sense,sensibility

The story in this book concerns two sister,Elinor and Marianne Dashwood (Elinor represents “sense” and Marianne is “sensibility”).Along with their mother and young sister,they were evict from their residence Norland Park after the death of their father,they moved to a country cottage offered by a generous relative with on other choice. Before they moved out of their former residence,Elinor fell in love with the gentleman Edward Ferrars who was her sister-in-law’s brother,unfortunately,she was unware of the engagement between Edward and Lucy,after hearing that bad news,instead of anger,despair ,she showed her calm and sense,to Edward,she expressed her understanding and belief.Actually,Elinor was a virtuous girl,sense is a kind of inner character of her,she was generous,gentle,calm and polite to all the people around her,including the people who hurted her,such as Lucy.Concerning love,Elinor also zealous in the affair between Edward and her,because of her belief,tolerance and sense,she finally won a happy end,and got married with her lover Edward. Compared with Elinor,Marianne’s suffering,not only brings agony to herself,but also the people who around and care about her.The reason underlies this consequence is the sensibility exits in Marianne’s innercharacter.Therefore ,we can see transparently that sense is a very important principle in our daily life. In the real life,abundant emotion should be involved,while it is not equal to acting impetuously,when necessary,our thoughts and emotions should be rational constrained by sense.In the novelist ---Jane Austen’s mind,dealing with a matter cautiously and heart impulse should be well balanced.She respects the view that money can buy elegant life,on the contrary,she pays more attention to interpersonal relationships.In one word,sense is more important than sensibility for Jane herself.