Assignment paper 5 Romantic literature

        Assignment

💢Name:Payal chudasama 

💢Sem: 2

💢Batch:  2019-20

💢Roll no: 17 

💢Submitted by: smt.Gardi Department of English MKBU 

💢Paper:   5

💢Course: M.A. English 

💢Topic: Discuss about  sense and sensibility novel .

💢 Enrollment  no: 2o691084202000005 

💢 Email I'd: chudasmapayal1997@gmail.com 

♦️Introduction:

 " Sense  And sensibility " is  a novel  by   Jane Austen.  This novel published  in 1811.  This story  related of two  sisters. Jane Austen  describes the many ideas  in this novel. Dashwood family  role in this novel. 

  So,  let's  discuss about  this novel. This novel  follows the young women to their  new home. The novel is set in Southwest  England, London and Sussex between 1792 and 1797.

 🦋 Some   information  about "sense  And sensibility" novel:

 "Sense And  sensibility " is a   novel  written by Jane Austen. This novel's  first edition came out  in three volumes in  1811. This novel depends  of two character's factor.  And also two sisters. This novel was reasonably  well- liked and also very successful. Jane Austen  was  discouraged  but her brother  convinced a London  publisher to put out the book, and the  result was the beginning of Austen's  career as a novelist.   The  novel was initially  attributed to " A Lady" , her later  novel novels  also neglected to mention  Austen's name as  author and instead  are credited to " The  author of Sense and sensibility." Having a strong heart like Elinor and a latent sense similar to Marianne, Jane Austen displayed her characteristics through her characters. Elinor and Marianne were two main characters that Jane Austen used to display her true character. Elinor is very devoted to her family and tries to do everything she can to support them. Every now and then, when the family is in need of advice, they would all look to Elinor. Marianne was the younger daughter in the family of three sisters and she is always caught up in romantic poetry. At one time in the novel, Marianne went through a catastrophe because the love of her life had left her. Marianne tries to hide her fear to avoid all her distress. Both of the character's lifestyle reflected that of Jane Austens'. In the writing of the novel Sense and Sensibility, Austen wrote the novel according to her own passionate feelings. People began to notice her writings towards the end of her life. Jane Austen's lifestyle and characteristics were revealed through her characters Marianne and Elinor in her novel Sense and Sensibility.

             Jane Austen began writing novels when she was in her early twenties, she was a very intellectual women. She enjoyed reading many books in her life that gave her an advantage in writing great novels. When Austen wrote the novel Sense and Sensibility, much of her characteristics were seen through the novel. "Jane Austen is thus a mistress of much deeper emotion than appears upon the surface. She stimulates us to supply what is not there." After Willouby's sudden break up with Marianne, many deep vivid emotions are shown to the reader. Austen lived in a society where women mostly worked on farms. Agriculture was the largest employment for women.Chapter One: The Social Rules of Austen’s Time and the People Who Abused Them,“Instead of falling a sacrifice to an irresistible passion, as once she had fondly 

flattered herself with expecting…she found herself at nineteen, submitting to new 

attachments, entering on new duties, placed in a new home, a wife, the mistress of a 

family, and the patroness of a village.”- Jane Austen on Marianne’s fate in Sense and 

Sensibility, Volume III, Chapter XIV 

 Jane Austen’s contemporaries defined a proper lady very singularly and clearly. 

Much was written in an attempt to guide young women in society’s ways so they could 

ensure a good marriage, the best position a female could hope for at the time. In her 

novels Sense and Sensibility and Pride and Prejudice, Austen addresses some of these 

social ideals. At times she supports conventional values, such as living a virtuous life and 

women finding happiness in marriage. In other places she points out the faults of a 

society that encourages certain modes of behavior and thought while its members are 

either too eager in following them or flout them for selfish purposes. With her work 

acting as a sort of social commentary, Austen does not present herself as completely 

conservative in promoting the social traditions of her time, but neither is she calling for a 

feminist revolution on a grand scale. Rather, she is forcing people to look at their world 

in a more critical way, to follow social rules while recognizing that they are not always 

reasonable, especially in regards to the view of women. In this way, Austen’s heroines 

achieve an independence that can operate within convention. 

    

♦️ Character's  in this novel:

