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  • Essay / Jane Austen and Novels of Purpose - 1369

    Jane Austen's next two novels, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, are novels of purpose. These novels use the elements of love, individual rights, and moral perfection throughout the stories. These elements of love, individual rights, and moral perfection are presented primarily from the perspective of relationships. There are people who try to change the elements of love, others individual rights and some suffer from moral imperfection. All of these elements together form a novel with a purpose. The element of love plays a major role in both Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. In Pride and Prejudice, love plays a big role. Elizabeth Bennet wants to marry for love while most others marry for money. Elizabeth meets Mr. Darcy at a ball and falls in love with him. Elizabeth forms a love/hate relationship with Mr. Darcy throughout the novel. Elizabeth meets Mr. Wickham who is a soldier. Mr. Wickham tells Elizabeth how he was mistreated by Darcy. Elizabeth thinks this is another reason to hate him. Another reason why Elizabeth hates Mr. Darcy is because Mr. Darcy sabotaged a relationship between Elizabeth's sister, Jane, and Mr. Darcy's best friend, Mr. Bingly. Mr. Darcy, thinking that the love between him and Elizabeth is unconditional, proposes to Elizabeth. Elizabeth quickly rejects the proposal because of how she thinks Mr. Darcy treated Mr. Wickham and because of Mr. Darcy's supposed involvement in Jane and Mr. Bingly's breakup. Saddened by Elizabeth's rejection, Mr. Darcy writes a letter to Elizabeth. In the letter, Mr. Darcy explains to Elizabeth how Mr. Wickham attempted to obtain part of Darcy's fortune by marrying Darcy's younger sister, Georgiana. Mr. D...... middle of paper ......al imperfection. John Willoughby has an illegitimate child that few people know about at first. Edward Ferrars is secretly engaged, this shouldn't happen. If he loves someone, he should be able to marry whoever he wants. Marianne soothes the meaning of the title. Marianne resents John relying on her senses to discover that he was not the man she thought he was. Marianne improved when she married the Colonel, a man who is actually good for her. The two novels, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, meet the criteria of a novel with a purpose. The purpose of these novels was to convey the elements of love, individual rights and moral perfection. Most people can relate to at least one of these three things at some point in their lives. Ultimately, most can relate to both or one of these stories, making them great examples of novels with a purpose..