Sense And Sensibilty
The title Sense and Sensibility sets up a juxtaposition between two ways of thinking, behaving and knowing that are embodied in the novel's two protagonists, Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. In these characters Austen ostensibly contrasts practicality with sensitivity, restraint with impulsiveness and strait-laced sense with exorbitant sensibility. Each opposing trait to be found in the Dashwood sisters, Elinor personifying sense and Marianne, sensibility.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines sense as "a sane and practical attitude to situations", Elinor Dashwood certainly embodies this to the full. Upon first meeting Elinor, we are struck by her rationality and reason. Following her father's death she becomes the keystone of the family, searching for a new home and managing the family finances. Although it is a common misconception that Elinor is insensitive,which Marianne mistakenly terms "cold-hearted" (18), it is entirely untrue. In fact her sense is quite like the Latin......
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