Sense and sensibility by Jane Austin

Sense and sensibility by Jane Austin

Introduction:-

Jane Austin was female writer, novelist and critics also. Her most of the work in protagonist was female. We found in her novel to social, cultural, struggle to male, economic, education, women are sensitive, emotions etc. Austen has to women are face to problem in society and there are very helpless to men. But in her “sense and sensibility” (1818) in three Sister Elinor, Marianne and Margret life and also they are mature but as female face social problem in this novel. Jane had woman spectator expands not only as feminist, female and feminine, she portrayed to woman in society. Austen’s novels are translated into ideologies that reflect the social context of the productions. So now Jane has feminist author and she wrote to woman identities in this novel ‘sense and sensibility’.

The novel divided into three volume.

Volume 1, the largest of the three ,22 chapter and 132 pages.

Volume 2 , 14 chapters ,113 pages.

Volume 3, 14 chapter ,123 pages.

The first volume deals with mainly introduction of a majority of the characters and initial romantic attachments.

volume 2 Elinor and marianne’s trip to London.

Volume 3 resolve the relationship.

in the novel main themes like:

· Matrimony 

· Money/Inheritance

 Gender

 

· Expectations vs. reality

· DiscretionHypocrisy

· Appearance vs. reality

· Expectation and disappointment

· Self-sacrifice and selfishness.

We see that how novel in center to female characters. It was connected. . Jane Austen has woman more than space to man and developing to all woman character. Jane Austen Hs to three sister are different and most that to Elinor different nature and she is mature to two other sister and she is very common understand may be to not emotion. She has to undergo characters evolutions. Elinor experience three emotions breakdowns when Edward and Lucy engagement is revealed and known to Marianne, when Marianne is in sickbed and it may be that to Edward explains Lucy’s married to his brother. Jane say that to Elinor has to be woman not express to feeling to man. Here Jane has to feminist and maybe she is emotions and social political one into only money and Lucy has woman, it may be only to rich man married and not poor, or not love and emotion selected. So Jane has to Elinor as a balanced character and human being who is not only rationally but also capable. And in this novel sensibility as Marianne has emotion and youngest to Dashwood sister only one but she failed in love to Mr. Willoughby and he reject to her. So that in here Jane has to feeling and hopeless of men woman behaves and it may be that to love, money, sexual and political-social to her. In last Margret is mere complement in novel and she is younger two other sister, an outspoken boyish character though whom the protests against patriarchal arrangements of society are expressed. She is shown climbing a tree house both in Norland and Barton, she uses telescope and may be to Jane style to woman are free in society and also that to child girl is free one. She is also for inspires to be a pirate as her and the law of father and thought whom the mainstreaming of feminist issues are argued which highlight Elion’s confinement in domesticity despite her use of reason.

Theme of Marriage: 

 

 

 

Feeling on subjects of marriages. Marriage is only satisfactory when there is love between the two people involved.

Jane Austen is very famous in social tendency. In the whole novel Austen uses marriage as a plot and theme of the novel. Here we can see marriage as a purely economic exercise and also marriage forever.

Marriage For Marianne and Elinor Marriage is not a choice but a necessity; and their need to marry expediently and well is a pressing concern in the novel as they look for suitors. Younger men are more free to chose a life partner for marriage for example Mr. Colonel Brandon reach at the age of 35 and still unmarried. For women who have money, marriage is necessary to secure their social positions and ensure financial stability for future.

The main theme in this novel is the danger of excessive sensibility (emotional ). The sentimentalism was the very popular at that time. Austen is concerned to emphasizing the emotional and sentimental nature of people rather then their rational endowments. “ I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own. He must enter in all my feelings; the same books the same music must charm us both.” (Marianne). 

Samuel Richardson's portrayal of women in his novel has some influence on Austen’s novel also. As we can see in the character of Marianne who immediately falls in love with John Willoughby without knowing his background.

Elinor Edward Edward Lucy – Lucy Robert Marianne Willoughby Willoughby Sophia Gray Marianne Colonel Elinor falls in love with Edward.

Edward has true with Elinor because of that he Marries with Elinor thought he disheritages from will. That’s why call marriage for love.

Love story between Marianne and Willoughby. ALL think that Marianne and Willoughby will marry but after some time Willoughby runs away to London and never comes back, later the news comes that he married with Sophia who has plenty one money

For John, money is important not Marianne though he loves her, He doesn’t marry with her because of money at the climax Marianne marries with Colonel Brandon for social status. Marriage Between Lucy and Robert though Lucy wants to marry with Edward when she Knows that he is disheritage from will. She Marries with his brother Robert so this marriage Shows as a economical exercise 

 Happy ending of the novel with this marriages.