Thesiss

Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility examines the concept of sensibility and how it was perceived by people of Austen’s time. In this thesis I will trace the history of how the word “sensibility” came to mean what it did and how it is used in the novel, through the two protagonis…

In Persuasion , Jane Austen uses Frederick Wentworth, a fundamentally unique Austen hero, to revise the eighteenth century theories of mind she has relied on in her earlier novels. Specifically, her depiction of his memory both recalls and undermines Enlightenment traditions. In…

The reality of Jane Austen's characters in Pride and Prejudice is socially constructed; their goals and actions become a typification of society's institutions and conventions. Examining Austen's pivotal characters, with a particular focus on Fitzwilliam Darcy, reveals that each…