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The two characters from Jane Austen’s novel Sense and Sensibility, Elinor and Marianne are believable girls of their age. Marianne being almost seventeen is very spontaneous, naïve and full of romantic idealisms. These are characteristics that can be found in most girls that are of the same age as Marianne, but at the same time, it is obvious that she does take them into extremes.
Elinor, who is the character in the novel that represents sense, is much more rational and level-headed than the other women in her family. She is composed but affectionate, she is mature and Austen demonstrated this in the way that Elinor always takes the initiative with her sister and mother and the way she looks after and supports her younger sister. ... Whether it is believable if Elinor is a convincing example of a typical nineteen year old girl is debatable; it is possible for a nineteen year old to be this mature, but at the same time, the reader should be aware that Elinor is the heroine of the novel and Austen might have exaggerated a bit on her qualities because of that.
Marianne and her mother are very much alike in their sensibilities and Mrs. Dashwood can never see the dangers which Marianne could encounter through her naiveness and impropriety and Elinor, being the heroine of the novel, becomes very concerned with this. ... Dashwood is a bad mother, but she often also gets very carried away with Marianne. ... Dashwood wants is her daughters to be happy. For example, Marianne’s situation with Willoughby; their relationship is very open and yet not a thing has been mentioned about an engagement.
Approximate Word count = 1300
Approximate Pages = 5.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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