Compare and contrast the character of Elinor and Marianne Paper no:5 The Romantic Literature Prepared by: Kavita .D .Mehta E- Mail Id: kavitamehta164@gmail.com Semester:2 Enrollment no:2069108420170020 S.M.T S.B Gardi Department of English Maharaja Krishnkumarsihji Bhavnagar

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Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775 steventon Rectory, Hampshire, England.

She was one of the greatest woman novelist during the 19th century.

His best works are: Emma pride and prejudice Sense and sensibility Mansfield park

Introduction

About the novelThis novel divided in to

three volume.Theme of Marriages.Story of Dashwood

sister.In this novel Sense and

sensibility use satirical tone and hear in a subdued ironical tone.

ElinorElinor was eldest

daughter Mr.&Mrs Dashwood.

Whose advice was so effectual, possessed a strength of understanding and coolness of judgment.

She was very practical character and always the one keeping thing together and in turn does not stop to worry about her own affair.

It’s always prudence and honor duty.

she is shown to be the very definition of “sense” as alluded and scattered .She was wiser than her age.

She was believes in following her head, rather than her heart, which is what Marianne does.

Elinor ‘s relationship with Edward ferrars has progressed to such a point that she can reasonably expect that he will extend an offer of marriage to her.

MarianneShe embodies the

“sensibility” of the title as opposed to her elder sister Elinor’s “sense”.

She is emotional and impulsive, with highly romantic ideas of love and marriage. Beloved by Colonel Brandon, she considers him too old for her and falls in love with John Willoughby, an attractive young man.

She was believes in acting on the spur of the moment and doing what her heart leads her to do .without thinking about the consequences.

Marianne’s abilities were in many respects , quite equal to Elinor’s.She was sensible and clever,but eager in every thing.

She's something of a self-indulgent romantic, and she very rarely thinks about what's practical or proper.

In the end, impulsive Marianne comes to realize that her unleashed emotions almost killed her 

Compare between Elinor Marianne

Elinor is “sensible, competent and thoughtful” and that Marianne is “impetuous, immature” .

Both of her virtue and vices .As sister has are both perfect ,the older is more mature than the youngest.

Affected by the death of their father.

The two sisters represent two entirely different kinds of human temperaments; and this contrast between the two has been sketched for us by the novelist at the very outset. Elinor possesses a strength of understanding and a coolness of judgment by virtue of which she, though only nineteen years, is capable of being her mother's counselor.

In the end, as all triumphs in love, both sisters marry what may be called "safe" men. Men with good, if not extravagant income, who are pleasant though not wildly exciting and attractive. They both find happiness in marital bliss in its most conservative sense, appropriate for the late 18th century