毕业论文〔设计)A Study of Marriages in Sense and Sensibilitythrough Character Analysis1.Introduction.......2.Marriages in Sense and Sensibility2.1 Elinor Dashwood and Edward Ferrars..32.1.1 Character analysis ..........2.1.1.1 Elinor.2.1.1.2 Edward...........62.2 Marianne Dashwood and Colonel Brandon....82.2.1.1 Marianne..92.2.1.2 Brandon......132.3 Lucy Steele and Robert Ferrars.2.3.1 Character analysis.........2.3.12 Robert.163.Conclusion18References…201毕业论文〔设计)1.IntroductionJane Austen (1775--1818)was one of the greatest and best loved novelists inEnglish literature.Austen has written six novels in all her life,which were Sense andSensibility (1811),Pride and Prejudice (1813),Mansfield Park (1814),Emma (1816),Northanger Abbey (1818)and Persuasion (1818).These six novels were all aboutlove and marriage.Sense and Sensibility was published in 1811,which was the first published noveland was one of the representative novels to show Austen's view on marriage.Thestory revolved around the Dashwood sisters,Elinor and Marianne.Elinor was sensibleand rational,while Marianne was romantic and emotional.The sisters have met a lotof difficulties on marriage.Finally,they both had a happy and successful marriage.Many people have done some researches on the novel from different aspects.Forexample,Zhou Qing said that Sense and Sensibility was the most typical novel thatrevealed Austen's point of view on marriage and had realistic meaning in moderntimes (2003:165).Liu Xiamin talked about the different characters of the Dashwoodsisters when analyzing the art of characterization in Sense and Sensibility.Elinorrepresented good sense while Marianne represented sensibility,but they could getwell along with each other (2005:125).Wang Xinchun has focused on analyzingMarianne's character changing from sensibility and emotion to good sense andrealism,because of Elinor's influence and her own suffering (2007:29).Besides,some people have done some researches on the characters and the2毕业论文〔设计)marriages of Austen's other novels.Huang Min stated the fact that the characterreflects one's attitude to marriage through the comparison of the four marriages inPride and Prejudice (2004:38).Jie Jingdong held the opinion that three factorsplayed an important part in Austen's view on marriage in Pride and Prejudice:marriage needed enough money to afford everyday life;the equality in social statuswould make the marriage more possible;good manners and considered manners wereimportant in conditioning a marriage (2000:186).However,few people have directly talked about the marriages through thecharacter analysis in Sense and Sensibility.The paper focuses on the three importantand representative marriages in Sense and Sensibility through analyzing the charactersof each figure in detail,aiming to give an account that one's attitude towards love andmarriage is determined by their characters,which was attributed to a happy orunhappy marriage,in order that people can know more about this novel and themarriages.2.Marriages in Sense and SensibilityThere are seven marriages in Sense and Sensibility,but only three importantmarriages will be discussed in detail here.The three marriages are the mostrepresentative marriages in Sense and Sensibility,which reflect the author's point ofview on marriage:sense and sensibility have to be combined together;love is thefoundation of a happy marriage;money and social status are also very important in3