理智与情感

The book is about Two sisters, Elinor and Marianne, were left to their son, John, by his first wife after the death of their father. They and their mother were not only financially poor, but also had to escape the life of dependant. They finally made their home in a country house in Devon.Elinor was thus separated from the young Edward, whom she had fallen in love with (the brother of her sister-in-law, Fanny), and Willoughby, whom Marianne had met in the country and had become infatuated with, was suddenly engaged to go to London. In this way both sisters were separated from their loved ones.As the plot goes on, both love affairs have their ups and downs. When Elinor heard Lucy Steele confidently tell her that they were engaged to each other for four years, she swallowed up her feelings and promised her secrecy. Elinor, who had kept to herself the bitterness of her disappointment, and who had been greatly affected by her final refusal by Willoughby, did her utmost to comfort and help her to cheer up, even during her illness. Lucy was opposed by Edward's mother, the rich widow Mrs. Ferrars, who insisted that her son marry Sir Morton's only daughter.When Edward was unwilling to be disinherited by his mother, and bequeathed to her second son, Robert, Elinor, with her broad-minded-mind, was entrusted with informing him of a living, on condition that he should marry Lucy. Lucy, however, went after the lucky Robert and married him. In this way, Elinor and Edward can be married. Marianne had more feeling than sense; Mr. And Mrs. John Dashwood had more sense than feeling; Willoughby, on the other hand, was very false in his feelings; he appeared to be affectionate, but in reality was cold, unfeeling, and extremely selfish. In her stories, Jane Austen praises characters who cherish their feelings, though she also occasionally satirizes those who lack sense; However, the lack of emotion only sense or in the emotional hypocrisy of the people, but show extreme contempt for the attitude. Jane Austen admired Elinor most so as me, because she was both sentimental and sensible. Here also illustrates Jane Austen's view on this issue, that is, we can not be without emotion, nor can we be too rational. The heroines of the story are in pursuit of equal communication and communication with men's thoughts and feelings, demanding equal rights in social status, and insisting on the freedom to choose a partner. This was supposed to be an act of rebellion in Britain at the time. Through these three people, the author must have expressed his views clearly. People should have rich emotions, but not emotional. When necessary, it should be resttricted by sense. Jane thinks that caution and inner impulse should be balanced. She respects the idea that money can buy an elegant life, but more important to Jane is the relationship between people. This work revolves around sense and emotion. In fact, it is also extended around the theme of maintaining self integrity and meeting the requirements of society. The emphasis is to show that man is an emotional individual, but he also needs to integrate into society. To be a specific social person, we should not only have our own unique emotion and personality, but also have the necessary sense to restrict them, so that they can be harmonious with the society, so that they can get real happiness. Sense and emotion are like a double-edged sword. If we insist on sense, we may hurt our emotion. If we take care of our emotion, we may lose our sense. It's the best way to use this double-edged sword to be able to deal with emotions rationally and keep rational within a certain range of emotions. However, in real life, when faced with the choice, are you more rational than emotional? Or is emotion more than sense? Or, like Mr. Willoughby, he seems to be very emotional on the surface but selfish on the inside. Therefore, may each of us be able to control our own sense and emotion instead of being enslaved by it.