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Jane Austen Sense and Sensibility
Jane Austen �A popular English novelist during the 19 th century, though she published anonymously. �All six of her novels are novels of manners: ◦ A novel that thoroughly describes the customs, behaviors, habits, and expectations of a certain social group at a specific time and place. Often the novel of manners is satiric, and is always realistic in depiction. �Austen’s greatest satiric tool is irony.
Sense and Sensibility: Social Satire �Sense VERSUS Sensibility �Marianne Dashwood relies on sensibility instead of sense (like her sister Elinor Dashwood), meaning that she is very sensitive and emotional. �Sensibility was a popular quality in women, but ladies often went to selfindulgent extremes, which is what Austen satirizes in Sense and Sensibility.
Sense and Sensibility: Social Satire, cont. �Exposes and criticizes the limitations of women during 19 th century England: ◦ ◦ No chance for high education. Not directly involved in politics. No professions, expected to stay at home. Could not own property. �Women had to rely on marriage to secure social positions and financial stability for the future.
William Hogarth’s Marriage A-la-Mode http: //smarthistory. khanacademy. org/hogarths-marriage-a-la-mode. html
Marriage A-la-Mode: 2, The Tête à Tête
The Inspection
The Toillete
The Bagnio
The Lady’s Death
Sense and Sensibility �Mr. Henry Dashwood dies and leaves all his money to his first wife's son John Dashwood, who is married to Fanny. �Mr. Henry Dashwood’s widow, Mrs. Dashwood, and her three daughters, Elinor, Marianne, and Margaret, are left with no permanent home and very little income.
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