Saturday, January 23, 2016

In Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, how do the Dashwood sisters deal with life after their father's death?

Jane Austen describes the Dashwood sisters as handling life
after their father's death by basically carrying on with their own lives. Elinor becomes
engrossed in getting to know Edward. She continues her drawing and engages with Edward in
conversations about his tastes in books and art (. Ch. 4). Elinor also copes with life by
deciding that they should move away from Norland, so that they are not embarrassed in front of
their friends by their new impoverished state; thus, she encourages her mother to accept the
Barton Cottage in Devonshire.

One way that Marianne is described as coping
with life after her father's death is by comforting their mother with affection (Ch. 4). Also,
both daughters and the mother deal with life by crying as they prepare to leave Norland, Marianne
proclaiming, "Dear, dear Norland!...when shall I cease to regret you!" (Ch. 5). Finally, they
deal with life after their father's death by being determined to adjust to life in their new
"poor and small" cottage and by being "resolved to appear happy" and be cheerful (Ch.
6).

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