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Compare and contrast the sisters, Elinor and Marianne, in Sense and Sensibility to Cecily and Gwendolyn in The Importance of Being Earnest. Be sure to consider the personalities of each woman as you analyze how the demands and requirements of courtship dominate her attention and her interactions with others.

Elinor and Marianne Dashwood VS Cecily and Gwendolyn

In this paper, I intend to show the similarities and differences between the sisters in Sense and Sensibility and those in The Importance of Being Earnest. Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, the two main characters in Sense and Sensibility, represent sense and sensibility, respectively. Cecily and Gwendolyn adhere to similar principles but instead of sense, earnest is the catalyst for their development. However as similar as the pairs may be, it is in their difference’s that has much to do with how the novels play out. Sense being defined as practical intelligence; reasonable thought; something sensible or reasonable.......

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