NAME: JANKIBA K. RANA

PAPER NO: 5

THE ROMANTIC LITERATURE

M.A. SEM – II ROLL NO: 09

YEAR 2014-2015

SUBMITTED TO:

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

MAHARAJA KRISHNAKUMARSINHJI BHAVNAGAR

JANE AUSTEN GEORGE ELIOT

SENSE AND SENSIBILITY MIDDLE MARCH

ELINOR DOROTHEA

•Elinor Dashwood is character of

sense and sensibility.

•Dorothea brooke is character of

middle march.

•The eldest of the Dashwood

sister.

•Dorothea is exceptional woman:

she is smart, pious and beautiful.

•She is emotional and romantic.

•It is she who notices all the

little inconsistencies in polite

society, and the hypocritical

nature of many with whom they

associate.

•Dorothea philanthropic impulse

indicates her essential goodness.

She is also stubborn and strong

willed.

•She is not so romantic as to

assume that money cannot help

make you happy, or help you to

marry the right man.

•The governing principle of her

character is her desire to help

the needy, seen in her interest in

redesigning the local farmers ‘

cottages.

Elinor Dashwood Dorothea

Gender: Female

Hair Colour: Light

Eye Colour: Brown

Skin Colour: Light

Naumann is immediately

attracted to Dorothea as pieces

of art.

The things of her as an ideal

rather than as real person.

Associate her with angels, saints

or the virgin mary.