The Theory Of Mind And Free Indirect Discourse

In Persuasion, Jane Austen provides readers with an analysis of the standards provided by the social class system in Britain. In her work, she analyzes such a system with impactful adjectives such superior as “superior, “inferior, and the plural of both. Via irony and satire demonstrates the stringency of the Victorian class system as well as the traditional values it has to offer. With a genuine depiction of familial characters, Austen illustrates major cons of such a social clique and explores each individually.

In Persuasion by Jane Austen, the plot of the novel is influenced by three characteristics that the characters either lack or possess. When characters have faith, they tend to place all of their faith in one person. This results in the character sometimes being blinded by another character’s ulterior motive or not being able to rationally see how their decision will impact them. When characters possess hope and they recognize it, they make the right decisions. Characters who are charitable sacrifice themselves in order to improve other’s lives. However, characters who lack charity tend to focus more on their own selfish desires. The possession or lack of faith, hope, and charity influences the decisions that characters make, and drive the plot of the novel.

In Persuasion, by Jane Austen, there are many exceptional characters. Perhaps two of the most memorable are Sir Walter Elliot, and his daughter, Anne Elliot. These characters are well shaped and have something about them that transcends time and social class, enabling readers of the all ages, to feel they have something in common with them.

In the early 1800s Jane Austen wrote what would be her last novel, Persuasion. Persuasion is set during the “Georgian Society” which greatly affects the character's views and actions throughout the novel. Anne Elliot and Frederick Wentworth quickly fell in love when Anne was just nineteen years old, but because he wasn't wealthy enough, Anne was not given the permission by her father, Sir Walter, to marry him. Eight years after this incident, the roles have reversed; Sir Walter has lost all of his money and Frederick Wentworth is now known as Captain Wentworth. Throughout the novel, Anne tries to overcome struggles with social class in order to fulfill her longing of being with Captain Wentworth. Therese Anderson's statement about the

The theme of the rights and wrongs of easily being persuaded can be easily compared to the novel, Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen’s main character in Pride and Prejudice, Elizabeth, is a plain but intelligent woman who is read well and quick witted. Elizabeth was quickly persuaded that Mr. Darcy was an rude and arrogant, who cared little about the feelings of others after hearing him say “She is tolerable; but not handsome enough to tempt me” (Austen 7). Her first impression of him lingered on throughout most of the novel. Because she was so easily persuaded that he was a horrible man, she almost missed out on the love of her life. As the novel continued Mr. Darcy’s feeling for Elizabeth grew until the day he proposed to her. He proposed to her by asking her to marry her despite her ranks and his better judgment. When

In her 1977 essay, “Plain Jane’s Progress,” Sandra M. Gilbert argues that in Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre the protagonist, Jane Eyre, struggles with the emotional dilemma of being logical vs. irrational. Gilbert writes, “the sequence of ideas expressed in the famous passage beginning ‘anybody may blame me who likes’ is as logical as anything in an essay by, say, Wollstonecraft or Mill. What is somewhat irrational, however ,is the restlessness and passion/the pacing ‘backwards and forwards’ which as it were italicize Jane's little meditation on freedom.” She writes that throughout the book Jane does have a mental struggle with these two concepts; however, there are also elements of passion vs. principle. In the early years of Jane’s life no one

The novel Pride and Prejudice promoted changes in social or political attitudes or in traditions. The author, Jane Austen, manipulated many aspects in the novel so readers could view society from her perspective. Also, she influenced change throughout the story and modified viewpoints using her unique characterization and sense of humor. Jane Austen advocated change in marriage and social hierarchy through the different relationships formed in the novel, Pride and Prejudice, and the pressure placed on the characters in society. Society laid a lot of pressure on women to marry wealthy men that would love and support them for the rest of their life.

Our heroine of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, Anne Elliot, is one of the greatest, and most appealing, woman presented in all of Jane Austen’s novels. We are introduced to the novel where Anne Elliot, eight years after breaking her engagement to Captain Wentworth, has a developed unique character as Austen’s female heroine: she is the daughter of a bankrupt baronet, a 27 -year-old spinster, an introvert, and an easy victim to persuasion. Such qualities would not make Anne a marriageable young lady, but they do not define Anne’s whole well-being. Without even realizing it, Anne Elliot turns herself into becoming one of the most charming women in the novel through what she already possesses in her character.

In incident that closes Chapter 12 of Persuasion acts as a shock to the system—both in terms of the body and cognition and to what the story has been so far, which feels more domestic. The characters often take strolls through nature and they are not interrupted by any dramatic happenings until this point. It disrupts the rather formulaic nature of the book so much so that the incident can at first come off as comical in a way, it’s such a dramatic alteration in the story. With this, the reader might reflect on how the protagonist, Anne often considers the people around her. She tries to operate from a practical and empirical perspective yet the running track of her subconscious does result in some trepidation in most situations—she occasionally

What is the factor that determines the fates of characters in Jane Eyre? Jane Eyre is confronted with soon danger of her life without being conscious several times, and she curiously escapes death. Lijuan Zeng considers Jane’s life: “She pursued a dignified and happy life – female would not use their beauty or status to make living” (10). Instead of beauty or status, mind influences not only Jane or other character’s daily life but also selections of their destiny. Charlotte Brontё also has struggles in her mind. Christine Alexander explains Brontё’s inner struggles: “Her duties as a Victorian woman were in conflict with her emotional need to express herself. If she persisted in writing, she might be neglecting her duty” (228). Therefore, Brontё shows a variety of human lives. Characters of Jane Eyre decide their ways of living based on their feelings. Even life and death of Jane Eyre’s characters depend on elements of their minds.

The absence of familial love increases in Persuasion, as Anne Elliott, exists in her own perception apart from what she thinks are the less-appealing characteristics of her family. The distinction between this novel and her others is that for the first time in Austen's work, the inferior class is actually superior intellectually, morally and emotionally as compared to the high ranking society. This book also blatantly criticizes the prominent social class that had been, to some extent, upheld up to different degrees by at least one character in all of her previous novels.

Jane Austin’s persuasion is a story that tells the readers about how social class plays in the time of Jane Austin. Through stories like Persuasion and Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austin often expresses her thoughts on what life was like for her growing up being in a lower class. She often writes about her fantasy of falling in love with, and marrying into wealth, even though it was looked down upon by the upper class. Her character Anne Elliot is a great example of her writing through her character about the issues of the rigged class structure.

Persuasion, written by Austen in her final days and published in 1817, is a novel possessing a timelessness and raw nature which reflects early 19th century Britain in a way that resonates with current modernistic society, thus justifying its inclusion in the Literary Canon.

Persuasion is one of Austen’s last major novels and the foundations for my essay. Persuasion along with most of Austen’s work focuses on marriage plots and happy ever after’s. Austen’s own social position in society was a daughter of a clergyman, placing her family comfortably in middle class English society. Her writing often reflects her views as she satirically criticizes certain gentry of society as prudent. Evidently this can be seen through her description of the vain Sir Walter Elliot, who is forced to leave their family home because of his ignorance and imprudent disregard for wealth. Anne Elliot is our protagonist and heroine of the novel. She has a satirical sense of humour and is very attentive. Although she may not be one of Austen’s most attractive heroines, once her better

Social rigidity and social mobility highlight both the novel and movie, Persuasion. Nineteenth-century England was facing a social upheaval. British aristocracy, whose foundation and wealth was built on owning land, was being displaced by meritocrats, which found wealth through hard work and skill.