🌸Character's name	🌸Character's main factor
《1》 Elinor Dashwood	☆Rational  thinker, caring girl, Elinor  symbol of polite. She is sister of Marianne. Main female protagonist heroine in this  novel" sense And sensibility."
《2》Marianne Dashwood	☆Elinor's  younger sister, she was intimate with Elinor.
《3》  Mrs. Dashwood	☆ mother  of Elinor,Marienne and Margaret. She was close to her daughter.
《4》 Henry Dashwood	☆  He was husband  of Mrs. Dashwood.   He was father of Marianne, Margaret,  Elinor.
《5》 John Dashwood	☆ Mr. Dashwood's  only son. He married  with Fanny Dashwood.
《6》 Margaret Dashwood	☆ she is thirteen. Youngest  girl.
《7》Edword  Ferrars	☆ Fanny's brother.  He is shy , kind and retiring.
《8》 Sir John Middleton	☆ Dashwood 's neighbor.  The owner of Barton park.
《9》 Lady Middleton	☆ Sir John's wife.  She is very vain. And proper . Meaning  that she is elegant.
《10》 Mrs.jenning	☆ Lady Middleton's mother and she was also mother- in- law  of Sir John.
《11》 Colonel Brandon	☆ Sir John's oldest  friend. He was former military  officer. He is 35.
《12》John Willoughby	☆ He was roguish  man.He was love of art and also literature.
《13》 Miss Williams	☆ Colonel  Brandon's adopted  daughter.
《14》 Mrs. Smith	☆ She is Willoughby's aunt.
《15》 Miss Sophia  Grey	☆ The wealth heiress, whom Willoughby  marries after abandoning Marianne.
《16》 Mr. Thomas  Palmer	☆Mrs. palmer's  gruff. Unemotional  husband.
《17》Mrs.charlotte Palmer	☆ Mrs. Jennings  talkative and foolish  daughter.
《18》 Anne Steele	☆ Lucy Steele's  older. She is unmarried.  Her sister's secret engagement with Edward  Ferrars.
《19》 Luchy Steele	☆ Mrs.  Jennings cousin.  She has been secretly  engaged with Edward Ferrars  for four year. But after she ultimately  marries his brother. And she married with Robert.

 💎 Theme of this novel " Sense And sensibility" :

    Theme always  give different  way of understanding  of the book.  Jane Austen describes  many ideas in this novel.  So let's see central ideas  of this novel. 

👉[1] Money / inheritance:

  This is main theme  of  this novel. Throughout  of this we can see the what is main factor  important in Dashwood's femily. Money always  not good for everything. I have connected this novel for example  like " All My Son"   Means  both ideas  same "  money  is everything."  But  when i   read this book "Sense And sensibility"   so  " Money is  not everything."  Laws surrounding  inheritance are what  put the Dashwood. Beginning of the  this novel so " lack of money."   also situation handle  and only reason for money  and inheritance. 

👉 [2]   Theme of gender:

  Another  central ideas   of this novel. So in this novel suggest  limitations of gender. Society always not aloud  for everything. Society always give different of men and women.  So we can see this novel. Both characters like Elinor and Marianne. Gender  is individual  thought. I have include one   thought:

  "  Gender  always connected  with self."   We  can see the final volume  of the novel " sense and sensibility "  , Marianne Dashwood, having   reflected  on her excess of  sensibility. " I  am no longer  surprised at your  knowing only six accomplished women.  I rather wonder at your knowing any." 

Even  if Austen satirizes  the fight for control  in marriage. And main reason  gender. Society always mix gender  and many ideas. 

👉 [3] Expectation  v/s . Reality:

     why   expectation  is always not good?In  this is an especially important  theme. This theme connected with  Marianne and her mother. Whose romantic  characters. Marianne always expectation same  like pecola   ( "The Bluest Eyes" )  .  But  reality  and expectation  is different.  

👉 [4]  Marriage:  

This theme  suggests many things.  This theme is most important  in this novel. And best example  suggests of this novel's character like : Marianne  and Elinor.   Marriage   is always not choice.  But why marriage is necessity?  That is question. 

👉 [5]  Discretion:

  

 Of the utmost  importance in polite society.  Where it is not to one's advantage  to let people know alk that you and feel.  We can see the Marianne' life. Marianne's lack of leads to a  great deal of gossip and a very public snubbing by Willoughby; lack of discretion  in many others indicates poor manners and lack of refinement. 

👉  [6] Self - sacrifice  and selflessness:

   This  theme is most important  in this novel . Elinor is the symbol  of self- sacrifice. Elinor willingly helps  her sister get through adversities in her life. " Elinor  was to be the  comforter of others in her own distresses, no less than in  theirs; and all the comfort than could be given by assurances  of her own composure of mind."

So , Elinor unselfishly puts aside her emotions to  comfort Marianne after Willoughby rejects her breaks  her heart ." What ! While attending  me in all my misery, has this been your heart?"

👉[7] Hypocrisy:

  A  vast number of  characters in the novel  embody this trait to varying degrees; John and Fanny , Lady Middleton,  the Steele girls, Mrs.Ferrars , and Robert etc. Unfortunately, none of these  characters is taught any better in the course of the novel, as Hypocrisy is an unavoidable  part of human nature and almost a part of polite society as well. 

🛑   Conclusion:

In short  Jane Austen   suggests many ideas  in this novel now present  time we cam see the feminism  in society. And many of problem  come in women's life. Feminism is main factor  in this novel. 

⭐ Reference : 

⭐ Reference: 

👉 1: Austen, Jane, and Kathleen V. James-Cavan. Sense and Sensibility. Peterborough, Ont: Broadview Press, 2001. Print.

👉2: Johnson, Claudia, ed. Sense and Sensibility. By Jane Austen. New York: Norton, 2001. Print.

👉3: SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on Sense and Sensibility.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. n.d.. Web. 8 Mar. 2020.

👉4: Austen, Jane. Sense and Sensibility Penguin Classics Edition.

👉5 : Armstrong, Isobel. Jane Austen, Sense And Sensibility. London, England : Penguin Books, 1994. Print.