sense-and-sensibility理智与情感总结

Marriageisamatterofone’ssenseandsensibilitySenseandSensibilitywasJaneAusten'sfirstpublishednovel.AlthoughSenseandSensibilityissimilartoherothernovelsinplot,tone,andtypeofcharacters,itdiffersfromtheothersinitsrepresentationofthecourtshipoftwosistersratherthanoneheroine,therearetwo.Inthenovel,ElinorDashwood,anineteenyearoldwomanofsenseandMarianneDashwoodisherseventeenyearoldsisterwithsensibility.ElinorissubduedandquietwhileMarianneisemotionalandromantic.Thetwomaincharacters’storiesaboutfindingahappymarriageinspirereaderstoreadthenovelagainandagainandthinkaboutthethemeofit,whichmaybethereasonforthepopularityofthenovel.SenseandSensibilitybeginswiththewidowedMrs.Dashwoodandherthreedaughters—Elinor,Marianne,andMargaret—beingoustedfromtheirhomewhenthenewowner,JohnDashwoodandhiswife,Fanny,moveinJohnDashwood,Mr.Dashwood'seldestsonfromhisfirstmarriage,inheritshisfather'sentireestate,underthelawsofprimogeniture.TheDashwoodwomenaregivenahome,BartonCottage,ontheestateofSirJohnMiddleton,adistantrelative.Onevisitortothearea,ColonelBrandon,isinterestedromanticallyinMarianne,buthedoesnotfitheridealofaromanticheroandsheignoreshim.However,anothervisitortothearea,Willoughby,matchesherexpectationsandshefallsinlovewithhim.Meanwhile,Elinorbecomesdisappointedthatthemaninwhomsheisinterested,EdwardFerrarswhoisFannyDashwood'sbrother,ayoungclergyman,doesnotcallonherasshehadexpected.OtherguestsattheMiddletons'includethePalmersandtheMissesSteele,who,liketheDashwoodsisters,aredependentuponotherstoavoidslippingfromgentilitytopoverty;theyoungerofwhom,Lucy,revealstoElinorthatsheissecretlyengagedtoEdwardFerrars.Althoughbitterlydisappointed,Elinorpromisestokeepthesecretandbearsthisnewswithfortitude.InLondon,MariannediscoversthatWilloughbyisgoingtomarryformoneyandrejectherentirely.WhenLucySteelerevealshersecretengagementtoEdward,heisdisinheritedinfavorofhisyoungerbrother,Robert.ReturningtoBarton,MariannefallsillatthePalmers'estate.Willoughbyarrives,concernedaboutMarianne,andconfessestoElinorthathelovesMarianneandmustnowsufferanunhappymarriage.AtBarton,MariannerecoversandElinorlearnsthatEdwardhasbeenfreedfromhisengagement.UponlearningofEdward'sdisinheritance,Lucyturnstohisbrother,Robert,asthebetterprospect.Edward,havingacceptedColonelBrandon'sofferofaposition,proposestoElinor,andMariannecomestoseethevirtuesofthecolonelandmarrieshim.SomecriticsagreethatSenseandSensibilityreflectsAusten'sownexperienceintermsofherroleasawomaninherfamilyandinpost-Revolutionarysociety.Austen'ssituationasayoungwomanmirroredthatoftheDashwoodsistersattheoutsetofthenovel:afterherfather'sdeath,Austen,alongwithhermotherandsister,wereforcedtorelyonthebenevolenceofrelativesforfinancialsupport.Althoughthenovelisnotautobiographical,Austenunderstoodthepositionofwomenwhoweredeprivedofthemeanstoearnanincomebutneededtomaintaintheirsocialstanding.ThispredicamentwasalsoreflectedintheSteelesisters,whowerewithoutparentsandwerewardsoftheiruncle,butwhoreliedoncoquetryandintriguewhichwasconsideredvulgarinpost-Revolutionarysocietyforsocialadvancement.TheworstofcourtculturewhichmainlyreferstoartificialpolitenessandsocialgamesisdemonstratedthroughtheDashwoodandoldMrs.Ferrars.Allofthisaccordswiththepost-RevolutionarysocietyinwhichAustenlived.Sensibility,theindulgenceofpersonalabsolutesregardlessofsocialconventionsandlaws,isviewedwidelyasamajorsourceofRevolutionarytransgression;senseisoftenopposedtoRevolutionarytheory.Thetriumphofsenseoversensibilityinthenovelestablishesthevalueofconventionalfemininevirtues,apositionalsoespousedbyotherwritersintheaftermathoftheRevolution.ElinorandMarianne'ssensetriumphsandsufferingbringhappinessintheend.ItisobviousthatAustenplacesemphasison“sense”ratherthan“sensibility”.Inmyopinion,sensestandsforrealityandsensibilitystandsforromanticlove.Whenfacingcruelandcomplicatedreality,romanticlovemaywhitherjustlikeaflowerfades.Itispitifulbutitisagenerallawoflife.Marianneisatypicalexample.Atfirst,shefallsinlovewithWilloughbybecausehematchesherexpectations.TheybothloveShakespeare’spoet.AndtheybothappreciateShakespeare’sonnet116.Theyevenrecitethefirstfewlines,suchas“Letmenottothemarriageoftrueminds.Admitimpediments.Loveisnotlove,whichalterswhenitalterationfinds.Orbendswiththeremovertoremove:O,no!Itisanever-fixedmarkthatlooksontempestsandisnevershaken;”ThispoemdefinitelyprovesthatMarianneandWilloughbyaretooromantic.So,theybreakupoutofmoney.WilloughbymarriesanotherrichgirlinsteadofpoorMarianne,acountrysidegirl.ButMarianneisveryluckyforshemeetsColonelBrandonwhofallsinlovewithatfirstsight.What’smore,hedoesn’tmindwhoMariannechoosesandhestilllovesheruntiltheend.Atlast,hewinsMarianne’sheartandtheygetmarried.AsforElinor,sheisveryreservedandshekeepsherlovetoherself.Totellthetruth,sheistheonewhodeservesadmirationforsheistheeldestinthefamilyoffourwomen.Assheistheeldest,shehastobestrongandsupportthefamily.Andshehastoputupwiththingsthatareunfairtothem.WhenLucySteelerevealshersecretengagementtoEdward,ononehand,shehastokeepitasecret,ontheotherhand,shefeelsorrowfulforshewillloseherlover,