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A 5 page paper which examines how the overhearing or indirect information about others and actions illustrate how heroine Anne Elliot blossoms into her own woman with a firm and individualistic set of attitudes and opinions about herself and others by the conclusion of the novel. No additional sources are used.
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transformation from quiet and solicitous young girl into a mature and self-assured young woman. She is Sir Walter Elliots middle daughter, and though attractive enough, she is frequently overlooked
in favor of the superficial older sister Elizabeth and the emotionally fragile younger sibling Mary Musgrove, who is married and struggling to raise two young sons. Anne has long
been content to allow others to make decisions for her, believing them to be in her own best interest. When family friend Lady Russell advises her that a marriage
to Captain Frederick Wentworth would be beneath her, Anne agrees, and puts social propriety over personal happiness. But as she either overhears or indirectly learns, people and appearances are
not always as they seem. When Sir Walters extravagant spending has put the family in dire financial straits, they are forced to rent out their estate, Kellynch Hall, to an
amiable couple, Admiral and Mrs. Croft (sister of Captain Wentworth). Upon overhearing that Captain Wentworth will soon be visiting, Anne is filled with both anticipation and dread: "To hear
them talking so much of Captain Wentworth, repeating his name so often... was a new sort of trial to Annes nerves. She found, however, that it was one to
which she must inure herself. Since he actually was expected in the country, she must teach herself to be insensible on such points" (Austen 53). She recognizes it
would not be fitting to turn into a schoolgirl at the mention of Captain Wentworths name or at the sight of him. Anne has made her decision and must
carry on with dignity. When Marys eldest son takes a fall and breaks his collarbone, his mother is distressed because this means her husband will be dining alone with
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