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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• Grade Level: High School

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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• Grade Level: High School

Questions of personal responsibility, free will, and justice move our sympathies through a work of literature, causing readers to relate with or despise characters as they are shaped within a piece. ... We are invited to determine culpability for characters' deeds and to decide how fitting are their punishments. Shakespeare tests our sensibilities in letting us meet his villains intimately through their soliloquies. ... These are not just subtle differences in character between father and son, however, but also clues to Edmund's irreverence toward Gloucester. ... The sense we make ...

• Word Count: 2076
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• Grade Level: High School