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This 6 page paper contends that Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility is as deftly woven as her other novels. Underlying themes are discussed as well as unual literary devices. Quotes. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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As Austens first novel, Sense and Sensibility may not have quite the polish of her later novels, though. Many have stated that the novel, while brilliant in places, is still
the writers first, inferring that this novel has inherent flaws. The unified effect between Elinors story and Mariannes story may leave readers yearning for more closure, more explanation that is
forthcoming. Sense and Sensibility can be said to mean many things to many people. For some it is a romantic adventure hemmed
in by the confines of Victorian Society. The Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne find themselves impoverished after the death of their benefactor, Henry Dashwood their Uncle. Elior, the eldest daughter
would seem to have the most sense, while the younger daughter, Marianne, would seem to possess an overabundance of sensibilities. Two very different personalities thrown together in a need to
survive must learn to appreciate and support the other. Like most Austen novels the journey is more important than the destination. Having said
that, then, this is why of all the novels this one may tend to disappoint. Granted, this was Austens first foray into novel writing with all its complexities. And even
as a first attempt one can see the underlying brilliance that will shine through in later novel attempts. As has been said, "Austen takes the familiar stereotypes ... and weaves
a fiction of amazing intricacy in which none of the stock characters behaves exactly as might be expected and in which the readers sympathies are never thrust into a moral
conduit" (Wadron 113). Where the incongruence would seem to ly is in the development of the two disparate sisters lives as they cope
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