TOPIC : Theme of marriage in sense and Sensibility

NAME : Monali Jethwa AROLL NO : 20Paper : 5 : The Romantic Literature. Sem -2 : M.A. 1SUBMITTED TO : Dr Dilip Barad Dept, of English M.K. Bhavnagar. University.

Introduction of the novel The novel divided into three volume.

Volume 1, the largest of the three ,22 chapter and 132 pages.

Volume 2 , 14 chapters ,113 pages. Volume 3, 14 chapter ,123 pages. The first volume deals with mainly

introduction of a majority of the characters and initial romantic attachments.

volume 2 Elinor and marianne’s trip to London.

Volume 3 resolve the relationship.

Theme of Marriage:

•Feeling on subjects of marriages.

•Marriage is only satisfactory when there is love between the two people involved.

Jane Austen is very famous in social tendency. In the whole novel Austen uses marriage as a plot and theme of the novel.

Here we can see marriage as a purely economic exercise and also marriage for love.

Marriage

For Marianne and Elinor Marriage is not a choice but a necessity; and their need to marry expediently and well is a pressing concern in the novel as they look for suitors.

Younger men are more free to chose a life partner for marriage for example Mr. Colonel Brandon reach at the age of 35 and still unmarried.

For women who have money, marriage is necessary to secure their social positions and ensure financial stability for future.

SENSE/SENSIBILITY The main theme in this novel is the danger of excessive sensibility

(emotional ). The sentimentalism was the very popular at that time. Austen is concerned to emphasizing the emotional and sentimental

nature of people rather then their rational endowments.

“ I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own. He must enter in all my feelings; the same books the same music must charm us both.” (Marianne).

Samuel Richardson's portrayal of women in his novel has some influence on Austen’s novel also.

As we can see in the character of Marianne who immediately falls in love with John Willoughby without knowing his background.

Elinor Edward

Edward Lucy

– Lucy Robert

Marianne Willoughby

Willoughby Sophia Gray

Marianne Colonel

Elinor falls in love with Edward. Edward has true with Elinor because of that he Marries with Elinor thought he disheritages from will. That’s why call marriage for love.

Love story between Marianne and Willoughby. ALL think that Marianne and Willoughby will marry but after some time Willoughby runs away to London and never comes back, later the news comes that he married with Sophia who has plenty one money

For John, money is important not Marianne though he loves her, He doesn’t marry with her because of money at the climax Marianne marries with Colonel Brandon for social status.

Marriage Between Lucy and Robert though Lucy wants to marry with Edward when she Knows that he is disheritage from will. She Marries with his brother Robert so this marriage Shows as a economical exercise.