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English 3500 WB: Women in Literature: Austen, Sense and Sensibility
English 3500 WB: Women in Literature
Essay 1 (Austen, Sense and Sensibility)
Select one of the two topics below and write a two, full-page essay. Support your discussion with at least one quotation (or paraphrase) from the primary source (novel itself). NO secondary (outside) sources may be used for this first assignment.
- In Sense and Sensibility, Austen depicts human greed and ruthlessness with fine irony. How are relationships between men and women – including marriage – informed by the pursuit of wealth and social position?
- Both Willoughby and Colonel Brandon are privileged but also constrained by their social position: landed gentry. Nevertheless, what explains their vastly different treatment of women, including Marianne Dashwood?
