Journal 1 Sense and Sensibility The two main characters in Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen are symbolized by the contrast between Elinor and Marianne Dashwood. Elinor, the older sister, represents qualities of "sense", which stand for reason, restraint, social responsibility, and a clear-headed understanding of others. In contrast, Marianne, her younger sister, represents qualities of "sensibility", which stand for emotion, spontaneity, and impulsiveness. ... Sense and sensibility by Jane Austen is an overall satisfying novel. ...

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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen The Dashwood sisters are very different from each other in appearance and temperament; Elinor's good sense and readiness to observe social forms contrast with Marianne's impulsive candor and warm but excessive sensibility. ... Sense and Sensibility This novel contrasts two sisters: Marianne, who, with her doctrines of love at first sight, fervent emotions overtly expressed, and admiration of the grotesque "picturesque", represents the cult of "sensibility"; and Elinor, who has much more "sense", but is still not immune from disappointments. Des...

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The novel Sense and Sensibility is about love and family and above all about being sensible when making decisions. ... This shows a major flaw in her character, because one she does not even want to provide anymore than is absolutely necessary for the well being of Mr. ... Marianne's love affairs have a lot to do with the books title, Marianne represents sensibility because she acts on sensibility or great feeling, she goes with what she feels, not what is right or what will most likely not cause trouble in the future. Selvaggi 3 Elinor on the other hand represents sense, w...

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In Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour", and "Rope", many of the major conflicts revolve around problems within a relationship or marriage. ... The two novels written by Jane Austen encompass several instances in which characters start to fall in love with each other, yet with very unstable beginnings. ... A less analogous situation takes place in Sense and Sensibility amid Elinor Dashwood and Edward Ferrars. ...

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The Scarlet Letter is a story of characters that have to live and deal with the effects of sin in different ways. Of these characters, the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is the character portrayed as the most weak and unnoble. Despite this portrayal Dimmesdale was a stronger character than given credit for. His unbelievable amount of control in his way of handling his burdens displays his great sense of strength and intellect. ... Chapter Three states that he showed, nervous sensibility and a vast power of self restraint. ...

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Medea is the central character in this play and a very unique one at that. ... The power of passion, rage, revenge and pride are all felt through the actions of Medea's character. ... She seems to be a reasonable character at first, but the effect of her husband's betrayal brings out her deepest, negative emotions. ... Here, Euripides portrays an out of control character, but with a mild bit of sensibility as she killed her children to protect them from the counter-revenge of her enemies. ... There is a sense that Euripides is showing us that the same things that can make a...

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In her early twenties Jane Austen wrote the novels that were late published as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Northanger Abbey. ... Some readers wonder whether the childhood of the character Catherine Morland in Jane Austen's novel Northanger Abbey might reflect her own personal childhood. ...

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Throughout the epic story Beowulf and Grendel by John Garnder, both characters displayed quite an amount of differences and similarities. ... Both of these characters have full confident and arrogance in themselves. ... Through this epic, another character could be contrast with both Beowulf and Grendel, the dragon. ... So, through this epic, we can depicts three characters of the same period. ...

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He fars that, "we tend to live less and less and learn more and more, and sensibility surrenders to intellegence." ... They really have no specific list of no-no's to go by, they say they use, "common sense". If a character in a book sets a bad example for a child, then children shouldn't read it. ...

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This passage gives us, the reader, an all-encompassing view of the narrator and his characteristics and relationships with other characters in the book. ... This does not lend to a sense of accuracy in terms of emotions, as thisidealized image? (p101) relies on his emotional sensibility, which throughout the novel is shown to be very dull. ... The narrator is not only detached from the emotions of other characters; he is removed even from the comedy in the lives of others. ... What is interesting in this particular passage is that the narrator, by describing events that tend to elicit some ...

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When reviewing the characters from both movies, I found some hysterical realizations. In Star Wars they have a character called Jabba the Hutt and in Spaceballs he is called Pizza the Hut. ... Moving on from character to scenes, the opening sequence of Star Wars is a chase scene of two ships that fly over top of the screen. ... Yet each movie has its own sense of humor and sensibility. ...

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Throughout the Shakespearean tragedy Othello, the main character Othello undergoes an almost complete transformation as we witness his downfall from who he was at the beginning of the play to who he becomes at the end. ... Othello experiences divisions within him and splits in his sensibilities and psychologies, initially caused by the scheming Iago. ... It is Othello's intrinsic internal flaws of jealousy, naivety, inability to judge character and the inherent vulnerability of love that causes his downfall. ... Othello's insecurities give rise to the fear that Desdemona has been unf...

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As Shakespeare's most philosophical character, Hamlet is used as a medium to explore the fundamental questions which the Elizabethan audience and the modern day audience continue to ponder. Hamlet's various plans educe a sense of intelligence, with Hamlet confiding in his trustworthy companion, Horatio, that he will "put an antic disposition on" and it is through Horatio, as a sounding board for Hamlet, that the audience is revealed of Hamlet's plans to avenge his father. However, Hamlet vacillates in the play, exuding a sense of uncertainty shown in his encounter with...

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A Gothic Sleepy Hollow "If any one director has skillfully brought a ""Gothic"" sense to film, that one director would be Tim Burton. And, of any film one could imagine being made fits so perfectly both the Gothic ideal, and Burton's unique sensibilities. it is Sleepy Hollow..." ... Later Ichabod discovers by reading the book that the drawing Katrina drew under his bed and on the floor of the church was for the protection of a loved one, therefore making the romance between the two characters grow stronger (Burton). A definite sense or image of romance is between the two in the film s...

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This book was published in January 1813, two years after her first novel, Sense and Sensibility, and it achieved a worldwide popularity that has endured to this day. ... As she gradually comes to recognize the nobility of Darcy's character, she realizes the error of her initial prejudice against him. ...

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In undertaking such an endeavor one must look at people collectively and account for difference in every sense(sex, role, age, ethnicity, character type, etc.), but one also must look at man himself. ... On certain levels all people have the same rights, that "decency is best served by remembering that these are beings as conscious and valuable as ourselves, sharing our vulnerabilities and sensibilities...

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