Analysis Of Sense And Sensibility

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Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austin and adapted by Kate Hamill tells the story Elinor (Shanelle Leonard) and Marianne Dashwood (Emily Bosco) who represent sense and sensibility respectively. Both women have their respective love interests and express their feelings based on their personalities. Elinor is more restrained in displaying affection while Marianne openly expresses the fact that she in love. Societal rules of the time, such as marrying money, ruins the fantasy of love for both sisters. Elinor and Marianne both experience heartbreak and display their emotional distress. Elinor is reserved and bottles her emotions while Marianne allows her emotions to become physical ailments. Throughout the play various dramatic and production elements …show more content…

The climax of Sense and Sensibility occurs when Willoughby rejects Marianne, and her dreams of being married and happy come shattering down around her. The heartbroken Marianne takes walks in the rain causing her melancholy to manifest into a physical ailment. This is where the sisters differ in their display of emotion. Elinor had her moment in the rain, but hers was metaphorical to let the audience know she was processing her heartbreak. Marianne, who is much more emotional, let’s her physical health deteriorate because of heartbreak. Her personality could also be her hamartia. Although being over emotional did not kill her, it did put her life at risk. One could consider Elinor’s reservation to her emotions as a hamartia. If she had expressed her feelings to Edgar sooner, she might have avoided hearing that he was engaged. However, due to the fact that Elinor did not currently have wealth, it would be unlikely that Edgar would have agreed to marry her at first because it would mean he would lose his …show more content…

Elinor and Marianne responded differently to love with the first being more reserved while the latter was blatantly obvious about her devotion. Their response to heartbreak also differed as Elinor kept her feelings to herself, but others could easily deduce that Marianne was upset since she did not hide her emotions. The audience if left to believe that Elinor will not marry Edgar and Marianne will die from heartbreak; however, the play ends with a deus ex machina. Elinor and Edgar get married after he breaks his engagement. Marianne also get a happy ending as she marries the Colonel (Jeffrey Cornell) who cared for her since he first met

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