The politics of marriage and matrimony.
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 only (novel
> itself). NO outside sources may be used for this assignment. 1. Austen
> depicts greed and ruthlessness through several male and female
> characters. Explain how the politics of marriage distorts the
> relationship between the sexes and alters the
> meaning of matrimony. 2. Compare-contrast John Willoughby and Colonel
> Brandon. Both landowners are privileged but also constrained by their
> social position. What personal, character traits might explain their
> vastly different treatment of Marianne Dashwood and other women they
> encounter This essay has 15 criteria, and each criteria is equivalent
> to 1 point. (Total essay point is just only 15) I will drop the
> explanatory note of entire book from professor for some ideas to
> write.
Answer previewThe politics of marriage and matrimony.
Greed and ruthlessness manifest in society’s expectations of women which results in the distortion of their position in terms of equality before marriage and within the marriage. This cyclical process of the subjugation of the interests and needs of women is espoused below. Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility” discusses the institution of marriage as the predominant theme…
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