conflicts the characters have with love are expressed throughout the novel. Elinor’s conflict with love is because she feels she is incapable of being loved. In the beginning of the novel after being in a relationship with Edward, Elinor feels as if she loves Edward more than he loves her but she is not sure and debates whether it is because of his mother that he shows less emotions this brings about internal conflict in Elinor. In the novel Marianne also has similar conflicts as Elinor. When a charming John Willoughby rescues Marianne after she slips and hurts her ankle, she believes him to her “knight in shining armor” but in reality the character of Willoughby seems too good to be true. This is because after Marianne falls for Willoughby he asks to speak with her in private leaving her in tears because he reveals he must leave London and might never come back without much reasoning as to why. The main

After Willoughby conveys to Elinor his passionate emotions and subsequently his spontaneous actions after finding out about Marianne's illness, Elinor reflects on Willoughby's situation in an almost comically composed way when juxtaposed with his impassioned language. The sentences in this paragraph are notably long so as to underscore Elinor's propensity towards taking the time to examine all facets of a situation before she acts, or her ability to use her reasoning to navigate social situations. Elinor muses about how Willoughby has been shaped by society into an "extravagant and vain" individual, which is important because Willoughby's "naturally open and honest" disposition is mirrored in Marianne, showing that the lack of emotional control

At the residence, Marianne quickly falls in love with John Willoughby, who lived closely to the Barton Cottage. Shortly after, Marianne becomes aware that John Willoughby was merely a deceitful man who left her to marry a wealthy woman. Meanwhile, Elinor became intrigued with Edward Ferrars, the elder brother of Mr. Dashwood’s first wife. There is a complication when Elinor was informed that Edward was already engaged with another woman, but ultimately Edward proposes to Elinor. Not too long after this engagement, Marianne and Colonel Brandon become engaged as well. The two sisters and their companions find a home at Delaford while remaining in touch with their youngest sister Margaret and mother.

Although Elizabeth secretly loves Mr. Darcy, for the majority of the novel she cannot move past her prejudice and therefore cannot be with him. The conflict between Elizabeth’s prejudice as described in the passage and Darcy’s pride becomes the main source of tension within the plot. Finally, marriage and the reasons behind it becomes a theme in the novel. Each character has his or her own reasons for marrying that often conflict with one another. While Charlotte believes “‘happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance,’”

Many of the secrets in Sense and Sensibility allowed Jane Austen to establish both internal and external conflict throughout the novel. The secret of Edward Ferrars’ and Lucy Steele’s engagement leads to external conflict between Edward and his family. Edward is disowned by his mother, brother, and sister for being secretly engaged with Lucy and refusing to break the engagement (Austen 251). This secret also creates considerable internal conflict and turmoil for Elinor Dashwood. At the beginning of the novel, she only has sense and is not considered sensible. However, when Lucy Steele reveals the secret engagement to Elinor, her sense begins to struggle with the sensibility that she has not yet expressed. Her inner

The story ends happily with Elinor marrying Edward, and Marianne marrying the Colonel. There is a gentle irony in the outcome of Marianne's life. "Marianne was born to extraordinary fate. She was born to overcome an affection formed so late in life as at seventeen, and with no sentiment superior to strong esteem and lively friendship, voluntarily to give her hand to another-and that other, a man who had suffered no less than herself under the event of a former attachment, whom, two years ago, she had consider too old to be married, and who still sought the constitutional safeguard of a flannel waistcoat!"(pg. 304) I feel most happy for Colonel Brandon because, "he was now as happy as hose who best loved him believed he deserved to be; in Marianne he was consoled for every past affliction. Marianne could never loves by halves; and her whole heart became, in time, as much devoted to her husband as it had once been to Willoughby."(pg.

When Marianne arrives in London her anticipation in seeing Willoughby again is great. She almost immediately sends a note to Willoughby. ;Her spirits still continued very high, but there was a flutter in them which prevented their giving much pleasure to her sister'; (Austen, p74). Marianne was behaving like a self centered, selfish teenager. Instead of being a gracious guest in Mrs. Jennings home, she was ;anxiously listening to the sound of every carriage (Austen, p74) and not giving any attention to the socially acceptable behavior that was expected of her. Colonel Brandon is a character that stands on the peripheral of the story while Willoughby breaks the heart of his ward and Marianne. Colonel Brandon had a very high regard for Marianne, but Marianne had no interest in an old man.

Distraught with her news, Marianne walks alone in the rain and becomes deathly sick. John arrives and tells Elinor that his love for Marianne was genuine. She has sympathy for his unhappiness, but hates the way he treated his own wife. He reveals that his aunt forgave him, which means that marriage between them would have money and love. When Marianne recovers and discovers of his visit, she believes she would not have been happy with such an immoral and erratic person. She respects Elinor’s behavior and vouches to behave more sensibly like her. Upon hearing of Lucy’s passing of Edward in favor of his wealthier brother, Elinor

Austen wrote in a narrative style also called third person. Austen’s strong voice enables us to see inside the minds of her characters. In Sense and Sensibility she mostly shows us the world mostly through Elinor’s eyes. We are often directed to how we should react and feel, even in the quote we are giving a glimpse of what Elinor feels and it directs us to feel the same. In the quote she uses narrative structure when Willoughby addresses Elinor, Austen switches from Willoughby to the thoughts of Elinor “Elinor’s heart,