Jane Austen's Persuasion
ana Chacon
Professor Kay Decasper
ENC 1101_48
18 April 2016
Persuasion
Jane Austen’s Persuasion showed the way society worked in the 1800’s. Women of high society were to marry men of the same social status in those times. The personalities of the families of the elite were either snobby, dramatic, or in some cases generous at times. The upper-class families seemed to have it easier than people of less fortunate homes. Jane Austen takes us back in time to an era of manners and how people from the 1800’s interacted within society. The stories themes consisted of: Class Rigidity and Social Mobility, Persuasion, and the Changing Ideal of the gentleman. These three themes shows the ways of how their lives were and the relationship amongst …show more content…
Anne is quiet and reserved and likes to keep to herself. She is the only one out of all her sister’s that is humble. Anne thinks her father is a fool for spending so much.
Capt. Frederick Wentworth- Captain Wentworth play Anne’s love interest with whom he was engaged to before. He is a naval officer who earned his fortunes by making his way through the naval ranks. He basically plays Anne’s prince charming in the story.
Sir Walter Elliott- Sir Walter plays the widowed father to Anne, Elizabeth, and Mary. Sir Walter is narcissistic in his ways, and only wants to be seen with people that are attractive or with an upper-class individual like himself.
Elizabeth Elliott- Elizabeth is the older sister of Anne. Elizabeth seems to be Sir Walters’s favorite, because she is Narcissistic like her father and is more worried with appearances. At the end of the story, Elizabeth ends up being the only one left single. She feels that no man is good enough for her.
Mr. William Elliott- Mr. William plays the Elliott sisters’ cousin and the one to be inheriting Kellynch Hall once Sir Walter passes.
Mary Elliott Musgrove- Mary plays the youngest Elliott sister. Mary is married to Charles Musgrove and has two young boys. She is very inattentive with her sons and worries more about social …show more content…
After Anne called off the engagement to Captain Wentworth, he believed that any woman he married will have strong responsibility for their actions, and an independent mind. Anne claims in the story that it was right for her to be persuaded by others, because a strong sense of responsibility is not a bad part of a woman. At the end of the novel, Austen questions the reader and asks whether persuasion is a positive or negative force.
The changing ideal of the Gentleman
The novel differs two different versions of a Gentleman. On one side there is Sir Walter Elliott, traditional, land-owning, titled man who does not like working and looks for comfort by living as an upper-classman. On the other side is Captain Wentworth and Admiral Croft. Both were naval officers and earned their fortunes by climbing up the naval rank. In this period of time, the definition of a ‘Gentleman’ was becoming more flexible; the novel reflects on that change in
Professor Kay Decasper
ENC 1101_48
18 April 2016
Persuasion
Jane Austen’s Persuasion showed the way society worked in the 1800’s. Women of high society were to marry men of the same social status in those times. The personalities of the families of the elite were either snobby, dramatic, or in some cases generous at times. The upper-class families seemed to have it easier than people of less fortunate homes. Jane Austen takes us back in time to an era of manners and how people from the 1800’s interacted within society. The stories themes consisted of: Class Rigidity and Social Mobility, Persuasion, and the Changing Ideal of the gentleman. These three themes shows the ways of how their lives were and the relationship amongst …show more content…
Anne is quiet and reserved and likes to keep to herself. She is the only one out of all her sister’s that is humble. Anne thinks her father is a fool for spending so much.
Capt. Frederick Wentworth- Captain Wentworth play Anne’s love interest with whom he was engaged to before. He is a naval officer who earned his fortunes by making his way through the naval ranks. He basically plays Anne’s prince charming in the story.
Sir Walter Elliott- Sir Walter plays the widowed father to Anne, Elizabeth, and Mary. Sir Walter is narcissistic in his ways, and only wants to be seen with people that are attractive or with an upper-class individual like himself.
Elizabeth Elliott- Elizabeth is the older sister of Anne. Elizabeth seems to be Sir Walters’s favorite, because she is Narcissistic like her father and is more worried with appearances. At the end of the story, Elizabeth ends up being the only one left single. She feels that no man is good enough for her.
Mr. William Elliott- Mr. William plays the Elliott sisters’ cousin and the one to be inheriting Kellynch Hall once Sir Walter passes.
Mary Elliott Musgrove- Mary plays the youngest Elliott sister. Mary is married to Charles Musgrove and has two young boys. She is very inattentive with her sons and worries more about social …show more content…
After Anne called off the engagement to Captain Wentworth, he believed that any woman he married will have strong responsibility for their actions, and an independent mind. Anne claims in the story that it was right for her to be persuaded by others, because a strong sense of responsibility is not a bad part of a woman. At the end of the novel, Austen questions the reader and asks whether persuasion is a positive or negative force.
The changing ideal of the Gentleman
The novel differs two different versions of a Gentleman. On one side there is Sir Walter Elliott, traditional, land-owning, titled man who does not like working and looks for comfort by living as an upper-classman. On the other side is Captain Wentworth and Admiral Croft. Both were naval officers and earned their fortunes by climbing up the naval rank. In this period of time, the definition of a ‘Gentleman’ was becoming more flexible; the novel reflects on that change in