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Sense and Sensibility Chapter 10 (Willoughby and Marianne (Identical…
Sense and Sensibility
Chapter 10
Intro
Main points
Willoughby and Marianne
Elinor's defense of Colonel Brandon
Willoughby's influence on MA
Willoughby and Marianne
Identical personalities
Two romantics
p. 49, ''Their enjoyment of dancing and music [...] arose from a general conformity of judgment in all that related to either.''
p. 50, ''He strongly resembled ans peculiarly delighted her sister, of saying too much what he thought on every occasion.''
Perfectly identical tastes
p. 49, ''Their taste was strikingly alike''
p. 49, ''Her favorite authors were brought upon with so rapturous a delight.''
p. 50, ''He was exactly formed to engage Marianne's heart.''
MA's dream come true
p. 51, ''Marianne began now to perceive that the desperation which had seized her at sixteen and a half, of ever seeing a man who could satisfy her ideas of perfection, had been rash and unjustifiable.''
Her rash and unjustifiable desperation before --> romanticism
Her rash and sudden love now --> romanticism
A relationship too good to last
Opposites attract
They're so similar in qualities and flaws, that they do not balance each other out.
Elinor's analysis of their relationship
p. 49, ''But how is your acquaintance to be supported, under such extraordinary dispatch of every subject for discourse? You will soon have exhausted each favorite topic. Another meeting will suffice to explain his sentiments on picturesque beauty, and second marriages, and then you can have nothing further to ask.'' (Elinor)
Display of classicism
Elinor's defense of Colonel Brandon
Develops a sense of fondness over Brandon
p. 51, ''She liked him - in spite of his gravity and reserve, she beheld him an object of interest.''
Willoughby and Marianne have been extremely prejudiced against Colonel Brandon
p. 52, ''Brandon is just the kind of man [...] whom every body speaks well of, and nobody cares about; whom all are delighted to see and nobody remembers to talk to.'' (Willoughby)
Elinor is understandably frustrated: ''It is injustice of both of you. He is highly esteemed by all the family at the park, and I never see him myself without taking pains to converse with him.'' (Elinor_
Against Elinor's accusations, Willoughby has the most pitiful excuses
''I have three unanswerable reasons for disliking Colonel Brandon: he has threatened me wuth rain when I wanted it to be fine; he has found fault with the hanging of my curricle, and I cannot persuade hum to buy my brown mare.'' (Willoughby)
Romantic: feeble justifications for feelings
Willoughby's influence on MA
MA, while not being a fan of Brandon, has never been downright cruel to him
After Willoughby's hateful words, MA automatically agrees with him.
p. 52, '' 'That is exactly what I think of him,' cried MA''
In these situations, people usually explain why they agree. MA simply takes the opportunity to agree with Willoughby.
After finally believing her fairy tale prince to have arrived, MA just agrees with everything he says, too blinded by love to disagree with him