Sense and Sensibility

• How is each character revealed through relationships with other characters?

• Does Elinor behave appropriately for someone “of her station”? Which parts of the novel show this most clearly?

• Does Marianne behave appropriately for someone “of her station”? Which parts of the novel show this most clearly?

• Do Colonel Brandon and Edward Ferrars faithfully follow the “rules” of behavior that society sets out for them?

• In what ways does Elinor exemplify the Romantic Period’s view of sense, and Marianne exemplify sensibility?

• Describe Lucy Steele. How do her actions affect Elinor and the plot of the story?

• Which of the characters are we to see as sympathetic? In what ways?

• Which of the characters are we to see as unsympathetic? In what ways?

• What does the relationship between Marianne and Willoughby tell us about class divisions and restrictions in England at the time?

• Why does Willoughby suddenly move to London and break his alliance with Marianne?
• How important in the lives of the characters are inheritance and the amount of money one has to live on annually?

• In what ways are women affected differently in matters of inheritance and money than are men?

• Which characters are most ruled by the issue of money? Which characters are not?
• Which characters undergo substantial changes of attitudes or behavior in the story? Which characters remain static?

• Which characters are “flat” (one-dimensional) in the story? Which ones are “round” (well developed)?

• Why does Edward’s mother finally accept Lucy?

• Why does Edward Ferrars accept that the “succession” of his mother’s estate will go to his brother Robert?

• How believable are the characters in the story by contemporary tastes? Which aspects of human behavior do we have in common with them? Which aspects do we not share?

• Which characteristics of the Romantic Period in literature do we recognize in Sense and Sensibility?

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