Rational and Emotion

As the title shows, the story revolves around the conflict between "reason" and "emotion". At the beginning of the novel, the author accounts for Eleanor's character, a "emotional" and "cool-headed" young girl. From the development of the plot, it can be seen that Eleanor acted basically in accordance with the social and moral standards of the time, suppressing their true feelings, treating family, neighbors and friends are trying to do the "principle of the best." She chose her subjects without a heavy meter, but with character and falling in love with Edward, who was frank and enthusiastic. Later found that Edward had already made a marriage contract with others, although she was extremely sad, but she was able to try to restrain themselves, sociable, as usual, nothing. At the same time, Eleanor is not short of emotion. After Edward was abandoned by his mother and Lucy, Eleanor remained deeply fond of him, because he was a lifelong partner and had acquired her true love. The novel also begins with a description of the character of Eleanor's sister, Marian, whose talents are comparable in many ways to her sister's: sensible, intelligent, generous, lovely, pleasing, but more emotional. It is not difficult to see that at the beginning of the story, Marianne has a wealth of emotions, but lack of rational constraints, many times she follows the "principle of happiness": do not care about other people's thoughts and opinions and social moral standards, everything is by their own sex, by personal feelings.When Colonel Brandon, thirty-five, courted her, she turned a blind eye to her because she was too old. Then, the unexpected encounter with willoughby, the "beautiful" light son, made her lose all her sanity and fall in love. However, the other side's betrayal made her self-deprecating, almost buried her life. Fortunately, the painful lesson, her sister's example, finally made her rational, and finally married Colonel Brandon, who had always been devoted to her. Throughout the work, the author finally admires the heroine Eleanor, because she is both emotional and rational. Through this work, the author reveals her personal idea that people should have both reason and emotion, in dealing with problems, can not always let emotions vent out without control, let alone let their own reason for pathological emotions suppressed.