With this guarding of reputation, it could eventually mislead the men and prevent the women from ever revealing their true personalities, hindering the opportunity of social interactions to solidify possible relationships (Wilkes 118). Wilkes writes that while the men are searching for the right woman the “young ladies must guard their reputations at all times” (118). When looking for a wife, he needed to have polite manners and correctly present himself, as well as consider the parents’ approval of the person of interest. When being the eldest son needed to ensure that he followed the exact rules and boundaries his parents set for him or else he would be disinherited. The idea of marriage in the 1800s was that the eldest son inherited everything, the estate, and the fortune, therefore someone would want to marry the oldest son. Though Elinor and Marianne would both rather marry for love than wealth, Austen contrasts the two’s values in courtship to prove that the marriage values of her society are wrong and trying to live up to those ideals leads to secrecy in relationships. While Marianne is on the high end of the sensibility scale, she believes firmly that one should be directed by feelings, not logic, and she doesn’t quite meet the standards of proper etiquette. Austen creates two characters, Elinor and Marianne, to show the effects and uses their relationships, secrecy and marrying for money has on two completely contrasting personalities.Īusten’s characters Elinor and Marianne are complete opposites, Elinor is extremely sensible, thinking of the practical things and holds the ideals of proper etiquette in relationships. This form of secrecy is not good and goes against the ideal standards of proper etiquette. Austen explores the idea of when trying to be the most pristine couple, one may surprisingly discover the heartache of a secret engagements. Whether the attachment was a man or a woman looking for an increase of income, many valued the business deal while some valued love.Īusten believes that marriage should be with someone you love and care about deeply, not about sticking to society’s ideas of proper etiquette of social/monetary gain. In the Regency Era, traditionally families would see marriage more as a business deal rather than a choice to join together in love thus leading to secrecy in the relationships (Teachman 54). In the novel Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, two sisters, Elinor and Marianne, find people they love but soon after the sisters realize that their love interest is already engaged or were already obligated to a promised family engagement. In Eighteenth-century Europe, women believed that marriage was only to increase family wealth or to gain social class. This is not an example of the work written by our writers. Willoughby fulfills his expectations and gets a domestic comfort or feels miserable living next to despotic wife.This essay has been submitted to us by a student. In both cases, Miss Sophia Grey is not described to be good-tempered, that is why it is impossible to say whether Mr. Some of them characterize her to be a bad-tempered female or even “the devil,” and some claim that she is a woman with a strong character and deserves significant attention. People hardly mention her in their conversations as they know nothing about this mysterious person. In addition, she is quite smart and stylish enough to look good nonetheless, she is not pretty. Instead, it is told that she loves luxurious things and adores fashionable clothes. The author mentions that Miss Sophia Grey is the woman of some elder age, it is impossible to define how old she really is. Willoughby, a character, who has lost comfortable domestic conditions after a quarrel with his aunt. It is another minor character presented to the audience as a rich and unpleasant person that attracts young and handsome fellows with her money. Miss Sophia Grey is the most mysterious woman of the novel Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen.
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