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's Sense and Sensibility In Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility, an essential piece of... more 's Sense and Sensibility In Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility, an essential piece of information is revealed when Marianne receives the last letter from Willoughby. Through this letter, she learns that the person she had spent joyful time with, whom she had believed to share feelings, turns out to be engaged to another woman. The disclosure Marianne receives provokes in her an emotional breakdown. Seeing her sister in such a state, Elinor encourages the emotionally devastated sister with what she has always believed to be the most sensible response. Elinor would not contend, and only replied, "Whoever may have been so detestably your enemy, let them be cheated of their malignant triumph, my dear sister, by seeing how nobly the consciousness of your own innocence and good intentions supports your spirits. It is a reasonable and laudable pride which resists such malevolence." "No, no," cried Marianne, "misery such as mine has no pride. I care not who knows that I am wretched. The triumph of seeing me so may be open to all the world. Elinor, Elinor, they who suffer little may be proud and independent as they like-may resist insult, or return mortification-but I cannot. I must feel-I must be wretched-and they are welcome to enjoy the consciousness of it that can" (Austen 179). This is not the only time in the novel when a shocking secret is revealed. Sense and Sensibility is a story about the uncertainty and secrecy that fills the romance plots of its two protagonists, Marianne and Elinor. In their world, personal experiences rarely remain private; those around them are always eager to learn about their private matters. The story often juxtaposes how these two characters respond differently to distressing situations while still obligated to remain calm and sensible during social gatherings. The sisters' ideological debate of whether one should

's Sense and Sensibility In Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility, an essential piece of... more 's Sense and Sensibility In Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility, an essential piece of information is revealed when Marianne receives the last letter from Willoughby. Through this letter, she learns that the person she had spent joyful time with, whom she had believed to share feelings, turns out to be engaged to another woman. The disclosure Marianne receives provokes in her an emotional breakdown. Seeing her sister in such a state, Elinor encourages the emotionally devastated sister with what she has always believed to be the most sensible response. Elinor would not contend, and only replied, "Whoever may have been so detestably your enemy, let them be cheated of their malignant triumph, my dear sister, by seeing how nobly the consciousness of your own innocence and good intentions supports your spirits. It is a reasonable and laudable pride which resists such malevolence." "No, no," cried Marianne, "misery such as mine has no pride. I care not who knows that I am wretched. The triumph of seeing me so may be open to all the world. Elinor, Elinor, they who suffer little may be proud and independent as they like-may resist insult, or return mortification-but I cannot. I must feel-I must be wretched-and they are welcome to enjoy the consciousness of it that can" (Austen 179). This is not the only time in the novel when a shocking secret is revealed. Sense and Sensibility is a story about the uncertainty and secrecy that fills the romance plots of its two protagonists, Marianne and Elinor. In their world, personal experiences rarely remain private; those around them are always eager to learn about their private matters. The story often juxtaposes how these two characters respond differently to distressing situations while still obligated to remain calm and sensible during social gatherings. The sisters' ideological debate of whether one should

's Sense and Sensibility In Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility, an essential piece of... more 's Sense and Sensibility In Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility, an essential piece of information is revealed when Marianne receives the last letter from Willoughby. Through this letter, she learns that the person she had spent joyful time with, whom she had believed to share feelings, turns out to be engaged to another woman. The disclosure Marianne receives provokes in her an emotional breakdown. Seeing her sister in such a state, Elinor encourages the emotionally devastated sister with what she has always believed to be the most sensible response. Elinor would not contend, and only replied, "Whoever may have been so detestably your enemy, let them be cheated of their malignant triumph, my dear sister, by seeing how nobly the consciousness of your own innocence and good intentions supports your spirits. It is a reasonable and laudable pride which resists such malevolence." "No, no," cried Marianne, "misery such as mine has no pride. I care not who knows that I am wretched. The triumph of seeing me so may be open to all the world. Elinor, Elinor, they who suffer little may be proud and independent as they like-may resist insult, or return mortification-but I cannot. I must feel-I must be wretched-and they are welcome to enjoy the consciousness of it that can" (Austen 179). This is not the only time in the novel when a shocking secret is revealed. Sense and Sensibility is a story about the uncertainty and secrecy that fills the romance plots of its two protagonists, Marianne and Elinor. In their world, personal experiences rarely remain private; those around them are always eager to learn about their private matters. The story often juxtaposes how these two characters respond differently to distressing situations while still obligated to remain calm and sensible during social gatherings. The sisters' ideological debate of whether one should

's Sense and Sensibility In Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility, an essential piece of... more 's Sense and Sensibility In Jane Austen's 1811 novel Sense and Sensibility, an essential piece of information is revealed when Marianne receives the last letter from Willoughby. Through this letter, she learns that the person she had spent joyful time with, whom she had believed to share feelings, turns out to be engaged to another woman. The disclosure Marianne receives provokes in her an emotional breakdown. Seeing her sister in such a state, Elinor encourages the emotionally devastated sister with what she has always believed to be the most sensible response. Elinor would not contend, and only replied, "Whoever may have been so detestably your enemy, let them be cheated of their malignant triumph, my dear sister, by seeing how nobly the consciousness of your own innocence and good intentions supports your spirits. It is a reasonable and laudable pride which resists such malevolence." "No, no," cried Marianne, "misery such as mine has no pride. I care not who knows that I am wretched. The triumph of seeing me so may be open to all the world. Elinor, Elinor, they who suffer little may be proud and independent as they like-may resist insult, or return mortification-but I cannot. I must feel-I must be wretched-and they are welcome to enjoy the consciousness of it that can" (Austen 179). This is not the only time in the novel when a shocking secret is revealed. Sense and Sensibility is a story about the uncertainty and secrecy that fills the romance plots of its two protagonists, Marianne and Elinor. In their world, personal experiences rarely remain private; those around them are always eager to learn about their private matters. The story often juxtaposes how these two characters respond differently to distressing situations while still obligated to remain calm and sensible during social gatherings. The sisters' ideological debate of whether one should